David Beat Goliath in San Diego

[Addison]

Jim Miller, San Diego Free Press

Last Tuesday, fortune favored the bold. David Alvarez defied the pundits and political insiders and beat the prohibitive favorite, Nathan Fletcher, in the race to face Kevin Faulconer in the run-off to be San Diego’s next mayor. This was a seminal moment for San Diego—perhaps the biggest political upset in history of the city.

It just wasn’t supposed to happen. Guys like this aren’t supposed to have a chance. Nobody knew who he was, the favored one had already been chosen, and all the experts thought he couldn’t win. He had powerful party insiders opposing him, the Governor of California campaigned against him, Sacramento politicians came out of the woodwork to support his opponent, and he was down near the single digits in the polls.

Everybody knew it was a crazy to run a little-known Latino councilman from South of 8 in a low turnout special election against a well-funded, favored son of the local establishment. It wasn’t his turn. The deck was stacked against him. Only folks who’d lost their minds would support him.

Then he won. David beat Goliath.

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http://sandiegofreepress.org/2013/11/redemption-time-alvarez-beats-the-odds-and-keeps-hope-alive/

[KamaAina]

1. Jerry Brown campaigned against him?

Does he not know that Nathan Fletcher is a recovering (?) repuke?

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. Fletcher is more than a recovering Repulbican. His family are big developers with big money

in this town. With San Diego's history as a "Conservative" stronghold (somewhat antiquated by changes in demographics) and the previous Democratic mayor having ethics issues (ethics = the total inability to keep his hands and other body parts to himself X his willingness to use his power to enforce silence), and people thought that a Recovering Republiholic (bona fide member of a 12 step program to deal with the loss of power because the member isn't as big a worthless puke as other Republicans) was the best that could be elected.

Alvarez had the support of the Democratic Party in San Diego, so he wasn't completely out of left field.

[Le Taz Hot]

3. THIS is what makes me crazy:

"He had powerful party insiders opposing him, the Governor of California campaigned against him, Sacramento politicians came out of the woodwork to support his opponent . . ."

The Party should NOT be picking a side in the primaries but here they are, picking sides. It's Hillary Clinton on a local scale. Well, maybe the same kind of upset can be had on the national level. We can only hope.