{"id":8991,"date":"2010-10-29T12:32:53","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T12:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2010\/10\/29\/my-ballot-for-next-tuesday-pag\/"},"modified":"2010-10-29T12:32:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T12:32:53","slug":"my-ballot-for-next-tuesday-pag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/29\/my-ballot-for-next-tuesday-pag\/","title":{"rendered":"My Ballot for Next Tuesday: Page One"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Representative to the House, District 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jim Meffert<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m very familiar with Meffert’s stand on the issues, and agree with them fully.<\/p>\n

State Senator District 47<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leo Foley<\/em><\/p>\n

Leo Foley is a centrist Democrat who has done a great job to date.<\/p>\n

State Representative District 47A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Denise Dittrich<\/em><\/p>\n

Dittrich has been a great representative.<\/p>\n

Governor\/Lt Governor<\/strong>
\n
\nMark Dayton\/Yvonne Prettner Solon<\/em><\/p>\n

Dayton will implement progressive Minnesota-like policies, and push for (or allow the legislature to develop) sane tax policies (i.e., tax the rich more, then get stuff done). The election is quite close, so every vote for Dayton counts, depending on what numbers you accept. <\/a><\/p>\n

Secretary of State<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Ritchie<\/em><\/p>\n

Ritchie showed himself to be an excellent secretary of state during the … well, you remember, we need not speak of those days …<\/p>\n

State Auditor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rebecca Otto<\/em><\/p>\n

Otto is a progressive, conservation oriented highly competent auditor. Anderson, seeking to get her job back, was a moron. See this.<\/a><\/p>\n

State Attorney General<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lori Swanson<\/em><\/p>\n

Lori Swanson kicks ass as Attorney General<\/p>\n

County Sheriff<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Stuart<\/em><\/p>\n

I picked Stuart based on his experience.<\/p>\n

County Attorney<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brad Johnson<\/em><\/p>\n

Close call. I’ve heard from people who know people who are people and Ive decided to support Johnson.<\/p>\n

Soil and Water Conservation Districts 3 and 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am opposed to all of the candidates. I will write someone in. Any suggestions?<\/em><\/p>\n

Mayor of Coon Rapids<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Howe<\/em><\/p>\n

Tim seems to have done a fine job, and the opposing candidate, Dave Nelson, has not allowed interviews or otherwise distributed information about himself as far as I can tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US Representative to the House, District 3 Jim Meffert I’m very familiar with Meffert’s stand on the issues, and agree with them fully. State Senator District 47 Leo Foley Leo Foley is a centrist Democrat who has done a great job to date. State Representative District 47A Denise Dittrich Dittrich has been a great representative. … Continue reading My Ballot for Next Tuesday: Page One<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4588],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-2l1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}