The official deadline for getting into this year’s Tucson City Council races passed yesterday with little fanfare, so we have the lineup for our City of Tucson elections this year.
Ward 3 Democratic incumbent Karin Uhlich will have a rematch against Republican Ben Buehler-Garcia, who lost narrowly to her four years ago, and Ward 5 Democratic incumbent Richard Fimbres will face a challenge from Republican newcomer Michael Polak. (We had some details about the candidates in The Skinny a few weeks back when they filed their paperwork.)
And (barring some kind of write-in campaign), Ward 6 Councilman Steve Kozachik chased off any challenges when he jumped from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party earlier this year.
With just two races, no primaries and no fringe billionaire candidates, it’s shaping up to be one of the quietest election years in recent memory. (I looked into why municipal elections tend to be sleepy affairs four years ago.) Still, John Kromko and Co. are still out there gathering signatures for an initiative that would ban photo-radar enforcement of traffic laws, so we may have some fireworks there.
This article appears in May 30 – Jun 5, 2013.
Too bad Steve (what party am I going to be today?) Kozachik is running unopposed. I wonder why he feels he needs to spend thousands on advertising and ask for donations to his campaign? I guess some people just can’t stand to be quiet and try to do the best job they can – they need the spotlight.
And in another show of his awesome political influence and acumen, Frank Antenori’s candidate that is (was?) “popular with Democrats, Republican and Independents” to run against the Koz is nowhere to be seen.
Police cut by 20%. Check. Tucson becomes an illegal friendly City. Check. Jobs killed to create more demand for work dealing drugs. Check. Attempt to disarm law abiding citizens. Failure. Make sure no new business moves to Tucson. Check.
Hmmm, seems like the drug cartels are all set.