Endorsements in the Primary Races
As you have probably seen by now, Delegates Bill Janis and Jack Reid have both endorsed Joe Blackburn in the race to unseat Sen. Stosch. This comes after he already has the backing of former Congressman Tom Bliley.
I predicted this type of thing would come to fruition back in February in this post when I said Blackburn having Boyd Marcus as his consultant would greatly aid in his ability to garner endorsements and support. Both of these delegates have ties to Marcus and that is probably one big reason Blackburn was able to score these endorsements.
Our friend SWAC Girl is now asking if the same thing could happen in the Hanger race. She proposes that perhaps Delegates Cline, Landes and Saxman (although she does not reference them by name) could do the same in the race in the 24th. My hunch is that they will not, although they could always surprise me. Saxman would be the most likely to do so, since he has ties to VCAP.
In the 22nd it still appears none of the Delegates will take sides in the primary.
I will let everyone know if there are any other developments in this arena.
I predicted this type of thing would come to fruition back in February in this post when I said Blackburn having Boyd Marcus as his consultant would greatly aid in his ability to garner endorsements and support. Both of these delegates have ties to Marcus and that is probably one big reason Blackburn was able to score these endorsements.
Our friend SWAC Girl is now asking if the same thing could happen in the Hanger race. She proposes that perhaps Delegates Cline, Landes and Saxman (although she does not reference them by name) could do the same in the race in the 24th. My hunch is that they will not, although they could always surprise me. Saxman would be the most likely to do so, since he has ties to VCAP.
In the 22nd it still appears none of the Delegates will take sides in the primary.
I will let everyone know if there are any other developments in this arena.
posted by GOPHokie @ 1:12 PM
5 Comments:
At 4/25/2007 2:30 PM,
Anonymous said…
I would doubt Landes would make that endorsement, as Landes' Legislative Aide is Hanger's Legislative Aide's mother.
At 4/25/2007 2:44 PM,
GOPHokie said…
Agreed that Landes would be the least likely to endorse here.
At 4/25/2007 4:16 PM,
Anonymous said…
It is at least rumored Saxman is behind Sayre's campaign.
Makes sense to me. Saxman is, and probably always will be, over ambitous. He has little to claim, other than being a Delegate from an irrelevant part of the state. Thats not enough for him, or his desire to run statewide. He is always looking for the next best thing- the fast-track. I could see Saxman endorsing Sayre, who does have a decent shot to pull the upset, but it'd be a fools bet. He'd endorse him just so he could then lay all claim to being a some sort of giant killer, if Hanger would even qualify as that. Maybe, for purposes up and down the Valley, that'd play. Rest of the State won't care.
Then we'll be talking about Saxman's next dumb move in his career that will surely post many.
At 4/27/2007 8:18 AM,
Anonymous said…
The fun one to watch is Morgan Griffith not endorsing anyone in the Bell-Smith race even though he has endorsed primaried incumbent Senators like Stosch. Bell screwed him on the smoking bill and that could cause Griffith to quietly back Smith. Smith could pull it off.
At 5/21/2007 9:27 AM,
Anonymous said…
US President Tim Kalemkarian, US Senate Tim Kalemkarian, US House Tim Kalemkarian: best major candidate.
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