I encourage Andover residents to vote for the following:
For President - Barack Obama & Joe Biden
For US Senate - Amy Klobuchar
For 6th District Congress - Jim Graves
For SD 35 - Peter Perovich
For SD 31 - Mike Starr
For House 35B - Sam Scott
For House 31B - Louise Woodberry
For Anoka County Commissioner, District 1 - anybody but Matt Look on general principle, but Alison Lister is a genuinely good choice
District 2 - two terrible choices - Andy Westerberg is the lesser of two evils
District 5 - Carol LeDoux is superior to Scott Bromley, an opportunist who hasn't even voted in recent years
District 7 - Dan Earhart continues to be a holdout against the takeover of the County Board by Tea Party-like reactionaries. Much better choice than Scott Schulte.
For Andover Mayor - Mike Gamache (unoppopsed)
For Andover Council Special 2-Year Seat - Val Holthus (a narrow call over Tony Howard, but I pledged support to Val before she decided which seat she was runniung for)
For Andover Council - two 4-Year Seats - I generally don't support Sheri Bukkila politically and I personally wish Mike Knight had decided to retire this time, but the only knowledge I have of third candidate David Forsberg is his replies in the Anoka Union (the city newsletter isn't out yet)... in good conscience I can't recommend Forsberg based on those responses, but I'm glad he's running - we need contested races, as we had in 2010.
For Supreme Court Justices - re-elect the incumbents even though two are extremists appointed by Gov. Pawlenty - but they are of judicial quality and character which Tnglestad and Griffith are most certainly not, and Barkley may have consideration as a politiucian - but certainly not as a Justice.
Vote NO on both Constitutional Amendments!
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