People tell me, 'You better lose weight if you want to run for mayor.' I said, 'I got the Chris Christie look.'
I don't have a chance [on being elected Mayor of New Orleans]. I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and taxation of marijuana platform.
I propose to be mayor for the Republicans, Progressives, Socialists, and independent voters as well as the Democrats.
My top priority if elected mayor is matching Portland with economic opportunity.
The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought I would be elected. When I entered I got four percent of the vote in the first poll, four percent.
Part of the game in the first three years is to make sure that during the year the Mayor runs there is an unusually large expansion of services.
of a four year term
We discussed all of this before Anthony decided to run for mayor, so really what I want to say is I love him, I have forgiven him, I believe in him, and as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward.
When it comes to a mayor, they [the voters] often want whatever they haven’t just had.
Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.
I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.
This is where the question always come up, "Aren't you going to split the vote?" To which the obvious answer is: Well let's just rank peoples' choices. This is a voting system we use across the country, from San Francisco to Portland, Maine, and the Twin Cities. It's used very successfully in single-office elections like mayor. It could be used for governor.
