District 5 county representative
debate hosted by
League of Women Voters
By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
Candidates for Otsego County Board of Representatives in District 5, Emily Popek and incumbent Meg Kennedy, took time to answer questions in a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters, Thursday, Oct. 14.
The debate was held virtually with questions being submitted to an email provided by the League of Women Voters of Cooperstown. Kennedy is a conservative and Popek is a Democrat.
District 5, the largest in the county, by proportional representation, including the towns of Hartwick, Milford and Pittsfield.
Originally, other local races, including the Hartwick town supervisor, were supposed to be represented. But, according to moderator Maureen Murray, there needed to be more than two candidates represented and District Five was the only race which met this threshold.
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