Tag: "Matthew Berry"
Patrick Murray has his work cut out for him
Real quick, thanks J.R. for allowing me to start blogging at Bearing Drift! You may recognize me from my work over at Red NoVA. I’m glad to be on team. With that, let’s get to the story of the day- Today marks the date where its been over a month since primary day in Virginia. [...]
Libertarian in the 8th
Matt Mosley is running for US Congress in VA 8th District on the Libertarian Party ticket.
Negative wins the Battle
It was eerily reminiscent watching the VA-08 GOP Congressional Primary election results coming in last night. Matthew Berry did well in Arlington and Alexandria but eventually lost ground in Fairfax. Berry had a great campaign that focused on attacking Moran’s corrupt practices, providing real solutions to our current problems, and raising over $150K which to [...]
Pay to Play
It’s no secret that current Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA-08) is the King of Earmarks. A recent Washington Post article states Moran receives more in campaign contributions (i.e. $70,000) from his earmark recipients than any other House member. With the passing of his partner in crime, John Murtha, Moran has no rival when it comes to [...]
Bearing Drift Endorsement: 8th District
Bearing Drift makes an endorsement in Virginia’s 8th Congressional District for the Republican Nomination: Matthew Berry.
Matthew Berry added to NRCC’s Young Guns program
8th district congressional candidate Matthew Berry just announced that he has been added to the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) Young Guns program.
8th District GOP Rundown
Virginia’s 8th Congressional district is probably one of the safest Democratic seats in the country but the Republicans haven’t given up. So far 7 candidates have expressed interest in the 2010 GOP nomination of which 4 have dropped out of the race. Here’s a run down: Matthew Berry has an impressive resume including clerking at [...]
Quick update from GOP congressional campaigns
1st District: Just in case you were getting bored with the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th and 11th districts, we now add a fun twist in the 1st – Catherine Crabill has declared her intention to challenge incumbent Rep. Rob Wittman. Apparently this challenge has a little to do with revenge, as Crabill is upset Wittman [...]
Moran has two challengers: Ellmore and Berry
Mark Ellmore, who was the Republican nominee against Rep. Jim Moran (DDD-8) last cycle, has entered the race for the Republican nomination against, joining first-time candidate Matthew Berry. Berry, who formally declared on Jan. 14, had this to say about Jim Moran: Congressman Jim Moran has abused the public trust. He has consistently secured earmarks [...]
Matthew Berry to challenge Jim Moran
Virginia U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8), who as recently as two weeks ago said that we needed to elect State Sen. Creigh Deeds to governor to protect us from the GOP’s “Taliban ticket”, has a challenger: Matthew Berry. Moran, whose public service in the 111th Congress included predictably voting for the government takeover of health [...]











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