Are Incumbents always the right vote?

In the Editorial, by the Editorial Board of the Austin American Statesman, regarding the Williamson County elections, I found a few things very peculiar; one was the fact that none of the Libertarian candidates got no more than a slight mention. Why is this, do they not have a view on the issues that they are concentrating on? Does the paper not believe that their view is important enough to print? The second issue that I have is that the Incumbents that they mentioned in the piece all had mostly one year of experience and did not make a strong case as to why they were the better candidate.

With a little bit of research it was easy to find that the Libertarian party supports some of the same issues as the major party candidates. It would have bee beneficial to see how the party approaches some of the key issues of Williamson County.

The four Republican Incumbents that were covered had great information. The opposing Democrats had little details except for Democrat Gregory Windham, he had the longest piece in the article except for Dan Gattis, and that is only because Mr. Gattis had done something with his 3 terms in the House of Representatives. This editorial does not show any reason why these incumbents deserve a second or forth term. I highly doubt that anyone should recommend a candidate that “has worked on road projects”.

I think it is important for everyone to practice their right to freedom of speech, but if you are going to publish an editorial on the candidates, make sure you cover all the candidates, that is the only way voters can make an educated decision.