Honorable Conduct, Lamentable Ambition in Va-1

Published: October 19, 2007, 8:47 am

Tags: elections 2007, elections 2008, politics, republican, va 1, virginia

The tragic passing of the late Representative Jo Ann Davis has set off a scramble in Virginia’s First Congressional District. This district strongly trends GOP, and it is a safe thought to say the next representative, to be elected in a special election (date TBA) will be from the GOP. Many have voiced an interest in running, including Mrs. Davis’s widower, Chuck Davis. As we survey the field, I find once again that it is amazing what ambition will drive men to do, and at the same time am almost awed what honor will drive other men to do. When NLS and Too Conservative announced that former state Delegate Dick Black was moving to Fredericksburg so he could run for the seat, I assumed this was just a hot rumor spicing up a boring day. Apparently my thinking was way off base, somewhere over China. In fact Black, defeated in 2005 for re-election and apparently seeing no political future for himself in Loudoun, is moving. As reported in todays WaPo: Richard H.

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