Working on endorsements

7 comments October 2nd, 2008

At today’s edit board meeting we’ll discuss endorsements for Winnebago County Board chairman and Winnebago County state’s attorney. We decided on our presidential endorsement Monday and plan to run that edit on Sunday.

In the chairman’s race and in the state’s attorney race we held debates here at the News Tower. You can see edited versions at rrstar.com. Videos are about half way down the home page on the right side.

This is the first year we’ve used a debate format to determine endorsements in what we consider key races. We thought it would be better to see side-by-side comparisons rather than bring the candidates in one at a time. We think the process will help us make better decisions.

Other endorsements will be based on candidate forums, questionnaires and news stories. There are a lot of local races this year for us to study.  I think it’s good to have competition on the ballot. It keeps incumbents on their toes and makes challengers do a lot of homework to sharpen their message.