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Area candidates get face time at forum

Being a fast-talking politician isn’t usually thought of as an admirable trait.

But it was an essential survival skill at a League of Women Voters Candidates Forum at Skagit PUD in Mount Vernon Oct. 22.

Area legislative and judicial candidates were limited to a total of five minutes each in offering an introduction, responses to three questions, and a closing statement.

The briskly-paced format was necessary to cover eight Nov. 6 ballot races plus allow time for U.S. Rep Rick Larsen (D-Arlington) and Brian Luke (I-Lynnwood) to speak at the end of the two-hour session.

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