The Jeffersonville, Clark Co. Blog (TheBatBlog

Meet the Candidates - Election 2011
Tom Galligan - HT's Analysis

  The first candidate to discuss is Tom Galligan incumbent Dem. mayoral candidate. Mr. Galligan is the veteran three term Mayor seeking his fourth term. Tom will as always be a formidable candidate in this years race. Galligan has a very loyal backing from a strong political base accumulated over his nearly twelve years in office. Mr. Galligan probably faces the toughest race of his career as fellow Democrats have put together a very strong primary field with the winner having to face strong GOP candidate Mike Moore in the fall election. TG is probably the most polarizing candidate in the race. His in your face and act now , ask questions later style has ruffled some feathers.

Tom Galligan

The Issues
Several big issues will come into play in this years election, concerning Mayor Galligan's job performance. The Vissing Park development, the Canal project, annexation, higher sewer bills just to name a few. These are all controversial issues where a sitting Mayor may get the blame from the voters. Especially the higher sewer bills and annexation, these would have occurred no matter who was mayor, but usually the voter takes it out on who's in office.

HT's Spin
Like I said earlier TG maybe in for the toughest race of his career. He'll be facing some tough proven opponents in both the primary and general election. Can Galligan win ? Don't count him out just yet. He does have a loyal base of voters and the big field in the Primary makes it a tossup, in my opinion. If he win the primary he would benefit in the rumored 3rd party candidate being in the race, rather than a one on one match up with Mike Moore. The negative issues covered before may be too much for him to overcome though....




Later this week HT looks at Rob Waiz - D