David Kranich

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David William Kranich (born April 30, 1972[1]) is a real estate agent and businessman who ran for mayor of the District of Columbia in 2006.

Raised in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, Kranich graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in marketing.[2][3] After moving to Washington, D.C., in 1994, he started a business selling, delivering, and setting up Christmas trees to people's homes.[3] Kranich also started a company called Kranich Consumer Products that sold a bottled smoothie drink made from strawberries, oranges, and bananas, which he called Kranich's Fruitful Daze.[3] When sales of Christmas trees slowed in 2001, Kranich became a real estate agent.[3]

In 2006, Kranich declared his candidacy for mayor of the District of Columbia. Albert Ceccone and Dennis Moore both gathered signatures to run on the ballot as well, but after a challenge by Kranich, the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics declared many of the signatures invalid.[4][5] Consequently neither Ceccone nor Moore had enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot, and only Kranich's name appeared as running for mayor on the Republican primary ballot.[6] Kranich received 65% of the primary vote, giving him a place on the general election ballot.[7][8]

Kranich favored a limited role for the government, believing that crime cameras, earlier youth curfews, and gun-buyback programs should not be used to reduce crime rates.[2] He also supported the repeal of the District's law banning handguns because he believed it has not reduced the crime rate.[9] Kranich supported cutting income, sales, and property taxes, which he believed would make it more affordable for people to live in the District.[2][5][10] While personally against abortion, Kranich supported keeping abortion legal.[9] Kranich was also against capital punishment.[2] In order to improve education in the District, Kranich supported combining schools with low enrollments and asking the Council to allow the mayor to appoint the members of the Board of Education.[9][3][10] Kranich favored full representation in the House of Representation for the District.[10]

Running as a Republican in a city where less than 8% of voters are registered as Republicans,[11] coverage of Kranich's candidacy was sparse in local newspapers.[12][13] On November 2, 2006, Washington Post Radio aired a debate between Kranich and Democratic nominee Adrian Fenty.[14]

In the general election, Kranich received 6% of the vote and was defeated by Fenty who received 89% of the vote.[15]

In 2007, Kranich held the position of vice chair of the Ward 2 Republicans and was also an alternate delegate in the Republican primary for Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign.[16] Kranich is currently a member serving on the executive committee of the District of Columbia Republican Committee.[17]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Voters Guide 2006 Supplement (PDF). The Washington Informer (2006-09-24).
  2. ^ a b c d Neibauer, Michael. "No Giving Up for GOP's Kranich", Examiner, 2006-10-18. 
  3. ^ a b c d e Stewart, Nikita. "Dave Kranich Fighting The Fenty Juggernaut", The Washington Post, 2006-10-20, p. B06. 
  4. ^ Kranich v. Ceccone, Administrative Hearing No. 06-002 (PDF). District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (2006-09-03).
  5. ^ a b Pacyniak, Gabriel. "The Council's Minority Seat" (PDF), DC North, 2006-10-01. 
  6. ^ Sample Ballot: Republican Primary: District of Columbia (PDF). District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (2006-09-12).
  7. ^ Certified Election Night Results (PDF). District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (2006-09-26).
  8. ^ Sample Ballot: General Election: District of Columbia (PDF). District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (2006-11-07).
  9. ^ a b c Pierre, Robert E. "Also in the Mayor's Race, the Final Four", The Washington Post, 2006-09-07, p. DZ03. 
  10. ^ a b c Snyder, Karen. "Candidates for Mayor: David W. Kranich (archive copy at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine)", The Common Denominator, 2006. 
  11. ^ Montgomery, Lori; Silverman, Elissa. "Fenty Sweep is One for the Record Books", The Washington Post, 2006-09-21, p. DZ02. 
  12. ^ Noah, Timothy. "The Invisible Candidate", Slate, 2006-11-07. 
  13. ^ "Wrapping Up the Race" (PDF), DC North, 2006-09-01. 
  14. ^ "Fenty Preparing Transition to Mayor", WRC-TV, 2006-10-30. 
  15. ^ Certified Official Results Report (PDF). District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (2006-11-21).
  16. ^ Samuelson, Ruth. "Pity Party: How hard is it to round up a few hundred D.C. Republicans?", Washington City Paper, 2007-12-12. 
  17. ^ A Brief Overview. District of Columbia Republican Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-09.