Sure, you can go to lots of post-election forums (or listen to KUOW) and hear pundits, reporters, and random consultants give their 20,000-foot analysis of this year’s mayoral campaign.
But we’ve rounded up the political strategists who actually helped come up with and execute this year’s campaign game plans—Team Mallahan and Team McGinn—to face off one more time.
Come to the Del Rey in Belltown on Monday night November 23 and hear McGinn’s gonzo strategist Bill Broadhead (from the Mercury Group) and Mallahan’s sharpshooter spokeswoman Charla Neuman explain their strategies, do some Monday-morning quarterbacking on themselves and each other, and fill you in on how they were reading, playing, and trying to outsmart one another.
What did Team Mallahan think when McGinn made his tunnel reversal? What did Team McGinn think when Mallahan (with the much bigger bank account) put a second bundle of his own money into his own campaign? Why did Mallahan decide to go negative? How did McGinn orchestrate his now-famous field game?
Seattle Channel’s C.R. Douglas moderates. Our own Erica C. Barnett will sit on the panel to keep ‘em honest. And the former rival campaigns will tell their own stories and answer your questions.
Del Rey. 2332 1st Ave. in Belltown. Doors open at 5pm. Show starts at 6pm. Free. Cash bar.