Vote August 6: State Senate
Four candidates are competing for the Democratic nomination for 18th State Senate district. The district, which includes Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County northwest of Ann Arbor (including Dexter and Saline), and parts of Jackson County and Livingston County (Howell), tends to be relatively conservative. The current State Senator is Republican Gilbert Bursley, who may be hard to unseat again this November.
Running for the Democratic spot on the November ballot are:
CYNTHIA CHURCHILL. The youngest candidate at 27, and the only woman, she is currently employed in computer operations at Com-Share, Inc. She has a masters in linguistics, with a strong background in economics. She is particularly interested in the rights of young people and women, and in welfare and social services.
PETER ECKSTEIN. An associate professor of economics at Western Michigan University, he has been extremely active in the Democratic party and local politics. He is interested in campaign reform, strong environmental protection laws, and tax reforms.
GERALD FAYE. Another academic, Faye is a professor of political science at Oakland Community College. He believes the most important areas of concern are financing for public education, tax reform, and civil rights.
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HAROLD MOON. Stressing personal and fiscal accountability and an abolition of parking meters, Moon is a bail man in Ann Arbor. Although the most conservative of the four candidates, he has been more than willing to work with a wide variety of people, and has helped many local radicals by coming up with bail on a variety of occasions, including the infamous ARGUS bust several years ago. Moon is waging a heavy campaign, and is likely to get strong support out-county.
Although Faye, Eckstein and Churchill are all proposing progressive reform programs, we are endorsing Cynthia Churchill. We believe that if all the candidates are equally qualified, it is important for women and minority candidates to be elected to office. Although she has a bit less political experience than either Faye or Eckstein, her proposals speak strongly for humanistic reforms. We believe she would be an outstanding State Senator.
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