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SMITH.THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WE'RE JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY
FROM THE GENERAL ELECTION, AND
THE RACE FOR THE DISTRICT 27
STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEAT..
NEWS 18'S ELISABETH RENTSCHLER
HAS MORE ON ONE CANDIDATE WHO
SAYS SHE HOPES TO CONTINUE HER
LENGTHY CAREER AS STATE
REPRESENTATIVE..AND ANOTHER
WHO SAYS HE HOPES TO BRING
FRESH IDEAS.. TO THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY.#@ELISABETH: IT WAS
1982 WHEN DEMOCRATIC STATE
REPRESENTATIVE SHEILA KLINKER
FIRST WALKED THROUGH THE STATE
HOUSE DOORS AS A
REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 27
.30 YEARS LATER..SHE HOPES TO
HOLD ON TO THAT TITLE.SHEILA
KLINKER: "I FEEL THAT I'VE
WORKED HARD ENOUGH TO GET
ISSUES DONE FOR OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITY THAT MY EXPERIENCE
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF."
ISSUES DONE FOR OUR LOCAL
ELISABETH: BUT REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE CHUCK HOCKEMA IS
HOPING TO BRING A BREATH OF
FRESH AIR TO THE COMMUNITY.
CHUCK HOCKEMA: "THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GROWN
ACCUSTOMED TO VOTING FOR MY
OPPONENT. 30 YEARS IS A LONG
TIME, BUT I'M VERY CONFIDANT
THAT I CAN DO SOME THINGS THAT
WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO
LAFAYETTE AND THE SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES."ELISABETH: WHILE
THEY MAY DIFFER ON WHO THEY
THINK SHOULD REPRESENT
DISTRICT 27..THEY BOTH BELIEVE
JOB CREATION.. EDUCATION.. AND
THE ECONOMY ARE TOP PRIORITIES.
BOTH KLINKER AND HOCKEMA HAVE
EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO
THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
KLINKER? AS A TEACHER WITH THE
LAFAYETTE SCHOOL
CORPORATION..AND HOCKEMA? AS A
MCCUTCHEON HIGH SCHOOL
LAFAYETTE SCHOOL
GRADAUTE..AND NOW PARENT.BOTH
BELIEVE A POSITIVE LEARNING
EXPERIENCE COMES FROM
TEACHERS.. AND SAY TEACHER
EVALUATIONS NEED TO BE
REWORKED. KLINKER AND HOCKEMA
ALSO BELIEVE CREATING JOBS
LOCALLY.. DEPENDS ON THE
IMPORTANT..BUT AS KLINKER
SAYS.. SOMETHING LAFAYETTE AND
WEST LAFAYETTE HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO DO. HOCKEMA:
"EVERYTHING WE DO IN
GOVERNMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL
IS DRIVEN BY HOW WELL OUR
ECONOMY IS DOING. IF WE DON'T
HAVE THE REVENUES WE NEED IN
ORDER TO FUND THOSE PROGRAMS,
THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS LOST."
KLINKER: "I THINK THE ECONOMY
IS REALLY LOOKING UP HERE.
WE'RE GETTING COMPANIES
LOOKING AT LAFAYETTE AND WEST
IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A
SYMPHONY, WE HAVE THE ARTS
WHICH IS VERY PREVALENT, AS
WELL AS VERY GOOD SCHOOLS."
ELISABETH: IN THE END..THEIR
FATE LIES IN THE HANDS OF
VOTERS.CAST YOUR VOTE ON
TUESDAY NOVEMBER SIXTH.. AND
DECIDE WHO WILL BE YOUR
DISTRICT 27 STATE