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Arlington County Democratic News Vol. 30, No. 7 www.arlingtondemocrats.org July 2005 Turpin elected to statewide post Arlington’s Jim Turpin has Cranwell, 62, was elected to suc- won election as Vice Chair-Fi- ceed Terry Donley, the former nance of the Democratic Party of mayor of Alexandria, who was Virginia (DPVA) as Richard chosen as party chair last year but Cranwell was elected the new had to retire when he took a new Tuesday, chairman of the state party. job that precluded his serving in The elections were held a partisan post. July 12 June 18 at the quarterly meeting The new state chair served of the State Central Committee 30 years in the House of Del- in Williamsburg. egates from 1972 to 201, the last J-J Dinner Frank Leone of Arlington, decade as majority and then mi- who was elected four years ago nority leader. For years, he has Crystal City as first vice chair of the state been viewed as a master strategist party, won re-election without and orator. His home is in Vinton Hilton challenge. in the Roanoke area. C. Richard (Dickie) continued on page five TURPIN Byrne joins Dem ticket Leslie Byrne topped the field in the June 14th on the West Virginia border, for state attorney gen- Democratic primary for lieutenant governor to give eral. the party’s statewide ticket a pan-Virginia look. Byrne did well throughout the state as she Byrne, who lives in Fairfax County, will join emerged on top in a four-person contest. She de- Speaker: the ticket headed by Tim Kaine, a former Rich- feated Chap Petersen, a delegate from Fairfax mond mayor, for governor, and Creigh Deeds, who County, Viola Baskerville, a member of the House Creigh Deeds lives in Bath County in the Appalachian Mountains of Delegates from Richmond, and Phil Puckett, a Virginia’s next senator from the southwest. attorney general Byrne won seven of Virginia’s 11 congres- sional districts. She lost the three districts that en- compass Richmond and its suburbs to Baskerville. Tickets: And Puckett totally dominated the 9th District in $95 regular the southwest, taking 84 percent of the vote there. $80 Roosevelt Society members Looking at Arlington, Byrne did much better $50 YDs and Senior Dems 65+ than she did statewide and Petersen slightly better, while Baskerville did slightly worse and Puckett Send check by July 5 to: much worse than statewide. ACDC Statewide Arlington Byrne 37,812 32.9% 2,493 53.3% 4620 Lee Highway, #214 Baskerville 30,010 26.1% 846 18.1% Arlington VA 22207 Petersen 24,835 21.6% 1,119 23.9% Puckett 22,263 19.4% 219 4.7% TOTAL 114,920 4,677 Within Arlington, Byrne won 45 of the 46 pre- cincts, losing only Glebe, which was captured by HARMONY— Tim Kaine, Democratic Baskerville. The complete election results, including the nominee for governor, plays his precincts in every jurisdiction in the state, are avail- harmonica for guests at an Adam Ebbin able on the website of the State Board of Elections fundraiser. It was blues for the GOP. at www.sbe.vipnet.org. ACDC News, July 2005, Page 2 Report from Chairman Jim Turpin Onward to November! Unlike other states, Virginia Democrats Commendations to our other candidates up 300 votes short. do not have to wait for the next election. for Lieutenant Governor. Viola Baskerville, Statewide, the conservative Republican Our ticket of Tim Kaine, Leslie Byrne, Chap Peterson and Phil Puckett all ran good effort to punish the members of the GOP who and Creigh Deeds can win in November. On campaigns. They made our choice difficult. did the right thing and voted for Governor the other hand, the Republican ticket of Jerry All had good ideas and worked hard. This Warner’s tax proposal came to very little. Of Kilgore, Bill Bolling and Bill McDonnell rep- competition was good for the Democratic the six who were challenged by members of resent the most conservative wing of the Re- Party statewide. the “flat earth society” only one lost. That was publican Party. It is clear who calls the For the second straight election, Demo- Gary Reese who was no friend of Arlington. shots on the other side. crats will pick up seats in the House of Del- During the last session, Reese sponsored not Leslie Byrne emerged the winner from egates. We have candidates for more than 60 one but two bills that were directly aimed at a four-way Democratic primary for the lieu- seats. This is up from 40 two years ago. One Arlington. No great loss. tenant governor’s nomination. Byrne, a of the new members of the General Assem- In addition, we are pleased that Jennifer former member of the House of