Democratic 1st Legislative District candidate Shelley Kloba says she expects to get support from fellow Democrats in the Nov. 8 general election. Kloba defeated three other Democrats in the Aug. 2 primary and will face Republican Jim Langston in November. The position was vacated by Democratic State Rep. Luis Moscoso who left it to run, … READ MORE

Newspaper editorial boards are split on endorsements of candidates in the 1st Legislative District, particularly on the three-way race for the district’s state senate seat. The senate position is open due to the retirement of Democratic State Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe.

A daunting to-do list next year in the Legislature, which includes a resolution of the Supreme Court’s school funding mandate, has not discouraged candidates for the three races in the Legislature’s 1st District.