As always, there are some classical local political stories out there. We'll comment on three:
- In the 2nd District, Lucille McKnight, the incumbent is being challenged by Lester Freeman. McKnight cares about her neighborhood and works well with others. She's the new President of the State Association of Counties.
- In the 8th District, there's a three way race and it's already gotten nasty between two of the candidates, Ken Barnes and Jennifer Muthig. The third candidate, Doug Bullock is a hard-core progressive. He has boundless energy and is devoted to labor and worker issues. If you live in the 8th, ignore the fight and support Bullock. If nothing else, he'll be entertaining to watch.
- The 39th District is in Berne, up in the hills. The fight there is between Alexander, "Sandy" Gordon and Kevin Crosier. Gordon, the incumbent is a local farmer. Crozier is the Berne Town Supervisor. They had an earlier fight when Crosier tried to merge the Town highway department into the County's so that both the Town and County could save a bunch of dough. He lost and Gordon was one of the reasons.
If you're enough of a political junkie to be reading this, we probably don't have to tell you to be sure to vote.
