As we’ve said before…<\/a><\/p>\nWard Armstrong (D) is the incumbent House Minority Leader and that makes him a partisan hack by default. Partisan Yuck.
\nEd Creed (R) moved into the district to run against Armstrong. Carpetbagging Yuck.<\/p>\n
Armstrong has some of the last vestiges of legislative power that the Southside region still holds on to but his partisan whining has always turned us off. Creed seems like a decent guy and would probably make a good Delegate, but his carpetbagging move is an automatic disqualification for an endorsement. If Creeed fails to win in this election, it will be interesting to see if he moves right back out of the 10th District.<\/p>\n
As referenced above, SouthsideCentral has major fundamental disagreements with both of the candidates in the 10th House District and we make No Endorsement in this race. Although we encourage all registered voters to go to the polls, we cannot recommend either of these two candidates.<\/p>\n
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How’s that for an oxymoron of a headline? Anyway, voters have to make an unappetizing choice from this buffet. <\/p>\n
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