The Best Representation

I am critiquing an article called "Fast Growing Districts Deserve Seasoned Senators", which is an editorial written by the Austin American Statesman editors board. The targeted readers were essentially anyone concerned with the experience of the senators representing their voting district, particularly the fast growing voting districts, such as district five which includes Williamson county and district 14 which includes Travis county. Since the article was written by the Austin American Statesman's editorial board, this article is more credible than the majority of other potential sources that are available, especially because it was more than likely written collaboratively. The argument being made in this article is that a senators experience should trump party affiliations and other things similar to this that voters generally concern themselves with. One such example would be the case of District five, which has been predominantly a republican area. This coming election there is a republican senator running and a democratic senator running and while the republican matches up with the majority party affiliation in Williamson county, the democratic senator has much more experience. The proposition is that while the republican may have more in common with the majority of voters, it might be more wise to vote for the democrat based on his experience because the voters would likely get better overall representation. I am in agreement with the editors because I feel that a less experienced senator would likely be less active and therefore even if he held more similar values to mine I still would not be represented well.