Election update

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It's not even inconceivable that the runoff election in April could be between two Black women.

The runoff election in April is between two Black women.

It's going to be a tough decision for me. Both are positioning themselves as progressive reformers but both have links to the establishment and mixed records when it comes to protecting the vulnerable. I'm going to have to look deeper into their backgrounds and see what I can do to get to the bottom of the badmouthing. Hopefully there'll be a televised debate that delves into these issues.

Apologies are due to my presumptive future alderman Andre Vasquez for calling him "Chicano" when he's really a Chapín. (His parents were unauthorised immigrants from Guatemala.) He came in at 20% to O'Connor's 34 despite being outspent by more than 10-1, so I strongly favour his chances in the second round. It's hard to imagine that anyone who supported one of the other three candidates over Racist Grandpa would change their tune between now and April 2nd.

And Moore is out in East Rogers following a decisive loss to a Black lesbian who he also outspent massively. I'm kind of curious if there'd've been so much hunger for change without a faked-tanned protofascist in the White House. I'm not sure about Hadden but Vasquez cut his teeth campaigning for Bernie and I suspect both benefitted at least a little from the interest (and registrations) generated by the November midterms. Turnout was historically low (as the news kept reminding us) but that doesn't mean there wasn't still an enthusiasm gap and it's not going to have been in favour of the old white guys.