MIKE EMERGES FROM CROWD ON PRIMARY NIGHT
May 22, 2008 on 10:02 pm | In News | No CommentsThe voters of District 3 have spoken, and they decided that Mike Delman will be one of two candidates in the November election. With almost all the votes having been counted, Delman was one of six candidates in the race. While he has a broad range of experience in county government, this was the first time he has ever appeared on the ballot.
“I’m delighted to break out of a very crowded, splintered field,” said Delman. “I applaud the efforts of all five of my opponents. This was a very tough campaign, and I’m happy to emerge as the underdog in this race. I’ve talked with thousands of voters over the past year, and I found that many county residents feel like underdogs, too. So, I look forward to being their voice this fall.”
Delman spent the few days following the May 20th primary election calling supporters and volunteers on the campaign, discussing the results of the primary election with them, and planning campaign efforts for the summer and fall.
“We’re excited to gear up for the fall,” Delman said, “and we have great momentum built up. We ended the primary election with a very broad base of supporters, we got a string of key endorsements, and voters obviously responded to my detailed plans for county government. We started this campaign with zero name recognition, but we emerged from the pack and achieved the results we needed on election night.”
When asked about his campaign’s strategy for the fall, Mike replied “We’re going to continue doing what we’ve done all along. We’re going to show the people of Multnomah County that I’ve got fresh ideas and detailed plans backed by the best and broadest experience. And that I have a proven record as a collaborative problem-solver, too.”
Mike will face Judy Shiprack, the current executive director of the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council, in the fall general election.
Willamette Week Endorses Mike!
May 2, 2008 on 9:46 pm | In News | No CommentsToday, Willamette Week announced their endorsement of Mike Delman in the primary election for Multnomah County Commissioner, District 3. The paper’s editors focused on how tough their decision was given a crowded field of candidates and three strong front-runners. Citing Mike’s “proven record in Multnomah County government,” they pointed out that Mike’s experience “would balance [the current commissioners] as an old hand who knows the local players and understands how to work the byzantine county bureaucracy.”
The print version of the endorsement contains one additional bit of information (on page 16) not seen in the online version: “Some [candidates] won our hearts by demonstrating the chops to do the job they seek — we’ve attached a rose to our endorsement of those folks. And others made our hearts skip a beat, which we’ve indicated with a rearing horse, by showing us they’re capable of making real change.” Mike Delman was the only candidate in the District 3 county commissioner’s race to earn a rearing horse.
Willamette Week is an award-winning weekly newspaper published in Portland, Oregon, including a 2005 Pulitzer Prize awarded to one of its reporters for investigative reporting. You can read the full endorsement here, or pick up a copy of Willamette Week locally.
This endorsement truly complements Mike’s broad group of supporting individuals and organizations, including the Multnomah County Corrections Officers Association, the Oregon Nurses Association, Stand for Children, the Portland Tribune, and United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555, former Multnomah County Commissioners Gary Hansen and Sharron Kelley, former Multnomah County Chair Don Clark, former Portland City Commissioners Erik Sten and Mike Lindberg, Steve Rudman (housing advocate), Mike Houck (urban greenspaces advocate), former Republican state representative Gene Saylor, Barbara Rommel (school superintendent), Annette Mattson (school board member), and Fred Sanchez and Alan Sanchez (board members of the Gateway Business Association).
A full list of Mike’s supporters can be found here.
Portland Tribue Endorses Mike!
May 2, 2008 on 9:36 pm | In News | No CommentsThe Portland Tribune has endorsed Mike Delman for County Commissioner, District 3. As the editor’s themselves said, “The continued reformation of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners would be helped greatly by the election of Mike Delman to replace retiring Commissioner Lisa Naito.” The editorial goes on to discuss Mike’s broad experience and speaks highly of Mike’s opponents in this race, but concludes that “District 3 residents will get the best representation from Delman, who understands their needs and also knows how to get things accomplished at the county.”
“This just caps two great weeks for us on the campaign,” Mike said. “Earning such a diverse range of organizational endorsements — from nurses, corrections officers, union members, children’s advocates, and now two major newspapers — is fantastic. People recognize that I have both great, fresh ideas for county government and the best and broadest experience to put those ideas to work.”
The Portland Tribune is an award-winning local newspaper published twice weekly in Portland, Oregon, that focuses primarily on local news and opinion. A complete copy of their editorial endorsement supporting Mike can be found online through their website.
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