Caldwell: With More Time, I'll Win Mayor's Race

Courtesy Kirk Caldwell for Mayor

At the press conference this week announcing his endorsement by the police officers' union, mayoral hopeful Kirk Caldwell retold the story he's shared numerous times already on the campaign trail this year.

"Last time, I had a 45-day sprint. Literally, 45 days as mayor. I couldn't really start running until the mayor announced that he's running for governor and filed because, up to that point, we had a mayor sitting in that position," he told reporters Tuesday, flanked by SHOPO president Tenari Maafala. "And in that 45-day period, I sprinted to within, on election day, if you just count the election-day votes, less than a half-percent of winning."

It's an intriguing argument, and would help assuage concerns that Caldwell has a tall mountain to climb after he polled a distant third in a new survey. According to Ward Research, Ben Cayetano leads with 44 percent, followed by Peter Carlisle with 35 percent and Caldwell with 16. The margin of error was 4.2 percent.

But Caldwell overstates his 2010 success, if just a little bit.

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