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Vol. 39, No. 7 www.arlingtondemocrats.org July 2014 Beyer wins all four jurisdictions recorded an impressive primary victory June 10, win- VOTE! ning in all four jurisdictions in the 8th Congressional District and run- ning first in 133, or 82 percent, of the 163 precincts. Overall, Beyer got 46 percent of the vote in the district, not an absolute majority but a very impressive total given that there were SUNDAY seven candidates. Furthermore, he was 28 percentage points ahead of the Number Two candidate, . (This is no joke) Beyer won in all four jurisdictions in the district, though by widely varying margins. Beyer’s margin was lowest in Arlington where he took 39 percent and was chased closely by Hope with 33 percent. Beyer did better in Alexandria with 44 percent, chased by The Republican with 21 percent. Beyer got an absolute majority of 52 percent in speaker of the Fairfax County and ran away with it in Falls Church where he got 72 percent. House of Delegates Hope came in second in both Fairfax and Falls Church, but a has fixed the elec- very distant second with 14 percent and 12 percent respectively. continued on page eight tion to replace Del. Bob Brink for Tues- day, August 19, re- Brink retires after 17 years quiring ACDC to Delegate Bob Brink announced last Friday that he was resigning from the House of Delegates effective Monday, June 30, after 17 years hold its caucus to in office. pick a nominee this Brink, 67, is the senior member among the four delegates repre- senting Arlington. Sunday! He resigned after Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced his appoint- ment as the deputy commissioner for aging services in the Depart- ment for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. LOCATION: Yorktown High “I’ve been honored beyond words to serve my fellow citizens as 5200 N. Yorktown Blvd. a member of the House,” Brink said in a statement. “But, ‘to every- thing there is a season.’ It’s time for a new person to have this privi- DATE: Sunday, July 6, 2014 lege, and it’s time for me to move on to new challenges.” A special election has been set by the speaker of the House for TIME: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Tuesday, August 19. continued on page eleven

ACDC will email notices of the declared candidates—-or check What iceberg sank ? the ACDC website: How did Eric Cantor lose???? www.ArlingtonDemocrats.org That is the question still being asked not just in , but all across the country—and not just by Republicans fearful of a Tea Party sting. It seems that just about every political commentator has an an- swer or two. But there is a huge range of explanations. VOTE! What toppled Cantor may have been a perfect storm. The defi- nition of a perfect storm is that many meteorological conditions rarely seen at the same time all come together at the same time to produce SUNDAY one hell of a result. continued on page six ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 2

Report from Chairman Kip Malinosky Governor McAuliffe on fire Passionate, detailed, electrifying and in- jobs to Bristol, Martinsville and Hopewell posite of the Republican majority in the Gen- spiring are just a few words to describe Gov- among other cities and counties. eral Assembly. He is bringing back the cli- ernor Terry McAuliffe’s address at the Rich- While McAuliffe campaigned on ex- mate change commission and championing mond Jefferson Jackson Dinner. We all know panding jobs, he also campaigned on protection of the Chesapeake Bay. Leaders that McAuliffe is never lacking energy, but downsizing standardized testing. Since Re- from all states bordering the Chesapeake are now that energy is being channeled into a publican Governor George Allen, Virginia stu- committed to its conservation, string of progressive victories and a commit- dents have been subjected to a parade of 21 While Republicans have limited what the ment to win the most important fight in Vir- standardized tests known as the SOLs. This governor has been able to accomplish, on no ginia this year: Medicaid expansion. year’s bipartisan bill that McAuliffe proudly issue have they proved to be a bigger brick McAuliffe enumerated his accomplishments signed into law cut five of these tests. He has wall to progress than on Medicaid expansion. in the style of a President State pledged to go further to reduce the burden of McAuliffe met patient after patient in of the Union Address. And in his first five testing. Virginia’s hospitals who told him they may months, what policies has Governor Anyone driving to Richmond from Ar- not live without more money