County candidate points to her independence
Marguerite Ermeling, independent candidate for the 3rd District Douglas County Commission seat, said she favored maintaining Douglas County’s “rural nature” during a World Online chat Wednesday.
She said the single biggest difference between her and incumbent Commissioner Jere McElhaney, a Republican, was that she had no ties to the “development community.”
Marguerite Ermeling, independent candidate for Douglas County Commission, 3rd District, chats with the votersThe full transcript of Ermeling’s chat is available at www.ljworld.com.
At 1 p.m. today, 2nd District Kansas Senate candidate Jim Mullins will do a chat. Mullins is the Reform candidate vying against incumbent Sen. Mark Buhler, a Republican, and Marci Francisco, a Democrat.
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