If you live in Senate District 35, it’s Primary day today.
And I urge you to get out and vote for Andy Aplikowski.
I almost never “endorse” candidates – but I’m going to urge those of you who live in 35 to vote for Andy. He’s a long-time friend of this blog, a former mayor of the MOB, and more importantly, a solid conservative who will do is bit to keep moving the Senate to the right.
It’s a very red district – so, in effect, the election is happening today. If the Democrats field someone, it’ll basically be a warm body on the ballot for appearance’s sake.
He’s running in the primary against former long-time State representative Jim Abeler. Abeler’s a good guy; he’s been right on a lot of issues (he was as solid Second Amendment guy as they come). But he was a reliable vote for spending more money; he was one of the “Override Six” back in 2007, which voted to override Governor Pawlenty’s veto of the DFL’s epochal gas tax hike.
Anyway – get out and vote for Andy!