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Gissendanner to challenge in District 71
By JOHN HACKWORTH
Sun Managing Editor
03/21/08
Charlotte Sun
She is first Democrat to file in legislative race
Betty Gissendanner wants to make sure people have an opportunity to vote for their District 71 state legislator in November.
Gissendanner, 57, plans to announce her candidacy for the District 71 seat at an 11:45 a.m. news conference on the steps of the historic Punta Gorda Courthouse today. She will be the first, and perhaps only, Democrat in the race.
"I think more than anything else," she said of her reasons for running, "is that we have a two-party system that has served us well" and we need to preserve it. "As we look at the system right now, it has not been very balanced."