District 5 Candidates Sound Off

Here is a very insightful Q and A with both of the remaining candidates for District 5. At this point, this race has come down to the experience & mediation vs. enthusiasm & research.

Austin points several times to his experience as a prosecutor to help solidify his credentials, but he doesn't mention his time as president of Mesa Association of Hispanic Citizens. I would have thought he would have wanted to talk about that as part of his experience as well. Maybe he is trying to walk the fine line between experience and insider. He talks a lot about working together and still points to his desire to reach out and better communicate with people.

Higgins, on the other hand, seems to point to her people skills and her responsiveness. The fact that she was able to win the primary without raising a lot of money says that she is enthusiastic and she must be out in the community a lot spreading her message. Several of her responses indicate that she would want more information or studies to make sure that things "make sense." She seems to be the more pensive of the two.