WAVE 3 TV Louisville, KY | Nominees For Special Election Get Ready For Short Race For 37th Seat
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By Frances Kuo
(LOUISVILLE) -- The special election for the open 37th District seat now has its two candidates. On Sunday Republicans nominated former teacher Debbie Peden a day after Democrats nominated State Rep. Perry Clark. They replace Republican Dana-Seum Stephenson and Democrat Virginia Woodward who faced off in the last election. WAVE 3's Frances Kuo reports.
Republican Jack Richardson made a playful jab at Democrats Sunday when talking about the upcoming special election for the 37th Senate Seat. "I want to alert you to the rules of decorum -- we're not going to act like the Democrats."
Four Republican candidates had stepped up to the plate with three-minute pitches including Doug Hawkins, Betty Drexler, Debbie Peden, and Tommy Riddle.
Forty ballots from the Republican party's executive committee revealed their choice: Debbie Peden, a teacher, will represent the GOP for the 37th District seat.
Peden is married to Louisville Metro Council member James Peden.
Louisville Metro Councilman Dough Hawkins believes political infighting may have cost him the nomination. "There's still some hard feelings on this committee," he said. "I'm sorry we couldn't let that go for the betterment of the community, for the betterment of the party, but the decision is made. It's party politics."
At Mr. Lou's Country Cottage Restaurant in the 37th District, the food is easier to swallow than the politics of the past year for folks like Loretta Higdon, who says she has "a bad taste in my mouth about politics, and sometimes I really do get so frustrated."
After more than a year of wrangling for the seat, residents are somewhat disgusted with lawmakers. "I think the two parties should've gotten together and made a decision rather than bicker back and forth."
Debbie Peden will run against Democratic candidate Perry Clark, who beat Virginia Woodward for the nomination.
"This has been a wild roller coaster so far, and it doesn't look like it's over yet," Peden said.
The special election was scheduled to take place February 14th, 2005.
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