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Frank Wolf to retire after 17 terms in Congress; Northern Va. seat to be a battleground in 2014
washington post ^

Posted on 12/17/2013 3:03:55 PM PST by Perdogg

Rep. Frank Wolf announced Tuesday that he would not run for reelection in 2014, ending a distinctive three-decade career in Congress and instantly making his bellwether Northern Virginia seat a prime November battleground.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 113th; frankwolf; va2014; virginia
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Maybe I should run.
1 posted on 12/17/2013 3:03:55 PM PST by Perdogg
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To: sleepy_hollow; Mad Dawg; EDINVA; JPG; Hawthorn; Paisan; ConservativeOrBust; VA_Gentleman; ...

ping


2 posted on 12/17/2013 3:04:23 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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He decided to wait until after 2010 so a Republican wouldn’t replace him?


3 posted on 12/17/2013 3:04:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Go for it. Woof was another RINO.


4 posted on 12/17/2013 3:05:06 PM PST by GunsareOK
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If so, 2014 is a worse choice—from his point of view.
5 posted on 12/17/2013 3:06:13 PM PST by sourcery (Valid rights must be perfectly reciprocal.)
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To: Perdogg

Sure seems to be a lot of folks retiring.
Maybe it’s something in the air.


6 posted on 12/17/2013 3:06:14 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: sourcery

I doubt it.


7 posted on 12/17/2013 3:08:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Perdogg

The Middleburg group will have to buy a new boy.


8 posted on 12/17/2013 3:10:35 PM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: Perdogg

I like Frank. I had hoped he might run for Senate against Warner.


9 posted on 12/17/2013 3:11:12 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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2014 is the best chance for a republican to replace him.


10 posted on 12/17/2013 3:13:21 PM PST by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: Perdogg
Karl's here to help! Send him your checks - make them out to "cash".


11 posted on 12/17/2013 3:13:31 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Perdogg

Only 17 terms? Why did he give it up so soon?


12 posted on 12/17/2013 3:14:50 PM PST by Old Yeller
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17 terms? every republican candidate should immediately sign a pledge to defacto term limits.


13 posted on 12/17/2013 3:15:14 PM PST by dadfly
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Maybe Mark Levin will run.


14 posted on 12/17/2013 3:15:18 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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To: tet68
Sure seems to be a lot of folks retiring. Maybe it’s something in the air.

The smell of tar burning.
15 posted on 12/17/2013 3:16:18 PM PST by Old Yeller
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I wish Steny Hoyer would end his career of azz kissing.


16 posted on 12/17/2013 3:17:16 PM PST by Venturer (Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
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every republican candidate should immediately sign a pledge to defacto term limits.

Every VOTER, of all stripes, should sign a pledge of term limits.

17 posted on 12/17/2013 3:27:56 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Perdogg

When we fled Merrland we specifically looked for houses in his district.

And now that creep White Hut crasher is running for his seat? WTF!


18 posted on 12/17/2013 3:31:17 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks (Even Forest Gump got into Alabama...)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

vote for me!


19 posted on 12/17/2013 3:33:19 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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Tokyo Rove can stay TFO of this race, he screwed this state for Cuccinelli.


20 posted on 12/17/2013 3:34:40 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks (Even Forest Gump got into Alabama...)
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