for health care. McAuliffe already acted upon? lington knows Virginia has a traffic problem. McAuliffe said that this is “fundamentally a McAuliffe campaigned heavily on cre- McAuliffe has taken on this issue with ag- moral issue.” There are more than 400,000 ating jobs and workforce development. He gressive but flexible planning. In Hampton Virginians who are being denied health care. wanted to ensure that everyone looking for Roads, he helped create a commission that It is an economic issue as well. Virginia work could find a good job. And since will allow local officials to invest $8 billion has lost out on more than $850 million fed- McAuliffe has become Governor, the Com- in transportation. He canceled I-460 expan- eral dollars as of last Saturday. McAuliffe is monwealth has added 74,000 new jobs. Luck sion that didn’t help much with moving committing to move us forward on expand- alone is not responsible. After decades of jobs people, but has helped certain elected officials ing coverage. going offshore, McAuliffe has helped reverse get reelected. In , he has We now know we have a governor who the trend by finalizing a deal in which a Chi- helped invest $75 million in Metro to get is terrific at getting results, compromising nese company will create 2,000 jobs in the people driving less and reduce traffic. where he must, and unabashedly fighting for Richmond suburbs. Furthermore, he con- On the environment, McAuliffe has Democratic values and policies. We should cluded several additional deals bringing new taken a reality based approach, quite the op- be proud of our efforts last year to elect Gov- ernor McAuliffe, who both in his speeches and actions is on fire. Jerry Botland Computer Consulting Breakfast with Troubleshoot and resolve computer and Favola, Hope computer related problems. Perform upgrades, set-up wireless routers and print servers. and vetoes Transfer old files, address book and emails Catch up on all the doings in Rich- from an old computer to a new one. mond—and there certainly have been a lot Phone: (703) 933-0558 — [email protected] lately—at July’s Second Saturday Breakfast. The guest speakers will be Senator Barbara Favola and Delegate Patrick Hope with a report on the latest session of the General As- Published monthly by the sembly, dealing Arlington County Democratic Committee with the governor’s 2001 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite #604, Arlington VA 22202 vetoes and Medic- Mailing address: P.O. Box 7132, Arlington VA 22207 aid expansion. Tel: (703) 528-8588 Fax: (703) 528-2321 The July 12 http://www.arlingtondemocrats.org breakfast begins, Chair: Kip Malinosky — [email protected] as usual, at 8:30 Editor-in-Chief: Warren L. Nelson —(703) 243-7867 (h), [email protected] a.m. in the usual Deputy Editor: Eric Wiener — (703) 524-6899 (h), [email protected] place, the Busboys Views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the ACDC and Poets in unless expressly approved by an appropriate committee resolution Shirlington, with the usual admonition that Copyright ©2014, ACDC, All Rights Reserved you bring cash to clear the bill. ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 3

J-J celebrates Next Monthly Meeting All Dems Invited Moran career Wednesday, July 2 at 7 p.m. NRECA Building, 4301 Wilson Blvd. of 24 years Corner of North Taylor and Wilson, just east of Glebe and Wilson The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner was a Free parking under building; enter from Taylor Street great meal and a great celebration of 24 years Get into gear for the next 2014 campaigns! We will hear of accomplishments by retiring Congressman from our candidate for Congress, Don Beyer, as well as . Three of his colleagues on from candidates to succeed Del. Bob Brink. And Linda came to Arlington to fete Moran and join in Lindberg, the Arlington County registrar, will fill you in on remarking on his 24 years in the House. the photo ID requirements for voting, a law that took effect , from the neighboring July 1. Finally, to get the campaign juices flowing, we will th 11 District way out in Fairfax County, ob- cap the meeting with campaign stations for our four No- served that one of the things about Jim is, “He’s Irish!” After the knowing laughs died vember races—School Board, County Board, Congress down, Connolly elaborated by saying Moran and US Senate. has the Irish sense of “fair play” and thanked him for his unceasing passion for people in need, emphasizing that Moran never stopped caring and advocating for his causes. Moran, then added in a stage-whisper aside ing the wait staff to come out of the kitchen, Maryland