Now six open-seats in the House of Delegates
By JR Hoeft | Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 | PoliticsWith the announcement that Del. Clarke Hogan (R-Halifax) is set to step-down from his seat to tend to his small business, the number of open-seats this general election cycle has raised to six.
Others who have announced their retirement include Dels. William H. Fralin, Jr. (R-Roanoke); Frank D. Hargrove Sr. (R-Hanover); Kenneth R. Melvin (D-Portsmouth); Albert C. Eisenberg (D-Arlington); and Jeffrey M. Frederick (R-Prince William).
In related news, there is a rumor that Minority Leader Ward Armstrong told incumbent Democrats that they were “on their own” regarding getting support.
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8 Responses to "Now six open-seats in the House of Delegates"
Nice, Ward! Rally those one-termer Democrats behind ya. Couldn’t be that certain Democrats battling for nominations are sucking up the money supply, could they? Maybe he’s saving money to go after Phil Hamilton. Oops. Maybe not.
humm does this mean McAuliffie becomes more popular since he is promising to fund individual races.
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I was hopeful someone would make that comment.
I would wager there are many delegates who are on the Moran bandwagon wanting to have that endorsement back now.
Someone needs to run in the 89th, Ken Alexander has 11grand in the bank, hes got a independent challenger with a 58 grand in the bank, and the GOP has candidates in the 90th and 80th, we need to close the gap in Norfolk and use the solid block of contested territory to our advantage. One unified anti-gang, pro-education, family values message. Alexander has not run against anyone in years, the 90th has been uncontested almost as long, so has the 80th.
Anthony Triplin, the independent, actually isn’t a bad challenger. Republicans might want to stay out of this one and tacitly support Triplin.
Anthony Triplin is funding his campaign with his own money. If anyone thinks he actually has a chance against Kenny Alexander, you need to take another look at the numbers. Anthony has no qualifications for the job.
In 2005, Kenny won with almost 77% of the vote against Joshua Beahr.
In 2002, he won a three way race with a black republican and black independent with 72%.
As proven by the defeat of John Coggeshall’s in tonight’s special election, the Republican Party is basically dead in Norfolk.
JR,
After having talked to Anthony I would have to agree. I’d say he definitely has a chance, he’s also pretty conservative.
Hey I met Anthony Triplin, he has a very good look and what can be done in his district, and I don’t see any reason why some body new can’t have a fare chance to run. Maybe in this area we need to take the time to just hear him out. Its 2009 and its time for some new to take the spot light. I know he is a younger man but I feel he has what it take to be the House of Delegates. Also think we need more veteran in the house. Good Anthony Triplin
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