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Political Endorsements

Each election season the Alliance assembles a sub-committee to interview viable candidates for various political offices and typically decides to make candidate endorsements. The Alliance develops a number of criteria in its endorsement process such as the candidate's plans for building a strong economic base for the city and creating family-wage jobs.

Recommendations by the subcommittee are then presented to the Alliance board for a vote. Alliance by-laws state that endorsements must be ratified by at least two-thirds of Board members present at the meeting where endorsements are made.

For the 2008 primary election cycle, the 15-member Alliance sub-committee interviewed 29 city, county and regional candidates over a two-day period and then presented their recommendations to the Board of Directors for discussion and a vote.

Each year the Board may also decide to weigh in on local and regional ballot measures. Recommendations to endorse a ballot measure are made by the Alliance's Government Relations Committee and then sent to the Board for a vote.

See attachment below for recent endorsements of candidates and ballot measures.

• April 2008 press release
• PCC resolution
• Children's Investment Fund resolution