The Era Of Crafton Is Over?

By Kleinheider Posted on February 7, 2009 at 1:20 pm

That’s what the political experts say. But buried in between the comments of the political elite is this little nugget:

In the end, 32,149 people voted for the Metro Charter amendment that Crafton proposed. That vote total would have been enough to propel him into a runoff if he had sought one of the five at-large council seats 18 months ago.

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dan writes
February 7th, 2009 8:04 pm

He needs to get Lt Gov Ramsey to draw him a senate seat.

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