One week left.

Only a week left until Election Day and Rep. Munzlinger is still campaigning hard adding two more Old-Fashioned Picnics to his list, one in Lancaster and one at the Adair County Republican Headquarters in Kirksville. He also participated in a debate against opponent Wes Shoemyer at Hannibal-LaGrange College on Friday October 22. Then it was back to Kirksville for some more door to door campaigning.

In the debate last Friday both candidates expressed concern for creating and keeping jobs for Missourians. Senator Shoemyer made some large claims about what he had accomplished in this area during his office in the Senate. Munzlinger, however, fired back saying that “it takes more than hard work to keep people employed. He says it takes having a goal and a plan to create jobs.”

Healthcare was also a concern, especially in light of Missouri’s vote to reject Obamacare last August. Munzlinger said, "I think it was a great violation of our constitutional rights for one thing to start with, the other thing is its loading down our businesses people want to expand and hire people it’s giving them a lot of uncertainty it’s also shoving a lot of red tape at them, they have to do ten 99s and everything like that, this was a lot more than a healthcare bill.” (Click to read the full story.)

With the campaign coming to a close, it is good to see both candidates were still willing to debate these issues and inform their citizens of their positions.

Don’t forget to vote next Tuesday, November 2nd!