The lodge membership also voted Wednesday to endorse incumbent Democratic Commissioner Darryl Owens in his re-election contest. Davis faces Democrat Dolores Delahanty, and Owens is running against Republican Bill Hardy. The FOP strongly opposes the pending city-county merger plan. But it still endorsed Davis, a merger backer, over Delahanty, who opposes the plan. She has been very pro-police.
Merger is an issue everyone is debating.
We don't hold it against a candidate because we disagree on one issue. Minogue said the FOP endorsed Owens, a leading merger opponent, because it also agrees with most of the actions he has taken on Fiscal Court.