Posted on 02/28/2023 6:23:35 AM PST by cotton1706
Over a dozen Virginia legislators, including the long-serving Senate Republican Leader Tommy Norment, have recently ruled out seeking re-election this year under maps overhauled during the latest redistricting cycle.
Norment and legislative veterans Democratic Sen. John Edwards and Republican Del. Kathy Byron are among the General Assembly leaders and committee chairs who most recently have announced retirements timed to the Saturday close of the regular legislative session.
The combination of departures, coupled with incumbents who could be knocked out in upcoming primaries, may mean a turnover of 15%-20% of the General Assembly membership before the start of next year’s session, said Bob Holsworth, a veteran political analyst.
“This redistricting has turned into backdoor term limits,” he said.
Norment, who has served in the Senate since 1992, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch for a story published Sunday that he would not seek re-election.
“I came in quietly, and I want to leave quietly,” Norment, of James City County, told the newspaper after opting out of giving a floor speech about his plans, as some other members have done.
The 76-year-old Norment, who previously served as majority leader when the GOP controlled the chamber, is known as a master of legislative procedure and strategy. He didn’t return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment Monday. Under the new lines, he was paired with fellow Republican Sen. Ryan McDougle.
“Tommy Norment is a Senate legend, a worthy adversary & one of the most effective legislators I’ve ever known – I’m going to miss our battles, our negotiations, his wisdom & his love of the Senate and Virginia – we are losing so many titans this cycle,” tweeted Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell.
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So how much gerrymandering was done to help the Rats? In Pennsylvania, the state court illegally changed the congressional maps to give the filthy Rats a 6 seat pickup. Did they do the same in Virginia?
Just spent time in Virginia - what happened to that state?
Swamp.
Washington DC crept in from the North. As soon as that started happening. Virginia should have given that part of the state to DC. But it is too late now.
Tons of liberals moving there from Maryland and DC, that’s what. JMO.
Let’s see. Homeless encampments. Border floodgates are open. Cops can’t do their jobs.
Why stick around and put up the good fight? Even lefties know it’s dangerous out there. The rats under Biden see an open window. Our pushback will be temporary.
Tommy Norment shut all the signs of being bought and then paid for. For example, he was instrumental in closing down all the convenience store poker machines, which could have been a good thing, BUT the reason he closed them down was because his handlers didn’t want the competition from the casinos that were about to arrive.
So some redneck sitting at a 7-Eleven playing poker is really going to be competitive with a casino? The casinos are starting to show up. Convenience store owners were up in arms over the loss of revenue, but to no avail... those machines are gone.
I don’t advocate gambling, but Norment acted nefariously nefariously when no action was needed other than to eliminate any competition.
Deep state clowns heading for the tall grass while the getting is good.
Then there’s Blackrock buying property and turning them into rentals. 5 million new border crossers competing to pay rents on limited availability. What’s wrong with loss of control?
NOVA ate Virginia. Government workers and immigrants overran it, taking a hard Left turn. I had always planned to retire to Virgina, before that happened. Incredible to think just a few short years ago, Virginia had a GOP super-majority.
The DC based cancer has spread.
I was also in Virginia recently (have family there) - life long residents told me demographics have changed after mass immigration into the cities by foreigners who vote reliably democrat.
No mention of Senator Jill Vogel, who will not seek reelection due to her now being in an unfavorable district. That is a real loss. She runs an election law firm and has been on the election integrity issue for a long time.
yes and government workers.
we live about 40 miles south of DC and it has certainly changed around here. Not for the better!!!
Leftists pollute everything they touch.
First they bring immigrant gangs to DC Metro, then they demonize the police for enforcing the law, leading to this:
Gang task force disbanded as MS-13 strikes again outside Washington
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/gang-task-force-disbanded-as-ms-13-strikes-again-outside-washington
From the article:
“It will most definitely create a void from a regional focus at the local level,” Lanham wrote in an email Thursday. “Agencies will continue to address gang issues, but currently, only Fairfax County and Prince William County have full time Gang Units dedicated to gang investigations. The Intervention/Prevention/Education group will continue to exist and stayed focused on their mission. It is hard to say if the void will contribute to a greater gang foothold. Federal Agencies will continue their focus on gangs, but they are not as focused on local gang crime.”
“Intervention/Prevention/Education” ...
I still remember the police chief Charlie T Deane claiming back in 1997 that Prince William County did not have a gang problem.
Looks like Fairfax started the gang unit in 2001. Took them a few years to accept that it was a problem.
Virginia seems to be becoming Maryland South...
Tons! I expect Va to be permanently demo-rat.
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