The "Interrupted Thoughts" column by Randy Carlsen, publisher and editor of the weekly Dodge County Independent read more like personal choices for candidates than formal endorsements. We're not calling the selections in the column endorsements for that reason.
Carlsen will be splitting his ticket, casting a vote for McCain while not selecting Franken (he doesn't say if Coleman or Barkley is his man). But further down the ballot? He writes:
. . .Congressman Tim Walz is finishing up his first term and I can't say he has done anything to show he should be voted out of office. What Walz does have going for him is the fact that he is a very down-to-earth people person. He can relate to the average rural Minnesotan.
The only State Representative race is incumbent Republican Randy Demmer and DFL candidate Jim Jensen. I can't make a recommendation because both are respected individuals. I know Randy Demmer as a very good family man and Jim Jensen is the type of person people can't help but like. We have two very good choices here.
Meek words in an election year in which more strident voices take over sometimes. Carlsen's thoughts may seem lukewarm to some, but for many small town Minnesotans, such mild language is assertiveness itself.
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