This is the blog by (and for) supporters of Bob Marshall’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate.
As for why we (or, at least for now I) have chosen Bob Marshall, here are a few points that , well, I mentioned earlier:
Bob Marshall is now the dean of northern Virginia Republicans (Vince Callahan has retired), and as the party was getting pasted on November 6, he increased his percentage over 2005 (from 55% to 58%). He was also one of the very few Republicans who outpolled his Democratic opponent in Loudoun County (where the GOP was hit especially hard). Not only is he untainted by the stain of HB 3202 (a.k.a. the transportation tax hike of 2007), he was one of the brave few who led the fight against it.
Moreover, FWIW, Delegate Marshall does not have any ordinary district. District 13 is easily the most heavily populated in the state, with over 81,700 registered voters (the nearest one to this is the 33rd, which has 20,000 fewer voters). As such, Marshall has had to campaign almost as hard as any State Senator (their districts average about 110,000).
But don’t take my word for it – here are some other folks who agree, the members of Delegate Marshall’s exploratory committee:
Honorable Ken Cuccinelli (Fairfax), Walter Curt (Harrisonburg), Patrick McSweeney, (past Republican party chair), Tony Kostelecky (Manassas chair), Shaun Kenney (past RPV press director), Russ Moulton (past chair, 1st Congressional District), Kay Gunter (10th district state central committee), Mark Tate (past vice-mayor, Middleburg) Rick Boyer (Campbell County), Mike Meredith (Rockingham chair, past chair, 6th Congressional District).
We expect many more to join us (as supporters, not necessarily ex-comm members) as we take the cause across the state to elect our next U.S. Senator: Bob Marshall!