Congresswoman Donna to Moran, “No, not that, Jim.” then acknowledged their lives and families Edwards acknowledged that it’s often diffi- Becerra said, “Jim speaks his mind, and thanked them for their hard work and for cult to get Marylanders to cross the river, but sometimes even saying more than he means.” their contribution in making the evening a vowed that she would swim across to be with He then went on to detail several impor- success. The wait staff got a resounding round Jim at the J-J. tant votes (he and) Jim cast. He ensured con- of appreciative applause. She recounted that when she announced tinued Saturday mail delivery. As a fighter for In a reflective mood, Jim touched on that she wanted to run for Congress, her just causes, Jim was one of 128 members who several policy issues that still need to be ad- mother’s only comment was: “Will you be as warned against invading ; now, 10 years dressed. good as Jim Moran?” later, everyone wishes they’d voted with Jim. * The need to ensure that those on the ter- Edwards also exhorted Arlington Dems He was one of 67 Democrats who voted rorist watch list should be denied access to to get out and work for two non-8th District against DOMA. He voted against the fiscal firearms. The GOP, he noted, voted down congressional candidates who were in atten- cliff “compromise” because it extended Bush even this most reasonable of controls. dance—10th District candidate John Faust tax cuts and added $4 trillion to the debt. Jim * The need to emphasize equal opportu- and 2nd District candidate Suzanne Patrick. Moran stands up to protect those who cannot nity. Without it, people’s aspirations are cur- Rep. Xavier Becerra from California protect themselves, Becerra said. “We’ll miss tailed. took the rostrum and promised to tell JJers you. You made us a better country.” * The need to stop the waste of human things they probably don’t know about Jim Moran took the stage and began by ask- resources, starting by giving everyone a fair start early in life with universal pre-K. * The need to stop denying reality and start fixing climate change. * The need for election campaigns to in- form and even inspire. Bumper Sticker Moran observed that today’s Republican Party is anachronistic and cannot last. The of the Month times are changing, he commented. “It’s not just about old white guys anymore.” He closed by urging Arlington’s Demo- crats to continue to elect people of vision, saying that implementing policies that reflect Democratic values will ensure the survival of the planet. ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 4 No beachball Donkey Ears for AYDs Listening to the doings this summer of Arlington’s Dems During July, many Arlingtonians go as overheard by south to lie on the beach. Arlington Young Dan Steen and Mädi Green Democrats are different. The summer months mark the beginning of a revved-up campaign and civic engagement season. In and out of the hospital: Multi-faceted volunteer and photog of many Dem On June 18, AYD tapped fellow YD events Jerry Long had what he calls a “mild” heart attack last week and was Carolyn Fiddler, who has a successful career hospitalized at Virginia Hospital Center. He’s back home now recuperating and in Democratic politics, to host a Career and says he’s canceled his usual Fourth of July festivities. Networking Caucus event to give new col- Bigger playing field: Dave Leichtman, ACDC’s chief techie, is also the state lege graduates advice on how to navigate party’s chief techie and now will be playing on the national stage. He is joining through interviews, resume organizing and Microsoft as its strategic adviser for Democratic and progressive campaigns. office happy hours. That means he’ll be helping campaigns both small and large all across the One of the top 10-targeted congressional country with their tech and software needs. races is a few miles west from Arlington out Out of blog: Ben Tribbett has been hired by Washington’s NFL team to help I-66 where Democrat John Foust, a member guide the battle to defend the team name. As a result of the new post, Tribbett, of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 34, has now shut down his very popular political blog, Not , which is in a tossup race against Republican Bar- he started way back in 2005 and where he broke the story of Sen. George Allen bara Comstock, a state delegate. AYD joined calling a dark skinned Democratic staffer “macaca” in 2006. Most recently, with Fairfax County Young Democrats June Tribbett was guiding Patrick Hope’s primary campaign. 