My thoughts on the 11th

After exhausting myself making sure my Congressman (Rob Wittman) was renominated, I ended up crashing on the couch in the middle of the basketball game last night – and if I can’t make it through Game 3 of a Laker-Celtic final, I must be tired.

As such, I’m a little late to the what-happened-last-night discussion, and the first entry I saw came from fellow VV blogger Lovettsville Lady, who looked at the Fairfax County numbers and promptly declared that Democrats had hijacked the 11th District primary.

Well, I looked at the same Fairfax County precincts, and I didn’t get that vibe.

There are three Republican Supervisors in Fairfax County, representing Springfield, Sully, and Braddock.   Fimian carried two of them, losing only Springfield – where Herrity is the Supervisor.

Beyond that, in his race against Sharon Bulova for Board Chairman, Herrity also carried Dranseville and Mount Vernon.  Dranseville isn’t in the 1tth; part of Mount Vernon is.  In the precincts that are in of the 11th, Herrity beat Bulova by 13 points.  Fimian beat him by three in those same precincts.

So yes, Keith Fimian did pretty well in some Fairfax County regions friendly to Democrats, but outside of Herrity’s home base, Fimian did pretty well in the Republican precincts, too.

Overall, Keith Fimian won this primary by double-digits.  A Democrat-led hijack with those numbers would bring the metaphor to a level offensive to 9/11 victims and survivors.  In other words, it didn’t happen.

Pat Herrity has not been on the Board of Supervisors long, but he was there long enough to establish a record as a tax-hiker.  That’s why Fimian beat him in the primary.

Moving forward, I would remind folks that Fimian did better in the 11th than McCain did last year, so he’s no slouch.  As for Herrity, he is a freshman Supervisor with a record of raising taxes.  I don’t follow Fairfax politics closely, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he faces a primary challenge in Springfield next year – and loses.

Cross-posted to VV

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