Quote Originally Posted by urbanity View Post
Money wins

Candidates raising the most money either won the Oklahoma City Council primary or made the runoff.

http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/ar...oney-wins.html
Normally, I would agree with you. But that is in part because there has not really been a serious, sane choice with a serious, communicative campaign.

Plus, runoff voters are usually "super educated" versus normal elections. An educated voter would probably vote for Shadid although I find it remarkable how many "friends" Swinton seems to have in this town. I mean, some of his "friends" are friends of mine and they seem to be willing to vote for Charlie irregardless of what negative messages go out or how incorrect they are. He seems to be a nice man with historic ties and that is all that matters to some people.

With that said, the Momentum campaign has completely turned off progressive voters such as myself. Attacking, sane stable people who have positive motives for running is going way too far. Particularly, a candidate that is remarkably similar to the representation that we currently have, Sam Bowman. He is a difficult man to replace and one who has left a legacy of direct support for our neighborhoods and our citizens.

For me personally, Swinton seemed to be "ok" until he started messaging that Shadid is out to "cripple MAPS." If were to come from Momentum, I wouldn't have cared. I wouldn't have been surprised. But it is Swinton's personal campaign that is directly propagating what appears to be a complete lie. I have no respect for someone who would authorize doing that and ignores his opponents direct and repetitious personal, verbal contradiction at numerous public events and forums.