The Eve of Election Day 2006...When that last lever's pulled...who among them will be in charge of us?

"Whoever is unjust, let him be unjust still. Whoever is righteous, let him be righteous still. Whoever is filthy, let him be filthy still"-Johnny Cash, Man Comes Around. According to the Hidalgo County Elections Department, estimated totals for early voter turnout rests at 32,634. These are combined totals for both Democratic and Republican Primary votes. I was not among these thousands who took advantage of early voting. I will be casting my vote first thing tomorrow morning. By now, most of us have pretty much made up our minds as to who we're going to vote for tomorrow. I think I've made it pretty clear as to who I will be voting for given the amount of time I've given to issues like negative campaign ads, and mudslinging. The rest of the candidates are, for the most part, no-brainers. Laura Hinojosa is sure to take the District Clerk's seat, and I think most of us would agree, she pretty much had it, the moment she announced her candidacy. As a personal opinion, I think Ricardo Rodriguez will win the 92nd District Judge race. Eric Cardenas-Jarvis just didn't impress me enough, and the fact that he would use Rodriguez' inability to pass the bar as a campaign issue really turned me off. The County Clerk position is one of those that depends on what part of Hidalgo County you're from. In any case, I think there'll be enough votes cast to send Guajardo Jr. and Morales into a run-off election. Now the big question on a lot of our minds is the race for Hidalgo County Judge. El mero-mero. Salinas turned me off the moment he began his campaign ads accusing Ramon Garcia of being a sub-par county judge, especially when the issue of indigent health care funds was involved. I did my homework, and for those of you new to RGV Politics, just take a look at some of the archives. February was filled with fact digging, and I pretty much made up my mind when I found out most of the snippets the campaign ads boistered were misleading. But I digress, and if you're interested, just take a moment to read the February posts, you'll see what I came up with. So my prediction goes to Garcia. I'm sure I'm not the only one that got turned off by Salinas' campaign strategy. So, if you didn't take advantage of early voting, be sure to vote tomorrow. It's your duty, and responsibility to do so, if not for yourselves, do it for your children. After all, the people we elect tomorrow will be in charge of our lives for the next four years, and if the wrong people get elected, it won't do us much good to whine and complain about it. We got them there in the first place.