Whitburn: 'I Have No Illusions'
KELLY BENNETT
March 11, 2010
Stephen Whitburn, a former candidate for City Council, announced his candidacy for county supervisor tonight at a press conference in University Heights, hoping to brand himself as "one, fresh Democratic voice" to challenge incumbent Ron Roberts, a moderate Republican who's held the seat for 16 years...
Weighing Blue and Red: Whitburn emphasized the two-to-one Democratic-to-Republican advantage in the Fourth District. "Yet the power of incumbency is so strong that Democratic voters have had a Republican representing them for more than 15 years," he said. "That should not be."
He summed up the five current supervisors as "like-minded Republicans" and said he'd push for a "robust discussion of the issues."...
