Jeff Frederick to not seek re-election, if voted RPV Chair
By J.R. | May 22, 2008
Filed Under Campaigns and Elections, RPV |
In a very principled move by Del. Jeff Frederick, he announced yesterday that he would not seek re-election to the House of Delegates if elected as RPV Chair.
Some might speculate that this isn’t such a stretch for Frederick, considering the seat is a tough one for Republicans to win anyway and the district is a likely candidate to be re-drawn, regardless, the move shows party loyalists that Frederick is serious about becoming the Party’s next chair and will make it a full-time commitment.
Money quote:
With the loss of 9 seats in the General Assembly in just the last 6 months alone, and RPV finishing 5th in fundraising to four Democratic committees last year, the risk is too great for me to not make the tough decision to eliminate any objections to my candidacy for Party chair.
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With a dedicated focus on the Chairmanship, however, I’ll not only be free to build upon my successes in winning tough Democrat leaning districts like the one I currently represent in Northern Virginia, but also to advance our conservative agenda statewide to help us win back seats where the Democrats have trumped us.
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Wow good job Jeff.. Your first act as chairman would be to put us down one more seat! Principled.. no! Selfish… YES! Well at least now with that little paranoid tirade from your wife you have unified both the House of Delegates and the Senate on one thing, they both do not want to work with you. Too bad John Hager has already brought them together first under a much more positive direction. Your campaign tactics have ended your career as a delegate. You aren’t a martyr for the cause. I believe you weren’t planning to run for delegate again either way. So what are you sacrificing. NOTHING! A fake sacrifice indeed!
Geez, Lee. Tell us how you really feel!
PS Do not take the above post as implied endorsement. I still think it was a pretty principled move though.
hehehe. Yeah I’m pretty into this race.
The seat is NOT an unwinnable won for the GOP. (I should know as I live in the district.) Far from it as a matter of fact. There was a GOP member in that seat before Jeff (Jack Rollison who Jeff defeated in a primary because Rollison was viewed as too liberal.) The Dems have no one in this district, other than a county supervisor who has become hugely unpopular on account of wanting to rescind the anti-illegal alien resolution in Prince William County. I can think of about three potential GOP candidates off the top of my head who would hold this seat. In addition, this district is seeing more high-end residential development built (and actually bought, too!) which appears to be bolstering the GOP advantage there. I have a hard time seeing this seat drawn in such a way as to make it more welcoming for the Dems.
Lee,
On what basis (other than the spite that drips from your every word) do you say that you believe Frederick was not going to run for re-election anyway? Or that the HoD and Senate are “unified” in not wanting to work with him? (Last I checked, something like 30 GA members had endorsed him!!).
We’re all on the same team, here. Criticize and challenge (that’s what elections are for), but please don’t go overboard…I’m not sure I can even make out exactly what it is you’ve got against him except that he lives and breathes.
With respect to Frederick putting us down one more seat I have two responses: either he is uniquely able to develop winning strategies in tough environments, or he isn’t. If he is, that should translate to him being able to better equip the party to win more than just his one seat. If he isn’t, then we shouldn’t have too much difficulty finding a candidate who can hold on to his seat. Opponents of Frederick can’t have it both ways.
By the way, I look forward to meeting you at the convention. Who’s your man for U.S. Senate?
I really just feel Jeff’s campaign is about feelings and frustration not about a plan of action. I have issued the challenge many times for Jeff to give his plan, to show us his cache of donor support, his planned agenda for our party. So far I have not seen anything but generalities and open ended promises. Therefore any debate or challenge I give can only be directed to his statements and actions as a candidate. It is those statements and actions that I take great offense at. Also, I would like to see a new listing of his supporters after the email from Amy to Speaker Howell and his other actions. It is a small closet that Del. Frederick will be cacusing in during the next session and I don’t think too many delegates want to be sharing that closet with him. At the end of the day I’ve personally emailed him on issues and have stated to him previously and publically here on BD that if he were to be chairman I will still fight for all Republicans and stand with him to fight the Democrat menace. My boldness comes not from any hate towards Jeff but from a love of my Party and a sencere desire to see is succeed here in Virginia.
As for my pick for the Senate there is only one clear choice. Governor Jim Gilmore!
I too look forward to meeting you and others at the convention. It will be a barn burner forsure!
What I don’t get is this notion of sacrifice as a virtue. What, are there concerns that no one in the GOP could possibly run to take the seat that Frederick is abdicating and win? Hell, if that’s the case, I’ll move there and run. Every man ought to act in their own rational self interest.
Lee, there’s a book out there called “The Virtue of Selfishness”, by Ayn Rand. Check it out. You might reexamine your own set of values, and see that ’sacrifice’ - which is, by definition, giving up something of greater value for somethig of a lesser, less tangible value - is not a virtue. I for one would not want to vote for a ’selfless’ individual. I’d sooner vote for someone who acts in their own rational self interests to further my ability to do the same.
If anyone has doubts about Frederick’s campaign not being about a plan of action, refer to the draft of his plan for the first 100 days in office as RPV Chairman:
http://votejeff.org/plan/First100DayPlan.pdf
Looks pretty detailed and comprehensive to me.