Virginia Republicans Have Two Of Their Statewide Nominees
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VIRGINIA. Attorney General Bob McDonnell became the 2009 GOP nominee for Governor on Friday. That was the state party’s deadline to file paperwork to seek the nomination at next year’s convention. Nobody filed to oppose McDonnell. Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling (R) is unopposed for renomination. Three Republicans filed for McDonnell’s open AG spot. The Dem deadline to run is not until next year. Incumbent Governor Tim Kaine (D) is term-limited. Former Democratic National Chairman Terry McAuliffe, State Senator Creigh Deeds and State House Democratic Caucus Chair Brian Moran are all actively seeking the Dem gubernatorial nomination.
Patrick Muldoon was looking to run for Lieutenant Governor and had filed with the SBE accordingly but it appears he didn’t make the cut with RPV. Also registered last month was Muldoon PAC, though what this entails in anyone’s guess.
Virginia Republicans will choose between John Brownlee, Ken Cuccinelli and Dave Foster for Attorney General at next May’s convention.
1:09pm UPDATE: Or not. Patrick Muldoon’s website is up and running and is taking petitions by November 28th so they can turn them in to RPV by December 1st. Of note, the only sections currently working on Muldoon’s website is Biography, Petition and Contact. Issues and Press Releases aren’t up yet.
2:50pm UPDATE: From RPV - Muldoon has filed to run and now must turn in petitions. The path is not 100% clear for Bill Bolling.
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I’ve never found Politics1.com to be a source of particularly up-to-date information.
Under the Call for the 2009 RPV Convention, candidates had to file a written statement along with a filing fee of 2% of the office’s salary by 5 pm on Nov. 5 (Wed.). I have no idea what the Friday is that is mentioned in the quote from Politics1.com.
In addition, each candidate must collect 4000 signatures (including at least 200 in each Congressional District). They could be collected no sooner than 7 pm on Nov. 4 and must be submitted by 5 pm on Dec. 1. The RPV Executive Committee will then determine which candidates have satisfied all of the prefiling requirements, and certify those results to the State Central Committee by Dec. 6 (weekend of the Advance). Only then will we know who will appear on the ballot at the Convention May 29-30.
From the Call: “If not more than one candidate meets the prefiling requirements to run for an office, that candidate shall be declared the nominee of the Republican Party of Virginia.”
My question: will Mr. Muldoon be able to collect enough signatures by Dec. 1 in order to make the ballot at the Convention?
Call: http://www.rpv.org/events/page/official-call-to-state-convention
Answer:
No.
I can’t say anything for Mr. Muldoon as a person, but in this politically chaotic climate, we cannot afford to run a candidate who has consistently failed to gain any political credibility or traction throughout his career.
A signature petition drive is a gruelling process that requires a high level of political organization. Having run a petition drive myself in the past, it would be impossible for anyone to throw such an effort together without a substantial amount of cash or volunteers, and I’m guessing Muldoon has neither.
Why in the world would VA Republicans want to get rid of Bolling and pick up a yearly loser like Muldoon? In a time when the party is reeling, there is no reason to get rid of one of the most successful and well-respected members of our party (Bolling)? It just doesn’t make any sense. His candidacy is ridiculous, Bolling will take it in a walk…