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Candidate reveals his strategy in Kenner race
The runoff campaign in the Kenner City Council's 1st District began showing signs of life Friday when also-ran Michael Austin endorsed Gregory Carroll.
It was the first notable development since Carroll and Robert Dawson emerged from the five-candidate election last weekend. Dawson, a physician, received 30 percent of the vote, and Carroll, manager of a hurricane-recovery nonprofit, 25 percent.
The runoff is Nov. 14.
Austin's endorsement might not carry much weight. He came in last in the primary with 56 votes, for 5 percent of the total.
But the statement announcing his support hinted at Carroll's runoff strategy.
"Gregory Carroll is one of us," Austin said. "He has lived and served in District 1 his whole life. When Gregory talks of the problems and solutions of our district he knows them first hand. His opponent moved in the district in 2008."
Carroll added: "Our campaign continues to grow as more and more people find out my opponent moved in the district in 2008, and they know I have lived and served in District 1 my whole life."
Dawson said he grew up in the Lincoln Manor subdivision, which is part of the district, and moved away to go to medical school and serve in the U.S. Public Health Service for 22 years. When he returned to Kenner he lived in the Chateau Estates subdivision, which is not part of the 1st District, then moved back to Lincoln Manor in mid-2008.
He withstood a challenge to his candidacy right after qualifying for the election, when two Kenner residents unsuccessfully asserted in court that he did not live in the district. There's no word yet on where the third- and fourth-place finishers in last weekend's voting, Earl Smith and Dee Dunn, will throw their support.
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