Posted on 07/29/2010 3:37:43 AM PDT by Kaslin
Virginia’s Eleventh Congressional District has dramatically changed over the last few decades. Just outside Washington, D.C., this district has quickly become a fast-growing hub of high-tech, defense and federal government contracting jobs and is one of the most affluent and well-educated districts in the country. Riding the Democratic wave of 2008, Gerry Connolly was elected by a double-digit margin to his freshman term – though he underperformed Obama. However, he quickly forgot who elected him and has instead sided with his big-spending liberal leadership every step of the way. Republican nominee and NRCC Young Gun Keith Fimian is seeking to provide Northern Virginians with independent leadership, and to stand strong for their fiscally conservative values.
Virginia’s 11th District includes much of Fairfax and Prince William Counties. It encompasses the Capitol Beltway, which links the suburbs of Vienna, Annandale, West Springfield, Mount Vernon, Burke and Dale City to Washington, D.C. and economically-booming Tyson’s Corner. It’s a swing-voting area rated as PVI D+2 by the Cook Political Report, but Gov. Bob McDonnell carried it by ten points in the 2009 elections, suggesting the pendulum is swinging back toward Republicans. Instead of recognizing his constituents’ diverse interests, Gerry Connolly has voted with Speaker Nancy Pelosi nearly 97% of the time. Regardless of how the people of VA-11 feel, Speaker Pelosi has deemed Connolly’s survival so important to her liberal agenda, she ensured the DCCC made room for him as they moved to reserve millions of dollars in air time for elections this fall.
Connolly slipped through the cracks in a favorable political climate last cycle, but now he has a record to stand on, and it’s not pretty. He voted to waste nearly $1 trillion in taxpayer money on the failed stimulus package, heavily tax already struggling families with Cap & Trade legislation, and ram government-run healthcare through Congress. Connolly was further embarrassed after getting busted sending out mailings claiming he did not vote for the Wall Street bailout all the while knowing he did not take office until January 2009 and, in fact, supported TARP during the campaign.
After a tough 2008 loss in the anti-Republican political environment, Keith Fimian is ready to defeat Connolly in this year’s rematch. As Chairman and Founder of U.S. Inspect, headquartered in Virginia’s 11th District, Keith is the small business leader the district needs to grow the economy. Despite starting as the underdog in this year’s primary, he won a convincing nomination against a well-known elected official and has already proven he’s battle-tested and ready to win. In Washington, Keith will serve the people of the district and put a stop to the out-of-control spending in Congress.
To find out more about Keith and his goals for Virginia’s Eleventh District, I encourage you to visit his website. To stay up-to-date and help him succeed in November, please follow him on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Connolly is dead meat in November.
Only if people get out to vote. The point I would make would be to remind everyone of Connolly’s consistency in voting for everything on the President’s wish list.
Notice how he is talking more conservative, suddenly? I heard him on Fox this week saying how the Bush tax cuts need to remain in effect. I hope to God he is voted out.
Yeah, but he is not up for reelection until 2013. Tthat is 3 years from now
Yeah, but he is not up for reelection until 2013. That is 3 years from now
Yeah, but he is not up for reelection until 2013. That is 3 years from now
Not so fast.....every member of the House of Representatives must run every two years.
They will get out and vote. The GOP has a good ground game in VA. The McDonnell machine is still in place and getting stronger.
Did you post on the wrong thread? Connolly is up for reelection this Fall.
Fimian needs to reach out to the Pat Herrity voters and work hard in Fairfax County. Although he won the primary, he lost in Fairfax County which is the largest population area. He has been invisible since the primary.
Oops, my mistake, I was talking about Bob McDonnell. I need more coffee
Make that "putrid dead meat"... Citizens of his district should be ashamed of themselves for voting this guy into office 2 years ago.
If only someone could beat my Congressman, Jim Mor-on.....
“He has been invisible since the primary.”
No he hasn’t, there are some key Herrity supporter that have come on board and are holding fundraisers for Fimian and he will be having door to doors for the remaining 3 months. I am going to a fundraiser in FFX County at the beginning of August.
He should be made a one-termer, but it’s up to the voters in his district. I am from TN
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Governors can only serve one term in Virginia.
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