Farmers Branch Mayoral Hopeful

Can being anti-immigrant help to further political aspirations? That didn’t seem to help Tom Tancredo much. But in Farmers Branch, Texas, will the next mayor benefit from that foundation?

Anabelle Garay writes for the Associated Press:

The councilman who pushed his Dallas suburb’s efforts to pass one of the country’s most sweeping anti-illegal immigration measures is running for mayor.

Tim O’Hare, a 38-year-old first-term city councilman and personal injury lawyer, announced his candidacy Thursday for the May election on his blog. O’Hare was elected to the council of this city of about 26,600 residents in 2005.

“Thank you for allowing me to serve you over the past three years,” O’Hare wrote. “I hope you will allow me the honor and privilege of serving you as Mayor for the next three.”

O’Hare began pushing for new laws in 2006, steering Farmers Branch into becoming one of the dozens of cities nationwide to approve rules targeting illegal immigrants. Click here for the full story.

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