Wittman, Rigell, Hurt, Murray, and Fimain – ready for the general
By JR Hoeft | Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 | PoliticsRep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01), Scott Rigell (R-VA02), State Sen. Robert Hurt (R-VA05), Patrick Murray (R-VA08) and Keith Fimian (R-VA11) all won their primary battles today and are set to square off against the Democrats.
All but Wittman will have to challenge a sitting Democratic congressman.
In the 1st, Wittman had little trouble disposing of Catherine Crabill’s ill-advised campaign. Handily defeating the woman who said the Oklahoma City bombing was the government’s fault. Wittman will now be challenged by upstart Democrat Krystal Ball, who sewed up her party’s nomination earlier this spring.
In the 2nd, Rigell had to fend-off the surging campaigns of Ben Loyola and Bert Mizusawa at the last minute to win a plurality of voters. At the time of this writing, Rigell has not yet broken 40% of the vote, with Loyola garnering 26% and Mizusawa 18%.
In the 5th, Hurt walked away with the nomination with nearly 50% of the vote, despite a strong showing by Jim McKelvy with 26% of the vote. The rest of the field didn’t break 10%.
In the 8th, a nail-biter between Patrick Murray and Matthew Berry occurred. Murray just edged-out Berry in this low turn-out election. Unfortunately, this bodes very well for incumbent relic, Jim Moran.
In the 11th, Keith Fimian had no trouble defeating Pat Herrity. Fimian will now rematch with Gerry Connolly.
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17 Responses to "Wittman, Rigell, Hurt, Murray, and Fimain – ready for the general"
Hurt= LOSER didn’t get 50% of the vote
52% of Republican DIDN’T WANT HURT
McKelvey = BIGGER LOSER spent a fortune to lose and his campaign manager Brian O’Whatever took a winner and turned him into a loser.
Verga THE BIGGEST LOSER OF ALL – spent about $240 per vote LOSER. Makes McKelvey’s $30 per vote look like they were smart.
Morton and Boyd should have bowed out six months ago. LOSERS
The only two I respect are Ferrin and McPadden. They did great with the money they had. Ferrin only spent about $6 per vote and McPadden spent about $10 per vote.
But I stayed home I voted absentee for Feda too early because I knew I was going to be out of town. Elmo = LOSER too. Should have voted for someone else.
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Rigell’s percent of vote has to be weighed against the fact that there were 5 other opponents. Bert did very well in Hampton where he has a house but was a non factor everywhere else, particularly VB. Loyola’s heroic and commendable personal story clearly resonated with GOP voters, but his lack of name id before the race began was a factor. The tea party is also a non factor in Hampton Roads. One has to wonder whether Scott Taylor and Ed Maulbeck’s political career, such as they were, are effectively over.
This is the result experienced political pros predicted. How much money was wasted on this primary because the egos of some of these candidates could not allow them to see the writing on the wall and bow out gracefully and work for a common victory. Perhaps that is a blog entry for some other day…or not at all.
Scott Rigell is a good man, a good conservative Republican and someone who we can rally behind and proudly support. Folks, let’s stop the bickering and fight the real enemy – Glenn Nye and the sonsabitches who want to re-elect him to Congress.
They won in the order of how much money they spent. That is extremely sad. It’s a damn shame that all the values we learn growing up just go right out the window with politics. Whatever happened to hard work and doing more with less. I find this election disgusting, there is no other word for it. It is a prime example of what is wrong w/politics. And 10% voter turnout. That is just sad. The non voters will be the first to complain. It makes me sick!
Well troops now we know who we are marching forward with. Let’s line up and get to work kicking that Democrat #%@!
That’s it exactly Lee. It’s time to put the primary battles aside and remember that the united goal should be to retire Nye, Perriello, Connolly and Moran (and let’s throw Boucher into that mix).
yes, time to kick Perriello’s butt.
