Mayor Shines Brightly On Legislative Candidate In Mailer

By Kleinheider Posted on August 7, 2008 at 12:53 pm

Post Politics has obtained a mailer sent out to targeted voters in the 52nd state house district this past Monday and paid for by the Committee to Elect Mike Stewart featuring what would seem to be an explicit endorsement of the candidacy of Mike Stewart by Mayor Karl Dean.

“Mike has been a friend of mine for a long time. He will make a great public servant.”

Reached for comment Janel Lacey, Press Secretary for the Mayor, confirmed the quote was authentic and used with permission but did not respond to whether the words on the mailer amounted to an endorsement.

Karl Dean, as well as his wife Anne Davis, had been revealed last month as financial backers of the campaign. Stewart’s opponent, Eric Stansell, received a donation from Dean’s runoff opponent in the Mayor’s race, former Congressman Bob Clement.

Stewart faces Stansell today in the Democratic primary for state house in the 52 District.

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