PORT ANGELES — They say they have worked well together and supported each other’s positions during the past four years.
Now the four City Council incumbents up for re-election on the Nov. 8 ballot have presented themselves to voters as a slate in a mailer that has arrived in residents’ mailboxes.
Councilman Larry Williams said the group photo was consultant Cher Merrill’s idea while the four of them were together before a campaign open house at the Tech Center, 116 W. Eighth St.
Each of the four campaigns, including Braun’s, who is running unopposed, paid a quarter of the mailer’s cost, he said.
“We’re four good candidates and we work well together,” Williams said.
“We’re just saying these are your four City Council members up for re-election.”
Williams, a real estate broker, is running against Cherie Kidd, a city planning commissioner and motivational speaker, for Position 2 on the Port Angeles City Council.
Rogers, a business consultant, is running against longtime Clallam Transit System bus driver Jerry Morris for Position 3.
Headrick, a semi-retired judge, is running against planning commissioner and registered nurse Betsy Wharton for Position 4.
“Since they brought the person running unopposed into the campaign, they must be worried about winning,” Morris said.
“It looks like maybe there are going to be some big changes in this election.”
Wharton and Kidd said they had no comment on the mailer or how it might affect their opponents’ campaigns.
Getting the word out
Merrill said such group advertising efforts often are used by candidates to get the word out to a wide variety of people.
The mailer features a group photo of Williams, Rogers, Headrick and Braun, all smiling, on one side with “Re-elect the City Council that works for us” printed to the side.