Article source for : Bios of Local Politicians
Need a local version of bio information for current and past politicians and school board members, like what's used at "Congresspedia":http://www.congresspedia.org. View the "Marcy Kaptur":http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Marcy_Kaptur article for an example.
A "politician bio template":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/lewiki.pl/article/263/Template_Politician was created here as a starting point for how to begin such an article. Add and subtract as needed.
Where applicable, possibly include a campaign financing map, similar to "what was done":http://arborupdate.com/article/1351/local-campaign-roundup#comment at Arbor Update. From that August 7, 2006 posting leading up to Michigan's August primary :
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Mayoral candidates John Hieftje and Wendy Woods raised 95% and 92% of their 2006 campaign funds, respectively, from Ann Arborites. By contrast, Ann Arbor City Council candidates Chris Easthope, Alice Ralph and Ron Suarez each raised at least 30% of their campaign funds from outside Ann Arbor, "campaign finance documents [PDF file]":http://arborupdate.com/file_download/22 show.
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