Opaliski Announces Candidacy
for 19th Senate
District
Greenwood, De – Greenwood
resident Matthew A. Opaliski, 35, will soon finalize the arrangements to allow
a run for the State Legislature in the Special Election for Senate District 19
to replace the late Sen. Thurman G. Adams Jr. With the date of the Election set
for August 3rd and a few other candidates already selected this now
becomes a short but crowded race to fill the vacancy.
Opaliski, a Republican who has
lived in Sussex County since 1992 has long been involved in politics and at
many levels. With a passion for community involvement including many grassroots
efforts, along with political activism that has taken him from simply following
Local and State Government issues to testifying in front of Legislative
Committees and all the way to a run for the same District 19 seat in 2002 and
2006, he says ‘That same passion still burns strong, and when something just
feels right, to the extent that you know that you can and will make a
positive and lasting impact, you have to follow your heart and act on it.’
As a Service
Technician with JC Ehrlich, Co. located in Bridgeville, and covering the entire
Delmarva Peninsula he travels a large area and says, ‘I talk to people all over
the downstate area including all of the areas in this District and people are
craving new leadership with fresh ideas. They’re ready as much as I am to shake
things up a little and I look forward to doing just that if I’m fortunate
enough to be elected.’
With the encouragement and support of his wife Ivy and
their four children, Opaliski says that he looks forward to the shortened
campaign and another opportunity to show the kids first hand what civic
responsibility and involvement is all about, ‘When you see things that need to
be changed for the better and the opportunity to effect that change presents
itself you have a responsibility to act’ he said.
If elected Opaliski says that he would like to establish a meaningful dialogue between constituents and the Office of State Senate for the 19th District, not only to keep the public well informed of legislative happenings but also to create an avenue by which those whom the office is intended to serve may voice their concerns, thoughts and their ideas with the knowledge that they are indeed welcome and will be given serious consideration.
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