The Democratic ticket for this fall’s election has been finalized. Terry McAuliffe will run for governor. Senator Ralph Northam will run for Lt. Governor, and state Senator State Mark Herring from Loudoun County will run for Attorney General.
These Democrats are a stark contrast to the Republican ticket which is one of the most conservative tickets in the history of the Old Dominion.
Voter turn out was very light. Only about 140,000 voters turned out to cast their ballot. Time to turn up the heat now.
Locally, over here in the City, it is going to be an interesting race for HOD 50 since the Democrats have a very viable canidate to take on Miller.
Who is the candidate?
I know you all told me and I have had so much going on I have forgotten.
The PWC vote ended up being 1463 votes for each LT gov. candidate.
Many of the precincts showed single digit votes.
“Voter turn out was very light. Only about 140,000 voters turned out to cast their ballot. Time to turn up the heat now.”
Historically low turnout for a (tax-payer funded) democrat primary. Not sure if it’s an indication of overall voter apathy, or a lack of dynamic candidates.
I almost voted in the Democrat primary. But then, decided just to go home instead.
The Republicans didn’t come out for this primary election, from what I can tell. No cross pollination. I am curious, who would you have voted for and why?
I think turnout was low because none of them was objectionable.
That is very true. I supported by guys but I could have easily gone with the other 2 if they had won. I just had specific reasons I liked Herring and Northam. It wasn’t that I didn’t like the other 2 guys. Mr. Fairfax didn’t have as much money as some of the other candidates. I never saw anything on TV about him.
Of course, good luck seeing local support for Democrats around here. Remember the time I had to get the Mark Warner sign from Arlington. They sent it to the City of Manassas. I guess they probably couldn’t find the phone number for PWC Dems. I can’t ever find it.
So they were all “Meh” candidates? Nothing to get excited about?
All 4 were good candidates. I thought that my 2 had a lot better chance of getting elected down state which is one reason I voted for them but I tend to vote strategically in primaries.
Had it been a Republican primary, I would have probably voted. On that, I vote for the one that I would most likely be able to stand in office.
They turned out where there was a Republican primary. A couple of HOD GOP incumbants were defeated by their primary challengers.
http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=HOD&map=CTY
I saw that. Several of those R races were very contentious. I just don’t think the democrats were firebrands this go round. There was a little flair up between Chupra and Northam but other than that….it was a very civilized primary.
No one tore up signs or got arrested. Imagine that.
I also have never seen a lower voter turn out for the Democrats.
Oh I meant the Republicans didn’t come out to vote in the Democratic primary. There really wasn’t an underdog. I think Fairfax had less money but I could be wrong. I am basing that on the notion that I didn’t see any TV ads for him.
@Steve Thomas
No. To say they were all “Meh” candidates would be the wrong assumption. They all seemed sane and twenty-first century unlike the candidates fielded by the Virginia Republican Party. Had the Republicans offered a slate that was similarly forward-thinking, I might consider voting “R”. Alas, they, the “Rs”, continue to offer candidates that appeal to fewer and fewer groups of Americans.
I found the LaRock situation distasteful. Joe May has a pretty decent reputation. He could be counted on for some common sense voting except in the social areas.
The Repugs’ candidates were determined by party hacks in back room deals. We allowed the people of Virginia to decide.
@Moon-howler
Moon, think Cindy Brookshire posted this the other week. It is Richard Cabellos. His webpage is up with his background and why he is running, but he has not added a list of issues yet….still early I suppose.
http://www.cabellosfordelegate.com/
I have had a lot on my plate this week and totally forgot whaat Cindy said. Maybe a case of CRS.
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and made the taxpayers of Virginia pay for it too.
Sorry, but your argument about some “backroom” deals is not supported by fact. The convention is open to any virginia voter willing to apply to be a delegate, and go to Richmond to vote. The cost to the taxpayer for this nomination process was “$0.00”. As a matter of fact, the taxpayers of Richmond benefitted from the economic uplift provided by the 8,000 or so convention attendees, in the form of hotels, meals, venue rental and catering, etc. But to your “party hack” comment. If the results of the convention are looked at, this was about as far from “party hackdom” as you could get. The party hacks were defeated by the conservative base of the party, ie. the grassroots. If the “party hacks” had held sway, Bill Bolling would have got his primary, Pete Snyder or Jean Marie Davis would have been the LG nominees. These were the party insider candidates.
His claim to fame is he is a union “field organizer”. So, the top of the ticket is the penultimate party hack, and the bottom of the ticket is a union hack. The middle of the ticket are moderate democrats. Will the top have the coattails long enough to help the bottom? Will this hurt the middle? Let the games begin.
One could also describe Terry McAuliffe and a moderate Democrat. It makes a good ticket.
As for Mr Cabellos, the union field organization might help. Can you think of a better skill to help win an election? Knowing how to talk to people is probably a good skill for a politician to have. Calling up your constituents and bellowing at them sure didn’t cut it with me.
@Steve Thomas
Many of us think that might not have been a bad selection. Weren’t there some Republican delegate primaries held at the same time as the Democratic primary?
Question for you Steve–those people who voted in the May/LaRock Republican primary, why was there a primary and could they also vote in the Democratic primary since it was for 2 different branches of government? I didn’t pay attention because it really had little to do with me.
I actually don’t feel the Republican convention represented most of the Republicans, just from talking to my R friends.
I think you all need to do away with that convention so you get some more centrist candidates. On the other hand, if the Republicans win this one, shame on the Democrats. It means they got real real lazy.
No, you can vote in the Democrat primary, or Republican, but not both. This is state law.
I have a problem with that. If you are an independent, you could very well want to vote for the Democratic top of the slate and then for a delegate.
I understand why you wouldn’t be able to vote for the same office but its 2 different branches of govt.
Itnwasna primary in those districts because the RPV party plan permits incumbents in HOD and Senate races to chose the method of nomination, as long as it is a method described under the party plan.