The LuLac Edition #3916, October 31st, 2018

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The Citizens’ Voice has come out in favor of incumbent Matt Cartwright for re-election. Their compelling argument is our “WOW” for today.

CARTWRIGHT FOR 8TH DISTRICT

Cartography has not been kind to John Chrin, the Republican candidate in the 8th Congressional District.
A Northampton County native who has spent most of his professional life living in New Jersey while working in New York City as an investment banker, Chrin already faced a tough sell regarding residency when he retreated across the Delaware River last year to challenge Matt Cartwright, the three-term Democratic incumbent in the 17th District. Chrin bought a house in the district, then the state Supreme Court redrew the gerrymandered state congressional map. To challenge Cartwright in the newly drawn 8th District, Chrin bought a residence at Sky Top, Monroe County, and he gladly will show you his voter registration card to prove that he lives in the district.
But for reasons beyond political musical chairs, The Citizens' Voice editorial board endorses Cartwright,who has practiced law and lived in Lackawanna County for decades, for a fourth term.
Cartwright is a pragmatist who has worked across the aisle with members of the Republican majority to further the interests of Northeast Pennsylvania. He strived, for example, to end pay disparities based on classifications within the work force at Tobyhanna Army Depot, the region’s largest employer. That has been worth many millions of dollars to the regional economy. And he pressed for a law that changes the analysis determining how work is outsourced from TAD to help make the depot more competitive and to retain jobs.
If, as many analysts predict, Democrats recapture the House majority, Cartwright is well-positioned to further help the district. He is a member of the Appropriations Committee, and would have greater influence in the majority.
Cartwright also is a member of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus.
Chrin, despite being highly educated and an accomplished investment banker — an industry that makes money by accurately assessing risk — cannot even bring himself to admit that human-driven climate change is a fact. It “could be real,” he said in an interview, fearing to challenge the climate change denial orthodoxy of the party base.
Chrin is smart and likely competent, but he has not presented a compelling case for displacing Cartwright, who already has established a record for those traits while in office.
https://www.citizensvoice.com/opinion/cartwright-for-8th-district-1.2403834