Posted on 06/20/2014 3:53:34 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., announced Monday that 16 former Virginia Republican elected officials have endorsed his re-election bid, including 14 former state legislators as well as former U.S. Sen. John W. Warner and former Gov. Linwood Holton.
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The list of Republican Warner supporters includes former Delegates Vincent F. Callahan Jr. of McLean, a former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee; Katherine Waddell of Richmond; L. Preston Bryant Jr. of Richmond, who served as secretary of Natural Resources in Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's Cabinet; Robert S. Bloxom Sr. of Mappsville, who served as secretary of Agriculture and Forestry under Govs. Mark R. Warner and Kaine; Jim Dillard of Fairfax County; Clint Miller of Woodstock, who sought the 1993 GOP nomination for governor and later served on the State Corporation Commission; Anne G. "Panny" Rhodes of Richmond; Jack Rollison of Woodbridge, a former chairman of the House Transportation Committee; and Robert Tata of Virginia Beach The list also includes former state Sens. John Chichester of Reedville, a former Senate Finance Committee chairman who lost the 1985 election for lieutenant governor to L. Douglas Wilder; Brandon Bell of Roanoke; Russ Potts of Winchester; Fred Quayle, of Suffolk and Ed Robb of Albemarle.
John Warner, a 30-year veteran in the U.S. Senate, had announced his support for Mark Warner in January.
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I wonder if the usual gop-e FReepers will berate these elected officials for “preventing a republican majority”!
The RINOs sure do love party unity.
No, those trolls won’t show up. They only rear their ugly heads when moderates win primaries where they sneer at the Tea Party and Christine O’Donnell.
and people question the use of the term RINO —
Oh I’ve seen them slowly oozing in through the cracks after a couple years of silence.
THAT is the BIGGEST REASON to vote AGAINST WARNER!!!!
I will shortly list my Virginia Voter Card on eBay. Might as well get something out of it.
They should never get another dime of GOP support.
UniParty Strikes Again, ping.
Nothing new here...republicans are knwn to eat their own.
Show me how often the RATS vote for republicans!
Stupidity keeps some people for voting for the other party or abstaining from voting which is same as voting for the RAT party.
You’ll have MANY bidders.
People wonder why I only give to candidates.
Abner Linwood Holton is as much a Republican as Joe Biden. His son-in-law is Timmy “The Eyebrow” Kaine.
But, but, but Gillespie is a GOP-e, too! Do you think these GOPers are (gasp) homophobic?
Pretty much. I mean Warner’s gonna win in a landslide but ... yeah.
These guys haven’t been supporting republicans in a LONG time.
And it isn’t like Gillespie wasn’t the establishment’s choice . They just like democrats more than republicans. That’s why they are FORMER officials.
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