Talk:Sheila Dixon

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Can you explain the 2007 election thing further within the section? I don't understand why she's running for mayor if she's already mayor. Is she just a fill-in for O'Malley? Is the O'Malley-Dixon term due to expire in 2007? Is the 2007 election a scheduled mayoral election? -Taco325i 16:00, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

She's not a "fill-in", she's the real mayor, but the term that O'Malley started expires at the end of 2007 no matter who's in the office. To use a metaphor, if George Bush died tomorrow, Dick Cheney would become the real president, not a "fill-in"; however, Cheney wouldn't automatically get four years in office, and there would still be a Presidential election in 2008. --Jfruh (talk) 16:23, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Was she appointed by O'Malley, or is there an order of succession, or was there some other selection process? -Taco325i 16:55, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

She was the city council president, which is a citywide elected office. The city council president becomes mayor automatically if the mayor resigns or dies in the middle of a term. --Jfruh (talk) 16:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

aha... -Taco325i 17:06, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

This page does not have a NPOV. Shelia Dixon is a candidate in the upcoming election for Baltimore City Mayor. Some assertions have no references, such as the reduction in crime and leading the way for the smoking ban.