Top Ten Conservative idiots of the week

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13. To be fair, Cameron Runyan (#9) was backed by Democrats in a nonpartisan election. eom

African-American voters on Tuesday gave Cameron Runyan an at-large seat on City Council, a move that strengthens the hold Democrats have on city government.

Runyan will replace Daniel Rickenmann, council’s acknowledged fiscal conservative who is active in Republican circles and who lent his name to the campaign of Runyan’s opponent Robert Bolchoz.

The overall impact on City Council of Runyan’s election depends on who wins the April 17 runoff for Council’s District 3 seat. At a minimum, Runyan’s selection gives Democrats at least five of the seven seats. The racial makeup stays at four African-Americans and at least two white members. District 3 runoff contender Moe Baddourah is of Middle Eastern heritage, having been born in Kuwait.

Runyan was endorsed by and received significant support from Mayor Steve Benjamin, whom Runyan backed in 2010. From the day Runyan announced this campaign, Benjamin, Columbia’s first black mayor and the former chairman of the Richland County Democratic Party, has tied himself to Runyan.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2012/04/05/2221904/blacks-gave-runyan-victory.html#storylink=cpy

Kind of unbelievable, but I don't think he's a conservative, and apparently the majority of seats in the council as a whole are backed by Democrats.