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Here are the Miami Herald recommendations for the Nov. 6 general election.

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ELECTION RECOMMENDATIONSHere are the Miami Herald recommendations for the Nov. 6 general election

BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD

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October 17, 2018 02:34 PM

Updated October 19, 2018 10:39 PM

Early voting in the Nov. 6 election startsOct. 22.

As the Editorial Board does every election year, its members interviewed the majority of candidates that Miami-Dade voters will see on the ballot.

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Here are our recommendations as a simple list so voters have something to take with them to the polls.

United States Senator

▪ Bill Nelson

Representative in Congress, District 23

▪ Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Representative in Congress, District 25

▪ Mario Diaz-Balart

Representative in Congress, District 26

▪ Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Representative in Congress, District 27

▪ Donna Shalala

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

▪ Andrew Gillum and Chris King (full recommendation will be published Saturday)

Attorney General

▪ Sean Shaw

Chief Financial Officer

▪ Jeremy Ring

Commissioner of Agriculture

▪ Nikki Fried

State Senator, District 36

▪ Manny Diaz Jr.

State Senator, District 40

▪ Annette Taddeo

State Representative, District 103

▪ Cindy Polo

State Representative, District 105

▪ Ana Maria Rodriguez

State Representative, District 108

▪ Dotie Joseph

State Representative, District 111

▪ Bryan Avila

State Representative, District 112

▪ Nicholas Xavier Duran

State Representative, District 113

▪ Jonathan Parker

State Representative, District 114

▪ Javier Fernandez

State Representative, District 115

▪ Vance Aloupis

State Representative, District 117

▪ Daniel Anthony Perez

State Representative, District 118

▪ Robert Asencio

State Representative, District 119

▪ Juan Fernandez-Barquin

State Representative, District 120

▪ Holly Raschein

All democrats.

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Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton talk democracy, authoritarianism and the power of optimism in Chicago

Chelsea Clinton, Secretary Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton at the 11th annual Clinton Global Initiative University closing plenary session at the University of Chicago. Saturday, October 20, 2018. (Brian Jackson/ For the Chicago Tribune) (Brian Jackson / Chicago Tribune)

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Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea, emphasized the importance of civic participation at a panel discussion in Chicago on Saturday, part of a weekendlong forum their Clinton Global Initiative held at the University of Chicago.

Only 35 percent of Americans between 18 and 29, compared with 81 percent of U.S. seniors and 55 percent of all Americans, say they will absolutely vote in the upcoming midterm elections, a recent survey found.

At Saturday's event, billed as a conversation between the Clintons and Helene Gayle of the Chicago Community Trust, the former first family encouraged the hundreds of young people in attendance, most of them students, to remain optimistic and engaged in the democratic process even in the face of discouraging opposition.

"If you live in a democracy, the first and most important thing you can do is to fully participate," Bill Clinton said. "If you don't vote 'cause you think it doesn't make any difference, you help to ensure it doesn't make any difference — except it does. You make it more likely that everything you don't like about today will happen tomorrow

There are many things about the current political moment that concern former first lady Hillary Clinton, she said. Though she opted not to mention President Donald Trump on Saturday, the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate offered stern, sweeping criticism of what she called the "undermining" of national unity, political corruption, "predatory capitalism," voter suppression and disenfranchisement, and a "constant attack on the facts," along with other "classic tactics of authoritarianism."

"Never forget that the people who are often behind the very push to undermine trust in institutions are people who will profit from that distrust," she added. "And if you look at the assault that is currently being waged against democracy, you see some key elements that we've learned about through historical examples of the same kind of attempt to consolidate power, to undermine institutions.

The event was part of the Clinton Global Initiative's CGI University program, created in 2007 to develop and engage youth leaders on college campuses around the world. Annually, the initiative hosts an event where students, school leadership and others convene to develop solutions to global issues. In the last decade, students have made more than 6,250 commitments and been awarded close to $3 million in funding through the CGI University initiative.

“College students have comparatively less experience in the world. Why do you have faith in us to be the change you want to see in the future?” one student asked the Clintons on Saturday as part of a pre-arranged Q&A portion of the

“That is a great question, and it shows wisdom on the part of the person asking it,” Bill Clinton said. “You are not jaded, or you wouldn’t be here. You have knowledge, and you have energy, and you have the willingness to make a difference.

“Too many people when they get older are broken by their disappointments,” he added. “Don’t you ever let that happen to you — don’t do that.”

“I’m very optimistic, and I don’t believe that college students or this generation are less idealistic,” Hillary Clinton said. “I think they are more idealistic, more tolerant, more diverse, more willing to show empathy and respect for each other.

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