Mmmmm, brats.
Posted on 06/01/2015 5:05:11 PM PDT by cotton1706
FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia — Susan Stimpson is hoping the anti-incumbent mood that helped a little-known economics professor unseat the second most powerful member of the U.S. House last year is still strong among Virginia's Republican voters.
The tea party favorite Stimpson is trying to upset long-time Virginia House Speaker William J. Howell in the June 9 GOP primary, a victory that would be of similar magnitude on a state level to Dave Brat's stunning defeat of then-U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor last year.
Stimpson said Republicans in Howell's Fredericksburg-area state House district, which is near Cantor's old Richmond-area congressional district, have grown weary of the man who has represented them for 28 years.
"The overall frustration that people have with longtime career politicians is definitely a dynamic in this race," she said. "Really, we are tired of the arrogance of power."
Stimpson, a former political protege of Howell's, said the speaker has become a faux conservative willing to put aside principles in order to cater to deep-pocketed special interests. She points to Howell's support for raising taxes to pay for new transportation spending as proof that he's lost his way. The anti-tax group, Americans for Tax Reform, is helping Stimpson's campaign with a website devoted to attacking Howell.
Stimpson also accused him of improperly using his political power to have the state elections board quietly change policy on absentee vote request forms in a way that benefits his campaign, a charge the Howell campaign denies.
For his part, Howell said he's not making the same mistakes Cantor did.
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Thanks for posting. I’m making a small donation to help her in this effort. I hope that some of the folks who helped Dave Brat in his upset of the despicable Eric Cantor are also helping her.
Mmmmm, brats.
I worry about Brat's victory.
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