Nick Varrecchio participated in a Clerk of Court candidate debate last night, on WDSU Channel 6. Nick needs your help to return for the final debate. WDSU is conducting an online web poll to see who will face of in the final WDSU debate for Clerk of Court.
Choose Nick Varrecchio in the WDSU poll or simply Click for Nick to vote directly.
Update: The poll is now closed. WDSU did not use the polling results.
After a very competitive interview process, the AFL-CIO has endorsed Nick Varrecchio’s candidacy with a “favorable” rating. Of the 13 candidates seeking to be elected Clerk of Court, only two candidates were rated as “favorable” by the AFL-CIO.
This “favorable” rating will play an important role in influencing the endorsements of individual union locals. Nick Varrecchio is now positioned to receive the endorsements of numerous locals.
Bernard Charbonnet, a prominent local attorney, former Dock Board member, and important political figure, has endorsed Nick Varrecchio for Clerk of Court.
Charbonnet, the driving force behind the “Coalition”, a group of political organizations that have recently included COUP, GOLD, DAWN, and MOVE, and whose efforts have been very successful in the recent elections of First City Court Judge Sonya Spears, Constable Lambert Bossiere Jr. and Public Service Commissioner Lambert Bossiere III, will be supporting Nick Varrecchio in the hotly contested April 22nd, 2006 election.
The Regular Democratic Organization, the oldest continuing operational political organization in the United States, has endorsed Nick Varrecchio for Clerk of Criminal District Court.
The group, also commonly known as the “RDO”, has endorsed candidates for office in New Orleans and the surrounding area for over 130 years. The organization plans to have a mail, newspaper, and perhaps even a television advertising campaign to promote their endorsed slate of candidates in the upcoming April 22nd election.
After a debate and candidate’s forum that included all 13 candidates for Clerk of Court, Nick Varrecchio has won the coveted Alliance for Good Government endorsement. This endorsement is perhaps one of the most important given the large field of candidates and the short 2006 campaign season.
The Alliance for Good Government’s endorsement is largely considered the “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” in New Orleans politics. The group presents television ads and mailed ballots endorsing their slate of candidates. The Alliance’s endorsement is even more important in this election year given the recent troubled history of this important elective office.
