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April 08, 2004

Democratic Write-In Candidate in CD-10

By Byron LaMasters

The Daily Texan reports:

UT mathematics professor Lorenzo Sadun teaches about probability. His expertise in that field has helped him assess his chances this November when he goes up against the winner of Tuesday's Republican runoff as a Democratic write-in candidate for the newly-redrawn U.S. Congressional District 10.

"My probability of winning is very small because the district was gerrymandered very carefully, and because it's always hard for a write-in candidate to get traction," Sadun said.

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Sadun has never run for office before, but said he served as president of the Berkeley College Democrats when he was a graduate student. He has written several opinion pieces for the Austin American-Statesman. After no Democrats ran in the District 10 primary, he stepped up.

"As a voter, I felt personally hurt, that I wasn't going to have a right to vote in November, and I realized there were thousands of people in the same situation," Sadun said.

Write-in candidates in Texas must pay a $3,125 filing fee or collect 500 petition signatures by Sept. 3. Sadun has already collected 300 signatures with the help of more than 70 volunteers working in their neighborhoods.

Although he doesn't have experience in government, the lifelong Democrat said he is good at researching issues and listening to people.


I'm not sure what the rules are to get on the congressional ballot as a Democrat after the primary. I signed Sadun's ballot petition at the Travis County Convention, because I'm a voter in the 10th District. Anyway, I hope that he sets up a website or something to allow those of us in district 10 to help out his campaign. He doesn't really have a chance, but I'll at least feel good with the opportunity to vote for a Democrat for Congress.

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Comments

Dr. Sadun does have a website up at www.writeinsadun.org.

Posted by: Greg at April 8, 2004 05:21 PM

I'm not sure if there's anything he can do to get on as a Democrat (then again, a write-in ballot, even those officially registered, are not "on the ballot" per se).

He probably would have a better chance of winning if he filed as an Independent, which should still be possible.

On the other hand, I seem to recall that Strom Thurmond once won a Senate race in a landslide in South Carolina -- as a write-in candidate.

Posted by: Jim D at April 8, 2004 07:02 PM

He's committed to running as a Democrat, and yes, Strom Thurmond did win an election as a write-in candidate.

It's only right that Lorenzo win, as it would reset some karmic balance.

The rules are that you need a mimum of 500 signatures. The campaign is on the way to that goal, but what would really be great is if he could get as many signatures as the winner of the April 13th run-off. Plus one.

Posted by: John Lyon at April 8, 2004 09:11 PM

Now it would be nice if we could find a write-in candidate here in Galveston. It would be nice to be able to vote for someone.

Posted by: TC at April 9, 2004 01:22 AM

Yeah, Strom Thurmond was elected to the Senate as a write-in, and that was the only successful write-in campaign for any position in the US Congress in American History, if I'm not mistaken. Dr. Saldun won't win, but he provides the opportunity for Democrats to have a real choice in November. It'll be tough to get the word out, but we'll give it what we've got!

Posted by: Andrew D at April 9, 2004 01:12 PM

He cannot get on the ballot as a Democrat, period, under Texas law. He could have if he had filed for the primary, but it's too late now. He has to do a petition just to get his votes counted as a write-in candidate, and there will be no party designation beside his name on the posted list of "filed" write-in candidates. Usually signatures won't count if the signer voted in a primary that year; a court might grant an exception if we ran no candidate in that race, but I wouldn't count on that.
Oh, and several people have won write-in races, including candidates for the U.S. House in both California and New Mexico.

Posted by: Bill Howell at April 10, 2004 09:24 AM

Can a Write-in candidate debate a candidate that is on the ballot? Could Lorenzo Sadun participate in a televised debate against McCaul?

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