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Reactions To Marsden's Stunning Victory
Washington Post ^
| 1/12/10
| Anita Kumar
Posted on 01/12/2010 8:46:38 PM PST by steve-b
Virginia's incoming governor Bob McDonnell (R) congratulated Virginia's newest senator Dave Marsden (D) tonight on his upset against Steve Hunt (R) in Fairfax County.
"I look forward to continuing to work with him in the years ahead in his new capacity,'' McDonnell said. "In these tough economic times, Virginians need leaders in Richmond who will work together to create new jobs and more opportunities. While we may not agree on every issue, I know that Dave and I share a commitment to making this a better Virginia for all our citizens."
Marsden will be sworn in tomorrow at noon when the General Assembly convenes its 60-day session. His victory leaves Democrats with a solid two-seat advantage in the Senate, 22-18.
Earlier, C. Richard Cranwell, chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia, said the victory sends "a clear message: Virginians want moderate, bipartisan leadership that keeps our Commonwealth the best state to do business and the best state to raise a child."...
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2010election; absenteeballots; cuccinelli; davemarsden; fairfaxcounty; marsden; stevehunt; vageneralassembly; virginia
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posted on
01/12/2010 8:46:41 PM PST
by
steve-b
To: steve-b
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posted on
01/12/2010 8:47:42 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: steve-b
What are you gloating about ?
To: pissant
As Tip O’Neil said: All Politics Is Local. Period.
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posted on
01/12/2010 8:48:49 PM PST
by
Galtoid
( .)
To: Galtoid
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posted on
01/12/2010 8:49:14 PM PST
by
Galtoid
( .)
To: steve-b
Tonight, Marsden pledged to focus on tax relief for middle-class families and help small businesses grow jobsWas this a big victory for you people?
To: steve-b
Guess VA is not on the Tea Party roll.
Shame.
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posted on
01/12/2010 8:55:09 PM PST
by
ryan71
(TERM LIMITS)
To: steve-b
You mean a Democrat won an election in Fairfax County?
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posted on
01/12/2010 9:00:56 PM PST
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life or nothing at all)
To: advance_copy
Was this an upset, like the story said? What happened?
To: hinckley buzzard
Fairfax County is a liberal suburb of Washington, DC. Most of its residents work for the government. So, I don’t consider this an upset.
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posted on
01/12/2010 9:31:19 PM PST
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life or nothing at all)
To: steve-b
Democrats control Fairfax County and this guy eeks one out. I wouldn’t be too damn happy Steve.
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posted on
01/12/2010 9:38:35 PM PST
by
jwalsh07
To: steve-b
Why was it an upset? Hunt wasn't the incumbent.
12
posted on
01/12/2010 9:44:45 PM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(Gasoline is up 100% since the election of Barack Hussein Obama. Thanks, Democrats!)
To: Nonstatist
Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see any gloating on his part. The title is the actual title of the article, he didn’t insert any commentary there or in the body of his post. Seems like a straightforward post on a relevant political event; what am I missing?
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posted on
01/12/2010 10:09:05 PM PST
by
boomstick
(I really underestimated the creepiness.)
To: steve-b
Sure, stunning upset. Just like it will be a stunning upset if Coakley eeks it out in Mass.
To: steve-b; pissant; Nonstatist; Galtoid; ryan71; hinckley buzzard; advance_copy; VeniVidiVici; ...
To: whatisthetruth
Because the left always does this. They have to have someone counter Scott Brown who is a conservative. It’s one of their games and he most likely wasn’t elected legally.
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posted on
01/13/2010 1:21:57 AM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: whatisthetruth; freekitty
From what I understand (at least from early reports last night), Marsden had a 2-1 advantage in absentee ballots.
But this shocked even some of the lefty bloggers.
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posted on
01/13/2010 2:17:59 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(01/16/2010 - The End of an Eyebrow)
To: whatisthetruth
Only 18% of the register voters came out to vote.
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posted on
01/13/2010 2:20:06 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(Free the Navy Seals)
To: whatisthetruth
Funny, the vote was almost 50/50, but the absentee ballots went 2-to-1 for Marsden (800 to 394) which was the margin of victory.
That really stinks.
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posted on
01/13/2010 3:07:14 AM PST
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
To: bmwcyle; Corin Stormhands; freekitty; Thrownatbirth
Wonder if the Hunt guy ran a lackluster campaign or if there's nothing going on there locally to bring the more than 100,000 registered voters who didn't bother to vote out to vote. They certainly had little problem coming out for McDonnell. The Repubs just can't ever seem to win these close elections with these stinkin' Rats.
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