Delegates, bly will be David Englin who will replace McClellan, a former Arlington resident, will the first woman in Virginia elected to the U.S. Delegate Marian Van Landingham in the run unopposed for the seat from Richmond House of Representatives, and a former mem- 45th District that includes three precincts in being vacated by Viola Baskerville. We can ber of the State Senate, ran an excellent cam- South Arlington. The six candidates in the 45th claim it was what she learned while she lived paign. The Republicans who think it will be made the primary season interesting. For those in Arlington. easy to run against Leslie are sadly mistaken. of us from other parts of the county, we were Perhaps the most disappointing fact to Having know Les since the 1980s, there is no glad we did not have to make the choice. We come out of the June 14th Primary was the one who will work harder, who is more com- are especially proud of our own Libby turnout. Locally, we had a turnout of just over mitted, or is a better campaigner. Garvey who ran an excellent race but came 4,000 voters (twice the number who voted in the Republican Primary). To put this in per- spective, we had nearly 3,000 voters in our School Board Caucus in May. Statewide, the Democratic turnout was 2.6%. For too long, Dalal Musa, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. Northern Virginia has led the fight for prima- ries. If this nomination method is to survive, participation will have to increase. Falls Church Center for Counseling Even with the low turnout, our Precinct Operation did an excellent job of covering the 207 Park Avenue polls. Suite B-3 As for Arlington, there is not much to Falls Church, Virginia 22046 say—which says a lot. For the first time in recent history, Arlington Republicans have no candidates for the County Board or any (but 703-532-6220 one) of the General Assembly seats. They do have an endorsed candidate for the School Board. Some say this was part of a larger strat- Helping individuals, couples, and families cope with egy to suppress turnout in Northern Virginia. anxiety, depression, grief, transitions and interpersonal conflict That may be the case in some other parts of Northern Virginia. However, I believe in Ar- Office hours by appointment lington it is a reflection of the weakness of the local GOP. We have an excellent candidate for the School Board in Ed Fendley. Ed is the only Published monthly by the candidate with the exception of David Englin Arlington County Democratic Committee to have a Republican opponent. The fact that we do not have local oppo- 4620 Lee Highway, Suite 214, Arlington, VA 22207 nents makes our task even more critical. It Tel: (703) 528-8588 Fax: (703) 528-2321 will be jurisdictions like Arlington that will http://www.arlingtondemocrats.org win the election for Tim, Les and Creigh. We Chair: Jim Turpin —703-248-6988 (h), [email protected] all have to run a campaign like we have never Editor-in-Chief: Warren Nelson —703-243-7867 (h), [email protected] run before. Arlington Democrats must turn out Managing Editor: Barbara van Voorst —703-522-6294 (h), [email protected] every vote. The election of the next governor Views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the ACDC depends on us. unless expressly approved by an appropriate Committee Resolution Copyright ©2005, ACDC, All Rights Reserved ACDC News, July 2005, Page 3 Bumper Sticker of Next Monthly Meeting—All Dems Invited Wednesday, July 6, 2005, 7 p.m. the Month NRECA Building, 4301 Wilson Blvd Seen on a yellow Corner of North Taylor and Wilson, just east of Glebe & Wilson BMW with DC plates: Free parking under building, enter from Taylor Street This month the program will be on the outlook for the November “Yeehaw!” is not Election and Arlington's role in the campaign. We will hear a a foreign policy. strategy discussion from the Coordinated [statewide] Campaign. J-J Dinner will break-in new hotel The annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Jeff Davis, turn left on 23rd and then make an theirs for $80. And Arlington Young Demo- will be held on a new date at a new site this immediate right. The hotel is a bit of a hike crats and Senior Arlington Democrats (65+) year. from the Crystal City Metro stop. can buy tickets for $50 apiece. The dinner is moving to the Crystal City The dinner will be held this year in mid- One unchanged feature of the J-J dinner Hilton, selected because it is the sole hotel week, Tuesday, July 12. The reception starts will be the presentation of awards to the pre- situated in Arlington that has a unionized at 6:30 p.m.