Primary Campaigns: Who Ran for the Wrong Office?
Monday, September 20, 2010
Who ran for the wrong office? What was the funniest moment? The weirdest? GoLocalProv asked its MINDSETTERS—Republicans, Democrats, and independents—to weigh in. Here are some of their comments. …(Click here for the best primary campaigns and here for the worst.)
RAN for the WRONG OFFICE
Liz Roberts - Played like a girl - Afraid to step up for an open governor’s seat. Isn’t that what lieutenant governors do?
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTLiz Roberts - Gave women politicos a bad name - she could have run for CD-1 and picked up just 50 percent of the female vote and her husband and won a five way primary.
Anthony Gemma - Should have run for governor or emperor - his campaign for Congress was incoherent. He talked about iPhone apps, creating a dashboard for voters and other crazy ideas. Made a simple campaign – “I am a businessman and I will go to Congress and create jobs,” into a hodge-podge of chaotic messaging.
Gordon Fox – Should have run for mayor of Providence.
Victor Moffitt - Came up with an interesting idea of building a big aquarium, thought that was the whole FISH story. Should have been the candidate for General Treasurer rather than GOP nominee and Florida Resident Kerry King.
Betsy Dennigan - Moved from CD-1 to run against incumbent Jim Langevin in CD-2, if she had stayed at home she would have been the only woman in a five-way Democratic primary. Good odds. Bad decision.
Richard Langseth - Longtime anti-TF Green Airport Expansion activist, ran against Scott Avedisian for mayor of Warwick. He should have run against Chris Young for the title of biggest whack job!
Worst campaign - honorable mention: Honorable mention here goes to Anthony Gemma. What he did in the last week (attack David Cicilline) he should have been doing way earlier.
Best idea from the worst candidate: an aquarium.
Best Republican supporting Democrat moment: former Smithfield Republican school committee member Erin Donovan successfully taking Mollis to victory.
Weirdest moment: Chris Young should have served up the weirdest moment, but alas, he didn't. The weirdest moment was the fact that the voter turnout was terrible, especially in the City of Providence. Such an important primary and hardly any of the registered residents came out to vote.
The funniest moment: The funniest moment came watching the video of the councilwoman in Providence telling people she knew the law and it did not permit cell phones in the voting area, when in fact the Board of Elections specifically held that out of the law!
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