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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.

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.

For the 2010 primary election cycle, the 15-member Alliance sub-committee is in the process of interviewing candidates and will then present their recommendations to the Board of Directors for discussion and a vote.

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

• Alliance endorses Tom Hughes for Metro President