As voters in District 42 of the State House of Representatives elect their Representative on June 30, 2020, it is important to many that incumbent Cindy Roe is a true resident of the District. At least one of Cindy's opponents in the House race must be considered a "carpetbagger". A carpetbagger candidate in any election is a candidate who has not previously been a resident in the House or Senate, but is sent into the district for the sole purpose of taking the seat for either the democrat or republican party. An example of a democrat carpetbagger may have been Hillary Clinton when she ran for the New York senate seat years ago. At the time she decided to run for the seat, she was a legal resident of Arkansas, not New York. Clinton had probably already decided she would one day be a candidate for the presidency, so determined it would be an easier route to win the president of the U.S. through New York, not Arkansas. Hillary was evidently sent to New York by the democratic party in order to take the seat, so many consider her a carpetbagger.
Republicans may also be carpetbaggers, as there are plenty of examples. For instance, after the Civil War ended in 1866, several republican candidates from the North moved to southern states in order that the federal House and Senate seats would be filled with republicans. Those southern state seats were previously held by democrats.
As most voters know, Representative Cindy Roe is a true resident of House District 42 in Garvin and McClain County, and cares greatly about the well-being of her constituents. Voters should do their homework in determining the best candidate for House District 42, and I believe that Cindy Roe is just what we need. By the way, I'm registered Independent, not Democrat nor Republican.
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