Vote for my daughter

"This is true love," says Patsy Pickens. She is standing in a Mount Airy parking lot in the rain, her dark hair plastered to her head, a cup of coffee in her hand.
This is her last-minute stump for Kim Hale, a state representative candidate battling Dale Mallory - and, as it happens, Pickens' daughter. Mom and Dad took on the weather with a smile Tuesday morning in the parking lot of Mt. Airy United Methodist Church. They handed out cards with Hale's name on them and laughed about the steady stream of both voters and rain. Neither complained about the weather. "We believe in what she's doing, Pickens said.

Submitted by Lori Kurtzman