Incumbents Tom Buco (D-Conway) and Stephen Woodcock (D-Conway) along with Ellin Leonard (D-Conway) are running for the three state representative seats from Carroll County District 2, covering Conway, Eaton, Chatham and Hales Estates. They will be running against former state reps Frank McCarthy and Karen Umberger, both of Conway, along with Wendy Richardson of Conway, who fill out the Republican slate.
Essays below answer questions posed by the League of Women Voters regarding: 1) a clean energy policy; 2) the Fiscal Committee’s decision not to accept a federal charter school grant; 3) adding a broad-based state tax to increase revenues; 4) protecting gun ownership rights; and 5) passing a family leave bill.
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