David Oh: ‘I’m a reformer’ who doesn’t care about political consequences

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Source: David Oh: ‘I’m a reformer’ who doesn’t care about political consequences

Published 7/23/2023

Oh is the most well-known GOP mayoral candidate since at least 2003.

“I see her as willing to get along with the power structure,” Oh said. “What that says to me, however, is she’s not a reformer. And I think that would define her – not a reformer. I’m a reformer.”

Oh, during his time on council, built a diverse base of supporters, particularly from the city’s smaller, under-represented immigrant communities. Groups of Uzbek, Turkish and Haitian Americans attended his campaign launch.

“By the time they’ve come to me, I understand that they’re only coming to me because they couldn’t get a ‘yes’ from anywhere else,” he said, referencing his status as a minority party at-large council member.

Aleida Garcia befriended Oh after founding the National Homicide Justice Alliance, an organization that advocates for the families of murder victims. Her son, Alejandro, was fatally shot eight years ago in Feltonville.

“Whenever I’ve asked to meet up with him, I don’t have to ask twice,” Garcia said. “Some politicians you have to kind of beg them.”

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Source: David Oh: ‘I’m a reformer’ who doesn’t care about political consequences