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Mayoral candidate recap: DeCamp vs. Grinnell vs. Rothschild

by on Nov. 01, 2011, under Life, Politics

The City of Tucson’s General Election for a new Mayor and three City Councilmembers is taking place right now, with the City’s first vote-by-mail general election. Wards 1, 2 and 4 are up for election, and the Mayor’s race has no incumbent running, with Republican Mayoral Bob Walkup stepping down after 3 terms (12 years) in office.

For those of you still trying to decide whom to vote for Mayor, you can view these online debates:

KUAT Channel 6 of all three Mayoral candidates on October 13 (click here).

KVOI 1030 AM Buckmaster radio Show of all three Mayoral candidates on October 21 (click here).

Brief synopsis of who’s running for Mayor:

–Mary Decamp (Green), community activist, Connector for PRO Neighborhoods, former college instructor, currently camping out at Occupy Tucson at Armory Park downtown. She ran for the Ward 3 Council seat unsuccessfully in 2009, defeated fellow activist/former 2007 Mayoral candidate Dave Croteau in their Green Party Primary in August, 2011.

–Rick Grinnell (Republican), lobbyist (one client of his company Strategic United Business Strategies is Rosemont Copper), Board Member on new reconstituted Rio Nuevo Multi Purpose Facilities District, received 7,770 write-in votes in the August Republican primary, ran twice before unsuccessfully for Ward 2 Council seat (1995 and 1999).

–Jonathan Rothschild (Democrat), attorney/former managing partner of his law firm of Mesch, Clark & Rothschld originally founded by his father Lowell, former Treasurer of Pima County Democratic Party, political newcomer, faced no opposition in the August Democratic primary. Rothschild was endorsed by the Arizona Daily Star on October 16.

Campaign websites below (or click here for previous blog for all Mayoral/Council candidates websites).

Mary DeCamp (G), www.decampformayor.org
Rick Grinnell (R), www.grinnell4mayor.com
Jonathan Rothschild (D), www.jonathanformayor.com

Ballots were mailed out on October 19. Your vote-by-mail ballot must be received by City Elections by 7 p.m. on Tuesday November 8. Mail early.

Mary DeCamp, Green candidate

Rick Grinnell, Republican

Jonathan Rothschild, Democrat

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  • September

    My vote goes for Rick Grinnell.  Rick is non-partisan, which is perfect for this city.   Rick was appointed to the Rio Nuevo board to help in cleaning up this terrible mess our city council made. What a waste of millions of our dollars.  Rothschild  wants to set up all these different groups to oversee his projects , what a recipe  for disaster not to mention all the additional costs to us taxpayers, and the fact he’s an attorney, to me, that’s a big red flag.  Rick seems very level headed and seems to have a brain, what a change that could bring for this city.  But even more than that he even seems actually care about this city and the people here. 

  • Ben

    My vote goes to Jonathan Rothschild.   We don’t need a professional lobbyist in charge of our city.    Especially one with ties to Rosemount Mine and Rio Nuevo.   Instead of solving problems with Rio Nuevo, the board the Mr. Grinnell is on is making the situation worse, by spending time and money suing the city (the same city which he is running for mayor).   We have had enough of divisive government in this city and state.   We need someone that lead in a positive manner.    Not just stir the pot more…  

    • September

      Disagree. Mr. Grinnell was appointed to the Rio Nuevo board to clean up the mess the city made, as for sueing the city, why not, they ( the city council )refuses to comply to clean up this mess. As for Rosemont, having ties with them, Rick is one man, he will never have the power to make Rosemont or break them. Personally, we do live in Az and Az is the “copper state”. As long as they comply with all our rules and safety regulations, I think it would be a big help to our economy. A lawyer running this city is a joke, especially since he even works for the city making over 2.5 million dollars off us taxpayers already. 

  • alohapuna

    My vote went to Mary DeCamp. She’s the only one who has the right ideas in almost every area and really cares about the ordinary people. She’s articulate, intelligent and can grow into the job very well.

  • Carolyn Classen

    Thanks for all your comments, one vote each per candidate. The City’s website is reporting these stats for ballots returned to date, out of 211,265 ballots mailed: Democrats 23,279 (26%), Republicans 15,507 (30%), Others 10,227 (16%), Libertarians 264 (14%), Greens 171 (21%).  Any predictions on the winner?

  • Carolyn Classen

    More on these Mayoral candidates in tomorrow’s Tucson Weekly:

    http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/finish-line/Content?oid=3174542

  • Carolyn Classen

    UPDATE on returned ballots to date 11/7/11:
    Democrats 39, 381 (43%)
    Republicans 24,579 (47%)
    Others 19,304 (30%)
    Libertarians 503 (27%)
    Greens 305 (38%)
    Total returned so far 84,072 (40%) and counting…

  • Tip O’Neill

    I’m not sure what to make of returned ballots based upon party registration – but it’s interesting.

    I’m registered Dem but voted Green – I wonder how many others did. 

    • Carolyn Classen

      Well, it shows that Republicans are working hard to get their ballots in on time, and that the Independents (as predicted) have a lower voter turnout.  It’s anyone’s guess right now if this Mayoral race will be close or not.

      • Tip O’Neill

        That’s true – I’ve certainly gotten more robo-calls telling me to mail my ballot than I ever have before – right at dinnertime.

        Have I mentioned how much I hate this forced mail-in voting ? :)
         

        • Carolyn Classen

          Yes, but it seems to have increased voter turnout, and we’re a day away from the General Election.  Tomorrow’s ballot  update should show even more returns, without the stats from those who actually physically show up at the 7 polling locations tomorrow.

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