Check out this week's issue to meet this election's candidates -- all four of them. Yes, for the first time in Whyville's Senate history, there was essentially a three-way tie for one of the Top 3 platforms. Moocow007, Rhinoryan and Ninja04 all earned almost exactly 150 votes apiece, giving them all the right to participate in the next stage of the race.

This means the Senate Debate will include four people, so it will be extra big -- and probably take close to two hours, so be prepared! The Debate will be held about two weeks from now.

Here are your official candidates!

• sk87
• Moocow007
• Rhinoryan
• Ninja04

Read their platforms thoroughly -- you'll be choosing the next Whyville Senator from this group. Consider what they've said, make suggestions and, as always, be polite in your comments. We want Whyville politics to be better than the junk you often see in real life, right? As the founder of Whyville always says, kids can do things better than adults, in every way. :-)

You can also post your suggested questions for the debate in this article's BBS.

The candidates often send in updated versions of their platforms to the Times, so be sure to come back next week to see them.

Don't know what's up with this whole Senate thing? Check out this article to get all the explanations you could want!