{"id":12194,"date":"2014-03-19T11:38:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T17:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=12194"},"modified":"2014-03-19T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T17:38:57","slug":"becky-sharma-runs-again-for-state-rep-from-68th-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=12194","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Becky\u2019 Sharma Runs Again For State Rep. From 68th District"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12195\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Sharma_Official_Photo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12195 lazyload\" alt=\"Rekha Sharma \" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Sharma_Official_Photo.jpg?resize=180%2C240\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/240;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rekha Sharma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rekha \u201cBecky\u201d Sharma of Florissant, has filed with the\u00a0Secretary of State\u2019s office to run as a Republican for the 68th District House seat in the November 2014 elections. She will be on the Republican ballot in the Aug. 5<sup>th<\/sup> primary election. Missouri\u2019s 68<sup>th<\/sup> State Representative District is\u00a0located in St. Louis County; most of it is within the Florissant city limits, with a few of the unincorporated areas of the county included. The seat is currently held by\u00a0 Democrat Keith English who will be her opponent in the November election and whom she lost to two years ago in the race.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Sharma, who is a naturalized\u00a0citizen originally from India, is the\u00a0owner of a home-based retail business\u00a0in Florissant. She previously worked\u00a0as a financial advisor and as a\u00a0substitute teacher in the Webster\u00a0Groves School\u00a0 District. She has a B.A. in political science from Washington University.<\/p>\n<p>Sharma believes being a naturalized citizen will give her a unique perspective in the legislature.\u201cMinorities and naturalized citizens tend to have very conservative values: belief in family and the value of entrepreneurship and hard work, and so on. Immigrants come from places where they don\u2019t have it as good as we do here, and they don\u2019t have the liberties and opportunities that we have here. They are attracted by the American dream,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Becky says her priorities are lower taxes and limited\u00a0government. She is pro-life. Another top priority, she said if\u00a0 she gets to Jefferson City, is to address the environmental problems with the West Lake Landfill and Coldwater Creek. She will ensure that the responsible parties take care of the clean-up.<\/p>\n<p>Information about the campaign may be accessed at the website: www.BeckySharma.com |<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rekha \u201cBecky\u201d Sharma of Florissant, has filed with the\u00a0Secretary of State\u2019s office to run as a Republican for the 68th District House seat in the November 2014 elections. She will be on the Republican ballot in the Aug. 5th primary election. 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