21 to knock on hundreds of doors in the 10th Off to Big Sur: Karen Kelly, who has been helping Carol Fontein in precinct District on behalf of Foust. ops the last two years, is leaving Arlington for the rough life in Monterey, AYD will host a phone bank for Sen. California, where her husband has taken a new job at the Monterey Bay June 25 at his regional field of- Aquarium. As one of her last taskings with ACDC, Karen organized a gathering fice in Alexandria. of precinct captains—at which her departure was announced. Karen lauded AYD also plans to sponsor a phone bank Arlington Democrats for their enthusiasm and organization, saying it even on behalf of Mike Hymes who is running for exceeded the enthusiasm and commitment of the volunteers with the environ- the State Senate seat in in mental group she worked with previously in Alaska. Karen exemplifies the an August 19 special election to pick a succes- volunteers who do so much to keep ACDC rolling along swiftly by doing things sor for Sen. Phil Puckett, who has resigned. that few notice. For example, she created the Poll Greeter schedule spreadsheets Hymes must win the seat in order for Demo- crats to take back control of the Virginia Senate. to keep track of the hundreds of people who staff the polls on Election Day and Philanthropy continues to be a major part pinpoint the holes that need to be filled. She also coordinated the apartment of AYD’s role in the community. In July, Com- building database and reconciled it with the Messenger route maps so we have munity Services Director Maggie Davis will accurate door counts. work in partnership with Replay for Kids to Appointee: Governor Terry McAuliffe has appointed Arlington’s Terron Sims, a organize a toy drive for children in the Wash- veteran of the Iraq war, as a new member of the commonwealth’s Veterans Board. ington, DC, area with mental disabilities. Another voice: Another ACDCer joins ArlNow.com as the latest in a series of Davis plans to collect toys from AYD and “progressive voice” columnists. In her first column, Krysta Jones wrote of the ACDC members as well as other progressive status of women and continuing inequalities. And Krysta has just been named and charitable groups. Toys will be collected by Governor McAuliffe to serve on the Commemorative Commission Honoring at the July 2 ACDC meeting. the Contributions of the Women of Virginia. During the week of July 28, Outreach Passages: Long time Arlington Democrat, Lyla Shealy, passed away at the age of Director Michelle Woods will host a panel dis- 94 on April 6 at The Jefferson where she had resided since suffering a stroke in cussion featuring Northern Virginia Demo- 2010. She and her husband, Norris (who passed away in 1994) were avid cratic women who have recently run for pub- supporters of ACDC, as well as the Young Democrats, for many years. They lic office. The full panel is still being solidi- funded publication of the ACDC newsletter many times in the late 60s and early fied, but it will tentatively include former 86th 70s when postage and printing had to be paid for. They hosted YD parties, District House of Delegates candidate Jenni- candidates and elected officials in their home on numerous occasions. In fer Boysko, former 34th District House of Del- addition to being an advocate of Democratic causes, Lyla was a long time egates candidate Kathleen Murphy and 33rd supporter of the Smithsonian Institution, Friends of the National Zoo, The District State Senator . Animal Welfare League and many other worthy endeavors. ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 5 Both Senator Warners campaign together Senator Mark Warner is out on the cam- dorsed the individual mandate as the right way again for what was best for America and Vir- paign trail getting some help from another to go, riddling his current stand against ginia. I felt like he was entitled to it.” Warner—former Republican Sen. John Obamacare’s individual mandate. Standing next to each other last month, Warner, Mark’s predecessor, onetime oppo- The two Warners appeared together pre- Mark Warner said, “What we need is recog- nent and now enthusiastic supporter. viously in 1996, when the younger Democrat nition in Congress that we’ve got to have a ’s case for Mark Warner is challenged the veteran Republican. Mark willingness on both sides to control some of based partly on seniority. John Warner says Warner vastly outspent the incumbent, result- the extremes. it “is not a good time” for a “flip flop” of Mark ing in an unusually close election. But John “The Democrats ought to open up the Warner’s seat. “We need seniority, and we’ll Warner prevailed with 52 percent of the vote. amendment process; the Republicans ought go to lowest in seniority