Before you head to the polls Thursday (the last day of early voting) or on Tuesday, please don’t forget to check out our “Why You Should Vote For Me” series featuring a number of candidates for local county and state seats.

BethesdaNow.com asked all of the candidates a basic question: Why should voters vote for you?

Here are their responses, in 750 words or less:

County Council At-Large

Nancy Floreen (D)
George Leventhal (D)
Hans Riemer (D)
Tim Willard (Green)

Also running: Robert Dyer (R), Marc Elrich (D), Chris Fiotes (R), Adol Owen-Williams (R) and Shelly Skolnick (R)

County Council District 1

Roger Berliner (D)

Also running: Jim Kirkland (R)

House of Delegates District 16 

Marc Korman (D)
Rose Li (R)

Also running: John Andrews (R), Lynda del Castillo (R), Bill Frick (D) and Ariana Kelly (D)

State Senate District 16

Susan Lee (D)

Also running: Meyer Marks (R)

State Senate District 18

Rich Madaleno (D)