McCain won the district by only 51%-48%, so it wouldn’t have taken much to cause trouble for Goode if he was running a bad campaign.
I’m wondering who will run in VA-2. Thelma Drake had one scare in 06 and got washed out in the Obama wave in 08. Maybe somebody new there?
Drake doesn’t appear to be a potential candidate again. Politics1 has 5 potential challengers to Glenn Nye:
Jeff McWaters (R) - Businessman
Will Sessoms (R) - Virginia Beach Mayor
Chuck Smith (R) - Attorney, GOP Activist & USMC Veteran
Ken Stolle (R) - State Sen., Attorney, Ex-Police Officer & Navy Veteran
Ron Villanueva (R) - Virginia Beach City Councilman
Chuck Smith is the only one to have officially declared. I can’t imagine Sessoms running, since he was just elected Mayor of VA Beach.
“McCain won the district by only 51%-48%”
Yeah, but that is running 7% better than the average district for Republicans. In other words, if we are to have any hope of getting a majority again, we need that seat.
Any district that MCCain won should be a target seat.