With just a few days to go before the election David Pritchett is taking me up on my offer to submit a picture of a pet with a sign as a part of my best political animals contest. The winner gets the top blog post on the day of the election, but every contestant gets their picture posted. My editors noticed the great reception from the community to this contest and put a link to it on the front page of The Star's website:

Here is what David sent in:

David Pritchett for Santa Barbara County Democratic Central Committee

My campaign website via SmartVoter:
http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/06/08/ca/sba/vote/pritchett_d/

Notice the conspicuous cross-selling with Vote NO on Carpinteria Measure J.
No PhotoShop image manipulation here.

And do not underestimate the Dennert Blog readers here in Santa Barbara County!

Roxie, a blue-dog Dem lab mix, was adopted in 2004 from K-9 PALS, a non-profit dog welfare group operating at the SB County animal shelter.

6 candidates, all incumbents, are competing for 5 seats in this election for the Democratic Party Committee representatives for the First Supervisorial District of Santa Barbara County, the District closest to Ventura County.

Click on continue reading to see the other animals before voting in the poll. You can vote for as many animals as you want.