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Professor remembered; candidates chosen
J.D. Williams died last week after a life filled with joy and generosity.
A longtime political institution at the University of Utah, Williams, like all really fine professors, left his mark on his students and university.
I was not fortunate enough to take a political science class from J.D. But I got to know him well later in life.
J.D. always wanted those around him to feel important and needed. This small incident tells much about him: J.D. caught the tennis craze in the 1970s, and I frequently ended up playing near him at the U.'s outdoor tennis courts.
He would compliment his opponents and partners constantly during play. "Pretty forehand, nice shot, way to go" was just the running commentary one had to overhear if you were anywhere near him.
It didn't bother me. It was just J.D.
And he will be missed.
The Utah Democratic Party will jump into the Salt Lake City mayor's race now that the final pairing has a Democrat facing a Republican.
As is the case with all municipal offices in the state, the Salt Lake mayor's race is nonpartisan.
That means that political parties play no official role in picking the candidates. And a candidate's political affiliation does not appear next to their names on the ballot.
In many municipal races, I'm sure that the candidate's party affiliation is not known to voters.
But that is not the case in the state's premiere mayor's office.
Traditionally, Democratic mayoral candidates run partly on their party affiliation. For example, mayoral candidate Jenny Wilson, who was knocked out by last Tuesday's primary, had "Democrat" on her lawn signs and fliers.
Becker ran TV ads clearly mentioning that he is a Democrat.
GOP candidates, on the other hand, are glad to let their party connections slide, since the city is Democratic.
Most of Buhler's quirky ads don't mention that he's a Republican. (One ad does, making light of the color of the city's blue recycling bins.)
So while Becker will use his party's fund-raising and organizational abilities, Buhler says he won't use any state or county GOP resources. "I'm running my own campaign," says the eight-year veteran city councilman.
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