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Despite declaring earlier that he would not seek the council chair, Hornstein reversed that position just days before the election. He says he would never have run had he known Rauch was going to win, but that he felt forced to run out of fear that a less competent candidate might take the post...
...miss the chair's debate and he did not formally decide that he would run until nominated election night. With only quickly sketched remarks, wearing a sweat-shirt in contrast to the other candidates' suits and ties, Hornstein still came the closest out of six unsuccessful candidates to beating Rauch...
...Everyone thought [Rauch] deserved the job for the hard work he had put in but no one actually thought he would get it," Hornstein says. "Had I mounted a real campaign I think it's very possible I would have...
...Rauch's vision of a council with a grassroots agenda, determined less by him than by the rest of the council and its constituents, prevailed on election night...
...people working?" Rauch asked in his campaign speech. "You can't get them to carry out a pre-set agenda. First of all, they won't. I also doubt my own ability to set such a complete agenda. Becoming UC chair does not make you an expert in everything. Eighty-eight people will work on projects which interest them...