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Source: Washington Post
By Tim Craig
RICHMOND, June 2 -- Saturday's Virginia Republican Party convention, at which conservatives ousted the state party chairman and put a scare into former governor James S. Gilmore III's senatorial hopes, will have lasting consequences on state policy and the direction of the GOP, several Republicans said Monday.
For the second straight year, social and anti-tax conservatives dominated the nomination process, sending a clear signal to GOP legislators and office-seekers that they need to oppose taxes and abortion to succeed. |
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By BOB LEWIS, The Associated Press
Published: May 31, 2008
RICHMOND—A sharply split Virginia Republican Convention nominated former Gov. Jim Gilmore to run for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. John Warner.
Gilmore won 50.3 percent of the delegate votes Saturday over conservative Del. Robert G. Marshall, R-Prince William, the Virginia General Assembly's most ardent foe of abortion and gay marriage.
The slim margin—about 65 votes, less than a percentage point—leaves Gilmore to face popular, well-funded Democrat Mark Warner in the fall election in a state where the GOP lost the past two gubernatorial races and the 2006 Senate election. |
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Big Day Tomorrow in Virginia: Go Bob Marshall! [Jack Fowler]
Former Governor Jim Gilmore and State Delegate Bob Marshall battle it out at the state GOP convention in Richmond – the winner gets to take on Dem Mark Warner to replace U.S. Senator John Warner. Gilmore is in the role of Goliath, but Underdog Bob is pretty accomplished with the political sling and the policy rock. He’s principled, pro-life, and populist (while Tom Davis and his brand of Republicans have been sucking wind in northern Va., the election day numbers for Bob, who represents Manassas, have been growing annually). He’s also a very deft legislator / politician. F’reggzample: from Day One he fought the crazy, voter-detested “Abusive Driver” tax legislation, and after it passed (over his diligent efforts), Bob led the legal fight to kill it (the VA Supreme Court declared the scheme unconstitutional this February).
What’s the support of National Review’s publisher worth? Yes, a club soda on an NR cruise. But whatever its worth, I hope it helps: I’m backing Bob Marshall, and I hope to heck he wins tomorrow and in November to become the Commonwealth’s next senator.
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It'll decide whether Jim Gilmore or Bob Marshall can defeat Democrat Mark R. Warner.
BY HUGH LESSIG | 804-225-7345
May 25, 2008
RICHMOND
- Virginia Republicans will nominate a candidate for the U.S. Senate next weekend, and they will choose between two men whose sales pitches couldn't be more different. |
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NEWS
May 22, 2008
FOR RELEASE: On Receipt
‘We Can Trust Bob’
Congressman Tancredo Says Gilmore’s Record ‘Suggests’ He Supports Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
Congressman Tom Tancredo (R., Colo.), a leading Capitol Hill proponent of immigration reform, has endorsed Del. Bob Marshall (R., Manassas) for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate from Virginia.
“Bob Marshall is the only candidate in the race we can count on to secure America’s borders and enforce our immigration laws,” Tancredo, founder and former chairman of the bipartisan House Immigration Reform Caucus, said Wednesday evening (May 21) at a Washington, D.C., reception. |
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NEWS
May 20, 2008
FOR RELEASE: On Receipt
?Grotesque Decision?
?Strongly? Urges Virginia Attorney General McDonnell to Carry Case to U.S. Supreme Court
Del. Bob Marshall (R., Manassas) today scored the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for its decision overturning Virginia?s partial-birth abortion law, charging that the ruling ?is a corruption of law, and the procedure is the destruction of medicine.?
?I strongly urge the Attorney General [Bob] McDonnell to appeal this grotesque decision, and I hope that the members of the U.S. Supreme Court will first of all read my statute,? Marshall, who authored the law passed by the Virginia General Assembly to prevent the killing of human children in the process of birth, said.
?I fully hope that infanticide will not become the law of the land by judicial decree.? |
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TUNE IN
ATTENTION: Editors, News Director and Reporters
"Mark My Words," with Mark Plotkin
WTOP-FM (103.5), Washington, D.C.
10:00 a.m. Friday, May 16
Del. Bob Marshall (R., Manassas), candidate for the 2008 GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate, is scheduled to appear on the live interview program, "Mark My Words," with political analyst Mark Plotkin at 10:00 p.m. Friday (May 16) on WTOP-FM Radio in Washington, D.C.. |
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ATTENTION: Editors, News Director and Reporters
"J.P. Godsey Show"
WVAW-AM (670 and 1450), Norfolk
4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 14
Del. Bob Marshall (R., Manassas), candidate for the 2008 GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate, will appear on the interview program, "The J.P. Godsey Show," at about 4:10 p.m. Wednesday (May 14) on WVAW-AM Radio in Norfolk.
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ATTENTION: Editors, News Director and Reporters
"On the Record with Joel Rubin"
WVEC-TV (Channel 13), Norfolk
10:30 a.m. Sunday
Del. Bob Marshall (R., Manassas), candidate for the 2008 GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate, will appear on the weekly news interview program, "On the Record with Joel Rubin," scheduled to air at 10:30 a.m. Sunday (May 18) on WVEC Television (Channel 13) in Norfolk.
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Warner and Marshall oppose the idea. Gilmore says it is worth considering.
BY HUGH LESSIG
RICHMOND – Two of the three presidential hopefuls, a Republican and a Democrat, want to suspend the federal gas tax for the summer driving season.
In Virginia, two of the three hopefuls for U.S. Senate — a Republican and a Democrat — think that is a bad idea.
Democrat Mark R. Warner and GOP Del. Bob Marshall see problems if the federal government suspends the 18.4-cent-per-gallon excise tax on gasoline to help consumers deal with high gas prices. |
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