Why Elan Firpo gets my endorsement and support in the District Attorney race

Elan has said she won’t have a campaign chair but a campaign team and co-chairs. Again a smart move on her part. It takes more than one person to elect someone in office.

On her Facebook page, she already mentioned that Fred Sundquist is one of her co-chairs. Neal Ewald and John Woolley would be my other 2 guesses based on who I have seen supporting her and the testimonials on her web site and Facebook. As for any other co-chair possibilities, the Firpo campaign won’t confirm or deny any names but I would guess it would be someone appealing to the left and probably someone from SoHum.

Elan is very accessible as a candidate, she is very personable, and her campaign has been very forthcoming in providing information. They have not gone after other candidates based on who is associated on someone’s team, those kind of negative tactics have been a turn off in past elections. Elan focuses on why she should be elected and what qualities and strengths she would bring to the office. Confidence is good in a candidate, hubris is not.

Elan does not get defensive when she gets feedback. I have always endorsed a candidate I believe in; in 2010, I was lucky that the candidates I believed in also had a team I knew well. I don’t have that luxury this year about the perfect team or liking every single supporter but out of all the DA Candidates, my qualms about teams and roles have been addressed by Elan.

I had previously discussed privately with both Maggie and Elan about co-endorsing both and my reasons why.

With this post, I am stating publicly I will be endorsing and supporting Elan. I may find myself respectfully having a different opinion than many of my friends, but I make my own choices.

In the past 2 elections, I have campaigned for Paul’s opponents; I haven’t changed who I am and if I am endorsing someone Paul is expected to support, that should say something about a candidate who has earned my trust, respect and vote.

The reason Elan has not announced her team and had to delay her announcement is because 2 of the co-chairs are dealing with personal emergencies. Anyone waiting to see how many endorsements someone is going to get does not believe in their candidate, they just want to support who they think is the safest bet.