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Show ff Neb. 60506 Lincoln, Time is winding down; election mot far a way Political candidates, both stute and locul, are gearing up for the last ten days of the 1978 voter wars this week, and activity is heavy. Locally, contests for Grand County's two county commission seats, and for the office of Sheriff are gaining a lot of attention. Statewide, at least for eastern Utahn's, the big race is for the 1st Congressional District seat now held by Rep. K. Gunn McKay. The veteran lawmaker is facing a serious challenge from Brigham Young University Professor Jed Richardson---a candidate who proved his popularity- with the voters by easily defeating his opponents in the Primary to come out of the state convention with 71 percent of the delegate vote. McKay is leading Richardson by a 1 1 11 imm-mma comfortable margin in recent statewide polls, but the challenging Republican candidate, Richardson, is said to be gaining as election day nears. Rounding out the race for the 1st Congressional District are two other candidates. Dennis DeBoer is running as an independent. Robert T. Owens is the candidate of the American Party. Locally, two Democratic challengers chal-lengers are making serious bids for votes against their Republican opponents. In the race for the 2-year post, Ray Pene, Democrat, is facing Republican Jim McPherson. Pene did not face a Primary runoff. McPherson did, and led the Republican ticket in vote-getting at that time. Incumbent County Commissioner Leo Burr, Republican, is seeking a four-year term. He is being opposed by Democrat Larry Jacobs. And in the race for Sheriff, Republican Larry Rowley, who won a Primary contest by a comfortable margin, is facing the challenge from Democrat Jim Nyland. The only local school board contest this year is in District 3 (Mountain view and vicinity) where incumbent Richard Garcia is being challenged by James D. Black. It will all be over a week from next Tuesday, Nov. 7, when voters make their decisions. And despite the fact that there are predictions statewide of low voter turnout due to a lack of major contests, it is predicted that in Grand County, voter turnout will be high because of all the local contests. |