It is ironic that six candidates in the primary, with essentially the same views and opinions, expected to join a body where compromise of divergent views is essential for effectiveness, could not get together and support each other. What does that say about the ability of any one of these citizens to work in a bipartisan fashion to accomplish what is important for us, for the military, for retired service members, for small businesses? Frankly, our current Congressman has shown he can do just that. After closely observing this primary, and the bitterness expressed therein, it is clear Nye deserves reelection.
Mike, people have the right to run and the fact that Rigell didn’t drop out of the race to support someone else bears no relationship to whether he will be an effective Congressman. You better stick to being a developer because you have no future as a legitimate political or social commentator. Nye is a complete zero and everyone in the Beach knows it. He is way over his head and will soon be looking for a new job. Hey, maybe you can hire him to keep your desk clean and answer your phones.
I never heard of a bi-partisan election before. Does that mean each candidate raises money and votes for each opposing candidate? And, in the end all six get to time share the seat they are elected to? Please explain how that works.
The reality is, now that the primary is over, they all get behind the elected individual in order to unseat the incumbent.
Thanks
Ashley, don’t be sick. And get over this idea that the world is run by those with the most money. Scott raised the most funds from the second district by far. Yes, he used his personal wealth as well, but guess what – perhaps he also worked the hardest. Perhaps he had the best campaign staff executing the best campaign strategy. You’re righteous indignation is misplaced in my view. It’s as if you’re opposed to successful wealthy people running for public office. We’ve had many great middle income candidates run as Republicans in VB and they’re all doing a great job. So will Scott.
the money discussions miss the point. it is not the money, but the ability to get your 1) message, 2) face, and 3) name to the voters. if you know of a more effective way to do that in a high-population, spread-out (suburban) society, feel free to use it — hope it works for you. for the rest of the world, it takes money to print posters & mailings, to mail them out, to get airtime and to produce ads. it is not a matter of “only the rich suceed,” it is a matter of having a compelling enough story that money will come in so you can get what you need to be recognized by the voters — being rich allows you to jumpstart the process.
The people of the 2nd district have spoken. Now it is time to unite behind the candidate and work(not buy) Glenn Nye out of office. A political party can be looked at as a family. It is alright for a family member to speak badly of another; but, when someone outside the family speaks ill is when the family unites. Now that the primary is over, the family can unite behind Scott Riggel and elect him to Congress. This candidate can win and if we all in the party work together we can get the job done.
Yes, someone always posts that sentiment and of course, by the third day, it usually applies. But to read this and other forums, it does appear as if a significant group of tea party folks, conservative republicans, and libertarians simply could not ever vote for a hand picked, establishment oreinted candidate who won because of a personal fortune, endorsements from the Governor and Eric Cantor who simply wants another foot soldier who will say no. Add to that the outstanding qualifications of the current Congressman and his moderate to conservative credentials, the improving economic picture, and this race will be very interesting.
From NY Times:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/virginia/2
In a sign of the times, the Democrat Glenn Nye, a 35-year-old former Foreign Service officer and political novice, knocked off a Republican incumbent in this military-dominated district in 2008. Now Republicans want it back. Their candidate is Scott Rigell, who owns car dealerships in the area and beat out five other candidates in the June primary, in part by spending several hundred thousand dollars of his own money. Mr. Nye broke with President Obama on energy and health care, which might help him withstand Republican attacks but will also make it harder to energize his Democratic base.
&mdash Matt Bai
When a liberal newspaper says it’s too close to call, it’s not too close to call.
the only thing about nye you need to know is the first vote was for speaker enough said
The times – they are a changing.
Fimian is now cash even with Connolly – it is now down to the votes.
And the latest polls show Fimian ahead, but don’t let up. We haven’t crossed the finish line yet.
I have lived in the 11th District for over two decades. It is a true delight to see the ever arrogant Gerry Connolly finally on his way out.
The 11th District has, like the rest of the nation, awoken and said “what have we done” and are getting ready to undo this mistake before it gets any worse.
The choice is simple – more of the same nightmare with Gerry (and have no doubt he promises more of the same) or a re-awkening of the American dream and a new begining with Keith Fimian.
11th district it is just a nightmare. It is time to wake up – time to end it. You can do it, but only if you vote on November 2nd.
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