If the rampant corruption in Washington DC should have taught us anything, I should have taught us that no longer can we discount the importance of local-level elections. Many of those are occurring this autumn.
In Maryland, all statewide and at least most county-wide seats are open for election, from the governor down to the city council people. Of course all seats of Congress are being voted upon, and Chris Van Hollen is up for re-election, or hopefully a defeat this November. Moreover, all seats in the various boards of education are to be decided as well.
Maryland Right to Life PAC has just released its list of endorsements and I link to it now. At this time I concur with its list and had already planned on voting for its endorsed candidates. I now link to all the candidates as listed on the Maryland Board of Elections site. I had noticed that MRTL did not endorse a candidate for US Senator; judging from a first glance at their individual websites, I can see that none of them are any too impressive. Still, Van Hollen must be unseated.
As far as the Board of Education goes, here is my strategy. Every time, some helpful person will, as I approach the polling place, present to me an "apple ballot". These are candidates that have been endorsed by the local chapter of the National Education Association - an unabashedly progressive cabal if ever there was one. Therefore, I study it and make sure that I vote for all their opponents.
In south Texas, a conservative Republican lady won an upset victory in a district that had not elected a Republican in decades. There is hope. Of course, we must pray that God brings this country to repentance and to its senses and healing.
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