50 “solutions” so far; 25 to come. Over 1,000 contributors. 77 percent from New Haven. 28 days to go.
That’s mayoral candidate Justin Elicker’s numerical take in a snapshot of the Democratic primary campaign. He offers the take in a new campaign video released Monday. Click on the play arrow to watch it.
Elicker faces three other Democrats — state Sen. Toni Harp, Hillhouse Principal Kermit Carolina, and former city development chief Henry Fernandez — 28 days from now in a Sept. 10 primary. And he may face all of them again, or most of them, in the Nov. 5 general election.
“After 20 years in office,” incumbent John DeStefano took in a total of 1,283 contributions in his 2011 mayoral race — and only 332 of those came from New Haven, Elicker notes in the video. Elicker has already received 774 from New Haveners.
“We are New Haven funded,” Elicker declares in the video. “If elected, I won’t owe favors to out-of-town special interests or contractors.”
He acknowledges that he remains behind the race’s frontrunner, Toni Harp.
Here’s another big number: “More than 50 percent” of potential primary voters remain undecided, Elicker asserts, based on an internal campaign poll. If true, that may prove the video’s most important number of all.