Wednesday, April 5th, 2006...12:01 am
King Abdicates
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Larry King announced tonight at a meeting of Democratic activists that he has decided against running for the Democratic nomination in CD 5. This clears the way for Harry Mitchell.
King had earlier stated that he would drop out if Mitchell joined the race.
Now that he doesn’t have the primary to distract him, I guess Mitchell can actually work on his website.
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April 5th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
I donated to King’s campaign, and I still think his dropping out is a good thing.
First of all, he’d originally promised to do it if Mitchell ran. Then he seemed to flip on that promise when Mitchell declared. Now it seems as if the reality of his chances, or possibly the importance of keeping your word, has caught back up to him. I respect him a lot and wish him the best.
I know there has eben an undercurrent of some irritation among some of King’s supporters because Mitchell declared. Some even railed at the DCCC getting involved and urging Mitchell to run, as if that were somehow inappropriate. Frankly, I’m glad to have the strongest candidate possible to unseat the bombastic demagogue Hayworth.
I appreciate King’s dedication to the Dem cause and trust he will be campaigning hard for Mitchell this fall, as will I.
April 5th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
I’m quite surprised actually. I spoke to King about a week ago and he said that he was definitely staying in. Someone really put the pressure on, or promised him something nice…
April 5th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Or he has been playing everyone … just another option.
April 5th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
or he had a deal with mitchell…
just another option
April 5th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Be nice you two. He was really tore up at the meeting.
April 5th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
King for Chair
April 6th, 2006 at 10:05 pm
That’s got to be painful for Larry. He’s a great guy, and he’s been working on this campaign for nearly 2 years.
While I like the idea of him becoming the next chair, the ethical statndards governing members of the judiciary in Arizona would preclude that. Judges and judicial candidates are not allowed to hold party office.
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