Presidential Races Heat Up

As the weeks count down for Republican candidates for the US presidency, the presidential race at Lyndon is heating up as well.

The candidates for the new president at Lyndon State College have been narrowed down to two: Joe Bertolino and Michael Sonntag.

Bertolino currently is the Vice President for Enrollment Management & Student Affairs, the Executive Assistant to the President, and Chair of the Department of Student Personnel at Queens College/City University of New York.

Sonntag is the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Maine, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Maine School of Mathematics and Science.

While both candidates have had brilliant pasts, only one can win.

"Either candidate will be fitting for our new president," says freshman, Emily Holton. "It will be exciting to see who our new president will be."

The Republican candidate race is also progressing. Candidate Mitt Romney leads the race so far, but the race is close.

The next couple of stops are in Nevada and Maine. The current feeling is that Maine will pair up Romney against fellow Republican Ron Paul, while Nevada will be another battle between Mitt Romney and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.

Romney is the favorite to win both states and the favorite to be the Republican candidate for the Presidency.