Andrew Sommerman sinks supporters in a number of emails released to Facebook by community activist Avi Adelman.
After the March 1 Democratic primary vote, Philip Kingston announced his endorsement of Andrew Sommerman.
Sommerman seeks the endorsement of individuals in public and then trashes them in private.
The move was a surprise to many, but for some activists, a bridge too far and it appears the benefactor of Kingston’s decision thinks it is bad too.
In an email to Avi Adelman, the Sommerman campaign called Kingston “offensive and a bad actor…” in the public sphere.
The campaign which appears to be seeking Adelman’s endorsement then goes on to send a message to its team about Adelman calling him a “loud person.” Unfortunately for the campaign, the private message made its way to Adelma who published it.
If Andrew Sommerman will attack his own supporters, do you think he cares about individual voters?
Kingston, who finished in what D Magazine called a “distant third” does not seem to have the support of voters or the people he endorses.
Sommerman Sinks Supporters
Sommerman, a local personal injury lawyer, said he chose to run for the County Commission 2 seat because “he doesn’t want political theater to drive public health policymaking.”
But he later won the Dallas Morning News primary endorsement on a platform of arguing for criminals to be released into the community to lower jail costs despite a long recent history of Dallas criminal judges lowering bail to allow dangerous defendants to be out on bond and Dallas police unable or unwilling to respond to local crime.
It is unclear based on Sommerman’s private conversations what he believes.
Adelman’s emails show Sommerman seeks the endorsement of individuals in public and then trashes them in private.
This endorsement controversy makes some Democrats nervous about the newly gerrymandered seat.
One local community person said, “I’ve talked to a dozen people like Avi – people who work the polls, precinct chairs, donors – and they all say the same thing. They will vote for JJ Koch in November if Andrew Sommerman beats Michelle Ocker in May.”
“Sommerman is the worst kind of insider. He sells out his supporters without thinking about it as long as it advances Andrew Sommerman,” she continued. “He is also playing a good old boy club with he and Kingston and Tom Ervin lining up against Michelle [Ocker] who has held elective office and served constituents.”
Another unaffiliated campaign volunteer noted this shows how bad Democratic Party politics is right now.
“If Andrew Sommerman will attack his own supporters, do you think he cares about individual voters?”
In the other major Dallas race, endorsements continue to come in for Jane Hope Hamilton who is hoping to beat Jasmine Crockett in their runoff.