Mary Manross
| Mary Manross | |
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 Mayor Manross delivers a banner ("Our hearts are with you - Scottsdale, Arizona") signed by thousands of Scottsdale residents to The Pentagon in March 2002, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. | |
| Mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona | |
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In office June 2000 – September 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Sam Campana |
| Succeeded by | Jim Lane |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Independent Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Larry Manross |
| Alma mater | University of California at Los Angeles and Minot State University |
| Website | |
Mary Manross is the former Democratic mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona. First elected in June 2000, she served two terms and lost her campaign for a third term as mayor in the November 2008 runoff mayoral election to her opponent, former Certified Public Accountant and businessman and former city councilman Jim Lane.[1][2]
Before her election as councilwoman, Manross served on several city government commissions and in leadership positions for local charitable organizations, as well as being campaign manager for Mayor Herb Drinkwater's 1984 and 1988 mayoral campaigns.[3]
Manross served four terms on the Scottsdale city council from 1992-2000. Although the election and office of the mayor of Scottsdale is nonpartisan, Manross' Democratic affiliation is widely known. Manross enjoyed wide appeal, having been endorsed by both the Democratic governor Janet Napolitano and the Republican Senator John McCain, and the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce as well as the Sierra Club. Prior to the challenge from Jim Lane, her party affiliation was not an impediment in the conservative, largely Republican city of Scottsdale.[4][5]
As mayor, Manross was instrumental in leading the city council to approve workplace protections for LGBT employees. Then-councilman Jim Lane opposed these measures and voted against them.[6]
State-mandated changes in the election calendar which moved the traditional spring city election to align with fall federal and state elections brought more partisan voters into play in the 2008 election. Republican Jim Lane was able to defeat Manross by less than 1/2 of 1 percent of the vote.[7]
Manross is an alumna of the University of California at Los Angeles and Minot State University, and has a teaching credential.[8]
Election history
| Scottsdale Mayoral General Election 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Mark D. Bristow | 3,841 | 11.58% | ||
| Ross Dean | 13,756 | 41.52% | ||
| Merlin D. Gindlesperger | 1,061 | 3.20% | ||
| Mary Manross | 14,301 | 43.13% | ||
| Scottsdale Mayoral Runoff Election 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Ross Dean | 14,298 | 44.21% | ||
| Mary Manross | 17,964 | 55.55% | ||
| Scottsdale Mayoral General Election 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Cynthia Lukas | 5,507 | 15.40% | ||
| Mary Manross (Incumbent) | 16,903 | 47.26% | ||
| David Ortega | 7,627 | 21.33% | ||
| Bob Usdane | 5,663 | 15.83% | ||
| Scottsdale Mayoral Runoff Election 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Mary Manross (Incumbent) | 21,949 | 66.43% | ||
| David Ortega | 11,007 | 33.32% | ||
| Scottsdale Mayoral General Election 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Mary Manross (Incumbent) | 16,986 | 49.44% | ||
| Jim Lane | 17,373 | 50.56% | ||
References
- ↑ Jim Lane for Mayor official site
- ↑ Mayor and City Council
- ↑ "Mary Manross campaign official biography". Retrieved 2008-07-04.
- ↑ Kathee Austin (June 26, 2008). "Scottsdale Chamber Political Action Committee Releases Mayoral and City Council Endorsements". East Valley Living.
- ↑ Brian Powell (May 20, 2007). "Before mayoral vote, Manross faces field of challengers". East Valley Tribune.
- ↑ "Scottsdale passes workplace protections for LGBT city workers". http://www.advocate.com. Advocate.com. Retrieved 10 April 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Manross concedes mayoral race to Lane". AZCentral.com. The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ↑ "City of Scottsdale official biography". Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-07-04.