It was a very difficult contest this year. The judging was very hard.

We are very excited about the ratings. We worked hard all year and we had a lot of community support for our program.

The process has worked extremely well and Republicans support it. When the Legislature drew the lines, there was nothing but lawsuits, acrimony and delay.

This is a person who is going to achieve bigger things in the future. She will be on the ballot one of these days.

Sims did terribly badly (Tuesday). I think this is the most competitive county executive's race we've had in a long, long time.

Sims should be very worried this morning,