Effort to boost Mfume moves into high gear; Legislators work to allow mayoral run by NAACP president FINAL Edition

A group of city and state politicians, as well as influential business leaders, is preparing to launch fund-raising drives, ad campaigns and community rallies to draft [Kweisi] Mfume, once Gov. Parris N. Glendening signs the bill that makes it legally possible for the civil rights leader to join the...

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Published inThe Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)
Main Author Ivan Penn and C. Fraser Smith
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore, Md Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 10.04.1999
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Summary:A group of city and state politicians, as well as influential business leaders, is preparing to launch fund-raising drives, ad campaigns and community rallies to draft [Kweisi] Mfume, once Gov. Parris N. Glendening signs the bill that makes it legally possible for the civil rights leader to join the race. "It really has been no secret that people have wanted to draft a candidate like Mfume," said Cheryl Benton, the former campaign manager for Washington Mayor Anthony A. Williams, who is helping to organize the Mfume draft. "I think it all will become a much more accelerated process" with the end of the General Assembly session. State lawmakers have been encouraging Mfume to run ever since Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke announced in December that he would not seek a fourth term in office. But Mfume's candidacy was hampered because he lives in Baltimore County and his pay as NAACP president is so lucrative.
ISSN:1930-8965