. . . this is for you:
Jane Eshagpoor, a principled conservative, has opened her campaign office at 4100 E Parham Road, (1st floor), Henrico, Virginia 23228. She will challenge Senator Walter Stosch in the August 23rd primary. The campaign is collecting signatures on petitions and you can sign the petition today and Tuesday from 7:30 am to 9:00 pm, Wednesday 7:30 am to 3:00 pm. This is a ballot access request only. You may reach the campaign by dialing the full number 804-915-4505. It is not a long distance call.
Hopefully, she also has folks out in the neighborhoods collecting signature. I say that because Senator Stosch has a terrible history with tax increases, and voters in the 12th are in desperate need of an upgrade.
The deadline for primary petitions is tomorrow.
UPDATE: Eshagpoor fell short on the petitions, so Stosch is unopposed for renomination
Cross-posted to Bearing Drift
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Golly….let me get this right. Twenty years of supporting tax cuts, smaller government, protecting the unborn, advocating for the 2nd Amendment and working to thwart Dick Saslaw and Senate Democrats at every turn is “a poor record and needs an upgrade?”
I respectfully disagree.
Folks, we aren’t learning to focus where it makes sense. Let’s get John Miller’s seat…let’s take the open 22nd seat, let’s get Toddy Puller retired, let’s get Cooch’s seat back…. Stosch ain’t perfect, (and I remind him and the other legislators every single session) but none of us are. Let’s get the Senate back and stop wandering into the briarpatch.
Jane, no disrespect, but this is nuts with a capital N….
Crazy, crazy, crazy
Are you kidding me, Jack?
Wally backed tax increases that were higher than what Mark Warner wanted in 2004, and then went right along with Warner’s tax hikes.
Two years later he tried to raise taxes again, but the HoD wouldn’t oblige. In 2007, he went right along with the HB3202 debacle, and gave no indication during the special session of 2008 that he wanted to do anything else besides hit us up for more revenue.
I certainly agree on the 22nd, 36th, and 37th, but I think it would be much easier to do all three if our low-tax message doesn’t have to get throught Stosch’s interference.
Update from VPAP:
“Jane Eshagpoor filed paperwork with the State Board of Elections to challenge Stosch. However, 12th District Republican officials say Eshagpoor failed to submit the required number of petition signatures to qualify for the August 23 primary. As a result, Stosch is uncontested for the GOP nomination.”