Frum candidates seek backing in local elections

Elections are less than a week away, in many frum communities there are frum Jewish candidates running for office. In Brooklyn, two frum candidates are running against each other. Dov Hikind, a lawmaker for 32 years, is being challenged by Republican Nachman Caller, who has made affordable housing a centerpiece of his campaign. Each one is garnering endorsements from prominent Rabbonim, admorim and Roshei Yeshiva. They are using the frum websites to attack each other and issue their plans and platforms. In elections, people look at history and results not at what they are wearing. Its an interesting race to watch.
In Lakewood the frum candidates did not get the backing of the local jewish council.