By Stephanie Witt Sedgwick: Gun control is a hot issue in the Democratic primary campaign for Congressional District VA-10 as candidates head into the final month before the June 12 polling day. The six candidates view incumbent Barbara Comstock as an easy target on this topic, given her “A” rating from the NRA and a spot on the top ten…
Category: Elections
Virginia leads Democratic resurgence, say Moulton and others at FCDC fundraiser
By Brad Swanson: Democratic elected officials took turns praising Virginia’s role in turning the tide after the disastrous 2016 election and urging continued attacks on Republican majorities in the mid-term elections in November. The politicians were speaking at Sunday night’s Jefferson Obama Dinner, the main fundraising event of the year for Fairfax County Democratic Committee. “We wake up tomorrow in…
Candidate Question Time: Conflict in Syria
Each week until the Va-10 congressional district Democratic Party primary election on June 12, The Blue View will ask all six candidates to respond to a key question on an important issue in 100 words or less. This week’s question: Under what circumstances should we withdraw from Syria? Answers below from candidates, in alphabetical order: The question needs to be, how should we intervene?…
New survey lets voters compare N. Va. Congressional candidates
By Chris LeMenestrel and Francesca Costantino: Virginia Democracy Forward (VADF), in partnership with a coalition of grassroots groups, has put together the Cross-Grassroots Survey of Virginia Congressional Candidates to identify Democratic primary candidates to support in the 2018 election cycle who will advance a progressive agenda. Click here to view the survey. The survey provides information on the personal story,…
Why should we talk to voters?
By Todd Smyth: What is the best way to reach voters? Although hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on political TV and radio ads and mailers, those have no lasting impact on voters as they only go in one direction. “Research shows that almost half of all political ads are completely ignored,” says marketing consultant Matthew Sheffield, in the…
Candidate Question Time: Healthcare
Each week until the Va-10 congressional district Democratic Party primary election on June 12, The Blue View will ask all six candidates to respond to a key question on an important issue in 100 words or less. This week’s question: How should we reform healthcare in this country? Answers below from candidates, in alphabetical order: I believe we must move to a single…
VA-10 Candidates face off in wide-ranging forum
By Stephanie Witt Sedgwick: The six candidates vying to run for the 10th Congressional District seat met Sunday afternoon in a moderated discussion forum at Colvin Run Elementary School in Vienna, Va. The winner of the June 12th primary will face incumbent Republican Barbara Comstock in November’s Congressional election. The forum was hosted by the Dranesville Democratic Committee and moderated…
Candidate Question Time: Republican tax reform
Each week until the Va-10 congressional district Democratic Party primary election on June 12, The Blue View will ask all six candidates to respond to a key question on an important issue in 100 words or less. This week’s question: What one part of the Republican tax reform act would you repeal? Answers below from candidates, in alphabetical order: The number one thing…
Meet the candidates vying for VA-10 Congressional district nomination
Northern Virginia voters will be faced with a critical choice on June 12 when the Democratic Party primary election for Congressional District VA-10 will be held to determine the party’s candidate in the November 6 general election against Republican incumbent Barbara Comstock. Here are candidate statements for all six Democratic candidates, in alphabetical order. In addition, each week until the…
How to keep popular vote losers like Trump and Bush out of the White House
By Brad Swanson: Marcus Simon remembers vividly the feelings of despondency and helplessness he saw around him as reality set in – despite winning 2.9 million more votes than Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton had lost the 2016 presidential election. “The person who gets the most votes should win,” Simon remembers thinking. “Why shouldn’t it be that simple? That’s the way…
Connolly and Guzman predict continued victories for Democrats at national and state level
by Brad Swanson: Two prominent Virginia elected officials took turns Saturday night at a fund-raising event to celebrate recent Democratic victories and rally party members to take over the House and Virginia state legislature. Speaking first, Va. Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D- 31) used her story as the first Hispanic female immigrant to win election to the state House of Delegates…
Barbara Comstock is an extremist hiding in plain sight
By Adam Siegel: Ideas once on the furthest extreme of the American political system have become mainstream in the Republican Party. Yesterday’s “extremist” is today’s “moderate.” Barbara Comstock is a poster child of this problem. For anyone thinking about decades of American politics, Va. Del. Comstock, R-10, can only be called an extremist. She is: –In the pocket of the NRA with…