What I’d look for in a candidate — for any office — is their sense of community. In other words, are they going to act as a good neighbor would once they’re elected? If so, they are on their way to getting my vote.

I think, with respect to community, we have too often taken our eye of the ball when it comes to candidates who act as good stewards of the communities they come from. In other words, all too often our “elected neighbors” act less in our best interest and more in the interest of some specialty.

I don’t want to approach it from the negative: “People who aren’t beholden to the special interests”. I don’t think that’s helpful. *Nobody* should be beholden to the special interests, and yet special interest aren’t going away. But we can judge the level of community awareness — and indeed loyalty — in our candidates.

Keep up the great work!

mtober-
My bad. Article is now edited to reflect true meaning. Original words, “Rep.” now read “representative.” It’s easy to see how you might have assumed otherwise. Unlike Florida, there are precious few Republican incumbents up here, especially in Massachusetts so the original didn’t make sense.

This article is intended to be non-partisan.

Glad to hear you want to unelect the incumbent republicans.

If I were a betting person, I’d guess that likely your daughter MARGARET provided the most insightful input.

LOL!!

—more thoughtful input from this “mrgrt” to come later on this topic.