It
is election season time and political parties are trying to sort out
who will be their nominees for the Fall Showdown. Primary voters are
kicking the tires on candidates before buying into the campaigns.
Candidates are traveling around various districts
selling their message and letting potential voters know what they can do
for them.
The voters are looking for many different issues and stances of the
campaigns. These are important decisions to make. In the case of
Congressional campaigns, citizens are going to choose someone from their
district to be their representative in D.C.
What happens when the candidates you have to choose from do not
live in the district they are trying to represent? Should a candidate
asking you to buy into their campaign have to buy into your
neighborhoods and be a resident? I know this happens a lot
where a candidate does not live in one of the groups of neighborhoods
they want to represent, like in Texas Congressional District 35 where
you have 3 candidates vying for the Democratic Nomination. Out of the
three, only one lives in the district.
Only one candidate can vote for themselves.
Every candidate is making the case that they will be the hardest
worker and strongest voice for the district. However, two of the three
are only willing to be your neighbor if you vote for them. In the same
district, the Republican Party has three candidates
and of those three, only one lives in the district. There is a
66% chance that the two candidates for November could be two people who
could not even vote for themselves in the May primaries.
If you were to ask all six candidates for District 35 who they will vote for Congress in May only Maria Luisa Alvarado (Democrat) and Susan Narvaiz (Republican) can vote for themselves.
This issue was brought to my attention by an
article by Ken Herman
(Austin American Statesman). So the question now is does it matter to
you if a candidate is from your District?
