The candidates were asked to respond to the following question in 100 words or less:

What issue on your agenda will you tackle first if elected/re-elected?

Democrat

Jeanne McNeill

Ensure the resources for a safe pandemic recovery. Ensure everyone returning to the workplace has the resources needed to protect themselves. Ensure people have unemployment compensation to survive until they can return to the workforce. Secure additional small business recovery programs. Investment to educate our children safely. Legislation requiring lenders, landlords and tenants work out reasonable payment plans, keeping people in their homes and landlords from losing their property. Empty and foreclosed properties do not serve the best interest of our economic recovery. Ensure everyone has access to COVID-19 testing and those who lost health care have access to state coverage.