Tomorrow is Primary Election Day.
Here’s a pop quiz:
Name one person running for your local school board.
Name one of the Democrats running for County Council.
Name one of the two candidates running for county District Attorney.
Name a candidate for statewide appeals courts on the ballot.
How’d you do?
I thought so.
You haven’t been reading, have you?
Sure, the primary is almost always a snooze. Many times people simply sit out the primary in the belief that they will cast their ballot in November.
But the primary is what literally sets the table for the November ballot. Candidates are running for the nomination of their party to various offices.
In the case of judgeships, candidates often are cross-filed. So if they win both the Republican and Democratic races, the race is basically over, long before you ever go to the voting booth in November.
Keep that in mind if you’re planning to sit this one out.
Here’s a pop quiz:
Name one person running for your local school board.
Name one of the Democrats running for County Council.
Name one of the two candidates running for county District Attorney.
Name a candidate for statewide appeals courts on the ballot.
How’d you do?
I thought so.
You haven’t been reading, have you?
Sure, the primary is almost always a snooze. Many times people simply sit out the primary in the belief that they will cast their ballot in November.
But the primary is what literally sets the table for the November ballot. Candidates are running for the nomination of their party to various offices.
In the case of judgeships, candidates often are cross-filed. So if they win both the Republican and Democratic races, the race is basically over, long before you ever go to the voting booth in November.
Keep that in mind if you’re planning to sit this one out.
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