{"id":2061,"date":"2010-06-13T09:45:03","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T17:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2010-06-14T07:27:39","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T15:27:39","slug":"overheard-in-fog-city-daly%e2%80%99s-progressive-primary-on-the-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2061\/overheard-in-fog-city-daly%e2%80%99s-progressive-primary-on-the-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Overheard in Fog City: <br>Daly\u2019s Progressive Primary on the Rocks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2010\/05\/mw2w3270_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/strong><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervsior Chris Daly.  File photo by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>June 13, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Though none of the D6 frontrunner candidates want to be on record, the campaigns for Jane Kim and Debra Walker have indicated they will not be participating in Supervisor Chris Daly\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/candidates-respond-to-dalys-d6-progressive-primary\/\">Progressive Primary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Meko, who now stands to be benefit from the Primary, remains on the fence, but is expected to announce his intentions soon, perhaps as late as one minute before the Thursday, June 17, 12:00 pm deadline.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->With his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2006\/11\/daly-victory-saves-the-soul-of-san-francisco\/\">proven ability<\/a> to win campaigns against well-financed candidates, Supervisor Daly believes whomever wins <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/daly-announces-d6-progressive-primary-election-details\/\">his Primary on July 17<\/a> will win the D6 contest in November with his support.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders are now shifting the conversation towards a \u2018candidates collaborative\u2019 whereby each of the Progressive front-runner candidates agrees to maximize the opportunities presented by ranked-choice-voting.  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