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VOLUME 35 NO. 35
G R E AT FA L L S • M c L E A N • V I E N N A • O A K T O N
APRIL 24, 2014
Decision Time Nears for Republicans in 10th District DANIELLE NADLER Northern Virginia Media Services
Republicans in the 10th Congressional District head to the polls Saturday to pick a nominee who this fall will have to defend a seat the party has held for more than three
decades. Six GOP contenders are vying for the nomination in the wake of the retirement of U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th), who was first elected in 1980. Waiting in the wings for the general election is Fairfax County
Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville), the Democratic nominee for the seat. Wolf, a Philadelphia native who has long lived in Vienna, has held the seat for 17 terms, beating out challengers since Ronald Reagan was in the White House.
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Democrats, however, sound just as confident that 2014 is their year to pick up the seat, since the district is no longer the Republican bastion it once was. Richard Bolger, who was the only other Democrat in the 10th District race but dropped out last month, said the election has presented “one of the top pick-up opportunities for Democrats in the nation.” The modern 10th District was created in 1952, and in its early decades largely was centered on the inner Northern Virginia suburbs. After the 1990 federal census, the district’s boundaries were pushed westward, giving Wolf a more conservative constituent base. It currently includes all of Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun and Warren counties and the cities of Manassas, Manassas Park and Winchester, as well as portions of Fairfax, Fauquier and Prince William counties. Over the past 62 years, the district has had just three representatives: Republican Joel Broyhill won a narrow victory over Democrat Edmund Campbell in 1952 and went on to hold the seat until being ousted by Democrat Joseph Fisher in the post-Watergate election of 1974. Fisher, in turn, was defeated by Wolf six years later. Two years ago, Wolf defeated Democrat Kristin Cabral, 58 percent to 39 percent, to retain the seat he held.
More See Page 28 for a Q&A with the candidates
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In December, 75-year-old Wolf announced he would not seek reelection for an 18th term, and within weeks a cast of Republicans had lined up as prospective replacements. On the ballot: Barbara Comstock, Stephen Hollingshead, Howie Lind, Bob Marshall, Marc Savitt and Rob Wasinger. It is a winnertake-all event with no runoff. After being defeated by incumbent Democrat Joseph Fisher in 1978, Wolf came into office as part of the Reagan landslide two years later. “This is the first time in 34 years the 10th District chairman has to worry about holding the 10th District seat,” said John Whitbeck, chairman of the 10th District Republican Committee. “The key is to not take anything for granted.” Republican voters will select their nominee at a party canvass Saturday, April 26. While open to all registered voters in the 10th District, voters must sign a statement vowing to support the Republican nominee in November. There will be 10 voting locations throughout the district. Full details are available on the Web site at www.vagop8cd.org. The six pursuing the GOP nomination range from longtime Capitol Hill staffers and those who’ve served in the House of Delegates to those who are main-street business leaders with little political experience. Whitbeck pronounced confidence that any of the half-dozen in the running have what it takes to win on Nov. 4.