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My absentee ballot arrived in the mail on Monday, I filled out the little circles and had Audrey sign the envelope as a Witness, yesterday. Naturally, I voted straight Democrat...
You know about the presidential race. And it won't take much to search for our senate race (Both former governors are running: Mark Warner [D] against Jim Gilmore [R]; Warner is heavily favored to win.
But you probably won't hear a peep about the race in my Congressional district: Two-time incumbant Randy Forbes [R] against first-time runner Andrea Miller [D].
Here's the Randy Forbes Profile from my local paper, the Virginian-Pilot (Note that Cheney and Rove both campaigned hard for him during his first run for office during a special election).
He ran unopposed in 2002, and would have run upposed in 2004, if a young volunteer for John Edwards' campaign, Johnathon Menefee, hadn't walked into the Democratic Committee headquarters looking to volunteer for the Democratic candidate. There wasn't any candidate, so they volunteered Menefee for the job.
Forbes won with 65% of the vote.
He's up for election again. And, like he did four years ago, he's turning down invitations for interviews -- he doesn't think he needs to give any.
So, imagine my glee when I checked out a sample ballot online and saw that someone was daring to run against him this time: Andrea Miller. I checked out her website, and down at the bottom, was this quote:
And so I colored in the circle next to her name with great carefulness and glee.
I'm not holding my breath. I don't expect her to win; Randy Forbes pretty much owns the political machine in this district. But she may benefit from Obama's popularity, right now, and get 45% of the vote, instead of 35%. Every step along the way counts.
And if she actually does win, I will be a very happy citizen, indeed.
You know about the presidential race. And it won't take much to search for our senate race (Both former governors are running: Mark Warner [D] against Jim Gilmore [R]; Warner is heavily favored to win.
But you probably won't hear a peep about the race in my Congressional district: Two-time incumbant Randy Forbes [R] against first-time runner Andrea Miller [D].
Here's the Randy Forbes Profile from my local paper, the Virginian-Pilot (Note that Cheney and Rove both campaigned hard for him during his first run for office during a special election).
He ran unopposed in 2002, and would have run upposed in 2004, if a young volunteer for John Edwards' campaign, Johnathon Menefee, hadn't walked into the Democratic Committee headquarters looking to volunteer for the Democratic candidate. There wasn't any candidate, so they volunteered Menefee for the job.
Forbes won with 65% of the vote.
He's up for election again. And, like he did four years ago, he's turning down invitations for interviews -- he doesn't think he needs to give any.
So, imagine my glee when I checked out a sample ballot online and saw that someone was daring to run against him this time: Andrea Miller. I checked out her website, and down at the bottom, was this quote:
As the land of the brave, we cannot waste our time living in permanent fear of continuously shifting enemies. If we are going to fight a war on terror, then we must fight a war against our own fear of people that are different from us. If we are the land of the free, then we must permit questions, debate and even protest.
And so I colored in the circle next to her name with great carefulness and glee.
I'm not holding my breath. I don't expect her to win; Randy Forbes pretty much owns the political machine in this district. But she may benefit from Obama's popularity, right now, and get 45% of the vote, instead of 35%. Every step along the way counts.
And if she actually does win, I will be a very happy citizen, indeed.
