Why I Voted for Moriarty for County Attorney

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This one is a case of dueling endorsements.

Mary Moriarty, in addition to having a career as a public defender, has endorsements from Attorney General Keith Ellison and Rep. Ilhan Omar, both of whom I voted for and whose opinion I value. (If you feel the opposite way about those two people, then those probably aren't as positive a sign for you as they are for me.) In addition she's got the endorsement of the Minnesota Democratic Party, and organizations supporting the causes of women's reproductive health, labor unions, and LGBTQ equality, to name a few.

I wanted to vote for the BIPOC female candidate here, but the first thing that gave me pause was an endorsement from Mayor Frey of Minneapolis - which will automatically get you the side eye from me.  Their other endorsements are police and sheriffs' organizations, which I wish didn't make me suspicious, but they do.  And I naively thought the Star Tribune editorial board wasn't as conservative as they've turned out to be in recent election cycles, so that nod doesn't hold as much sway for me as it once did.