To the Editor:

I endorse Dennis Anderson, Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in the 14th District. The choice is between Dennis, a moderate Democrat, and Randy Hultgren, a far-right-wing Republican who votes consistently with the so-called tea party movement and Rep. Paul Ryan.

McHenry County has the reputation of being ultra-conservative. My experience is that we are politically moderate, and although predominantly Republican, more middle of the road. We host a lot of independent voters who are fed up with both parties, a majority of moderate Republicans, the true inheritors of the tradition of Lincoln, and Democrats who trend more conservative. On the fringes are a few radical left- and right-wingers who are primarily responsible for the gridlock in Washington. Among them is Hultgren.