[11th_VA]

Thelma is well liked and loved. She could be a rising star in the GOP !!!

BTW - This seat openned in August when Congressman Schrock was exposed for solicting sex from men. She just jumped in the race in August !!!

[11th_VA]

Thelma Drake, foreground, thanks supporters at a victory party Tuesday night. Republicans in the district kept allegiance to the party, helping her defeat Democratic challenger David Ashe. BILL TIERNAN/THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

[MoJo2001]

I am unfortunate because I live in the Ghetto district of Bobby Scott.

Thelma Drake was definitely helped by that cutie George Allen.

I hope he runs for President so we can have some nice eye candy. Hehe! Oops did I say that? I would love to see him run because I care about his platform on the blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. Awwwww....Hehe!

[Mike Fieschko]

she told the bartender that her job was to help get Democrats elected in Virginia Beach. His response: “Do you have a tough job.”

Home of NAS Oceana. Nuff said.

[theDentist]

I voted for her, but thought it was a lost cause. Shrock retired after he was "outed" in the middle of the election season, and Thelma joined in about 2 weeks later. She had little time to ramp up, was constantly sandbagged by Ashe supporters on her radio interviews, and sometimes seemed a little lost in the process.

I thought Ashe did a reasonably good job of campaigning, pushing his military experience and concerns with Veteran's Affairs. But, like most Dems, he completely lost me when it came time to discuss taxes, pushing the class warfare button and blaming woes on eeeevil Rich People. Every time someone called WNIS (he and Thelma were frequest guests) to ask about his tax position, he went on about the Rich making money on the backs of the poooor, the Bush Tax Fraud, how no one was helped, etc. But he couldn't tap-dance that fast.

Anyhow, good luck Thelma.