in the Senate if this Still, in 2008, when the Republican an- to not filibuster. The insanity of shutting down man is not re-elected,” John Warner said at nounced his retirement after five terms in the our government last year just because you the Annual Virginia Political History Project Senate, John Warner backed Mark Warner. don’t get 100 percent of what you want, that forum at the in “This fine man came along and I felt like is politics of a different breed,” he said. Charlottesville. he had done his duty as best as he could,” Mark Warner said that on every piece of John endorsed Mark back in January. John Warner said. “He has shown the ability legislation, he starts working with a Republi- But in the last few months, the seniority ar- to cross that aisle and work time and time continued on page twelve gument has taken on unusual import. With the retirements of both Reps. Jim Moran and , Virginia is losing both its seats on the House Appropriations Committee. And with the primary defeat of Eric Cantor, it has lost a voice in leadership ranks. Altogether, 72 years of seniority have Here are ACDC’s awards for 2013’s outstanding volunteers, been wiped out of the Virginia delegation. John Warner said, “Seniority helps this as presented at the June 2014 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. state. [After Cantor’s defeat], you’re losing it in this state. That should be the factor that NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR people should consider in the voting box.” MATT DE FERRANTI Mark Warner’s GOP opponent is , a former chairman of the Republi- CAMPAIGNER OF THE YEAR can National Committee and long time po- PAUL CARVER litical operative. He is basing his campaign so far almost entirely on opposition to HERSELLE MILIKEN Obamacare. That foundation to his campaign PRECINCT CAPTAIN OF THE YEAR took a big hit a few weeks ago when people NATALIE HALL noticed that in a 2006 book he wrote he en- UNSUNG HERO OF THE YEAR MARY DETWEILER

De la Pava is JEAN MARSHALL CRAWFORD AWARD MARJORIE SIGNER campaigning MARY MARSHALL OUTSTANDING DEMOCRAT AWARD for treasurer MIKE LIEBERMAN Carla de la Pava has announced her candidacy to succeed Frank O’Leary, who is retiring as treasurer of Arlington County— an election that is still almost a year-and-a- half away. De la Pava, who holds a Harvard MBA, has been the chief deputy treasurer since 2008 and seeks to move up to the top spot in the November 2015 elections. De la Pava has already started calling door-to-door around the county. It isn’t yet known if she will face opposition in a caucus next year. ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 6 Why did the voters squash Eric Cantor? continued from page one So, it may well be that Cantor was upset because a large number of political conditions not normally seen at the same time all came together June 10 in Virginia to produce one hell of a result. And Cantor wasn’t just edged out. He was whipped, winning only 44 percent of the vote to ’s 56 percent—a shellack- ing. The Voice does not claim to have the answer. But here are a number of explana- tions that have been put forth by commenta- tors across the state and across the nation— and even from across the Atlantic. IMMIGRATION POLICY – Cantor’s opponent, Dave Brat, made a major issue of immigration in his campaign, which, however, was underfunded so it isn’t clear how many voters even heard what Brat was saying. He attacked Cantor as supporting amnesty, which Cantor has not done. Cantor, like many Re- publicans, has been concerned that the GOP hardline on immigration was driving away Latino voters. He, therefore, supported a pro- gram of legalization for those brought here ERIC CANTOR DAVE BRAT as youngsters who have grown up without . . . the victim . . . the victor accents and knowing nothing but American culture. Immigration should not, therefore, have been an overriding issue. Some say the to GOP events. There were complaints he was on Capitol Hill for a political breakfast immigration explanation is only being made didn’t spend enough time in the district. Can- the very day of the primary. But that misses by a) opponents of immigration reform who tor says he was normally in the district every the huge campaign Cantor mounted in the want to use Cantor’s defeat to kill immigra- week. No one has produced a schedule so it primary. Up through May 21, Cantor had tion reform and b) Democrats who believe really isn’t known how much time he spent spent $4.9 million to Brat’s $123,000. Can- GOP opposition to immigration reform is sui- in the district, but the perception is often more tor did see a threat and moved resolutely to cidal and who want to push the GOP in that important than the facts. George Mason Uni- squash it—by 39-to-1. direction. Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham versity political scientist Mark Rozell says the OVER-REACTION – Others who who has faced criticism in South Carolina for perception that Cantor was more interested watched Cantor’s campaign said his effort to not being a hardliner on immigration reform, in the national stage than the problems of squash Brat was over-done and offensive and said, “I don’t think Eric got beat because of people in Virginia was at the center of Brat’s drove many Republicans into Brat’s corner. his stand on immigration. I think he got beat upset. Jeff Schapiro, writing in the Richmond Cantor filled mail boxes with fliers and TV because of his lack of defining himself on Times-Dispatch, said Cantor was an out-of- screens with 30-second spots branding Brat immigration.” In other words, he let critics touch figure. He said Cantor views elective as “a liberal college professor.” Bob Rayner define him on immigration, and failed to re- politics as “a technical exercise. One raises of the Richmond Times-Dispatch said, “The spond. money—buckets of it....One spends it—lav- claim was absurd, easily proven absurd and, BANKING INDUSTRY – Cantor was ishly.” He said Cantor “isn’t one to slap backs, once proven absurd beyond any reasonable widely seen as a friend—or a tool—of Wall kiss babies, knock on doors, or work the room. doubt, an insult to the intelligence of anyone Street and distant from Main Street in the Not everyone got to see him. Campaign exposed to it. And, boy, were we exposed to Richmond suburbs that make up the bulk of events were by invitation.” This invitational- it.” Many in the district argued that the main his district. Brat made a point of saying that campaigning has been commented on by a way voters even knew that Brat was challeng- Cantor was buddy-buddy with the “crooks up number of people who find it unusual, to say ing Cantor was by seeing Cantor’s fliers and on Wall Street.” Brat said, “I’m pro-business, the least. hearing his TV spots—that it was Cantor who so I’m just talking about the crooks. They OVER-CONFIDENT INCUMBENT – made Brat’s campaign. And, says Rayner, “it didn’t go to jail. They’re in Eric’s Rolodex.” A frequently heard criticism is that Cantor was also made Cantor look like a cynical D.C. NATIONAL FIGURE – Some people just over-confident and never saw what was bully at a time when many on his right flank perceived Cantor as a national figure who coming, that he ignored the primary cam- were expressing that very concern.” Rayner spent all his time jetting around the country paign. Many news stories point out that he continued on next page ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 7 The Perfect Storm that struck Cantor continued from previous page pollster, John McLaughlin, had Cantor ahead campaigned for Brat. Ingraham told a rally 62-28 two weeks before the primary. He that and Nancy Pelosi wanted said, “I spoke to a shocking number of former polled only among people who had voted in Cantor to win because “Cantor is an ally ... Cantor supporters,... all of whom said they at least one of three previous GOP primaries. [in] the fight for immigration amnesty.” There decided to vote for Brat because they were He asked those people for their party affilia- was also a lot of complaining on the right offended and insulted by the ‘liberal profes- tion and 64 percent self-identified as Repub- about Cantor’s vote to raise the debt ceiling. sor’ ads.” Tom Bliley, who was Cantor’s pre- licans, 31 percent as independents and only 3 But note that Cantor has received the very decessor in Congress and who anointed him percent as Democrats. After the primary, highest rating given by the American Con- as successor, said, “They made a tactical er- McLaughlin said he went back to a sampling servative Union while Virginia GOP congress- ror in attacking Dave Brat. To the majority of 400 voters in the June primary. In that case, men like , and Bob of people in the 7th District, Dave Brat was an 54 percent identified as Republicans and 32 Goodlatte—all rated as less conservative than unknown six weeks ago. The advertising percent as independents, while 13 percent said Cantor—faced no primary challenges. They changed all that.” they were Democrats—10 percentage points also have better reputations for tending to ANTI-SEMITIC VOTERS – Cantor is more. That wasn’t enough to topple Cantor constituent demands. the sole Jewish Republican in the House of on its own, but in concert with other perfect REDISTRICTING – In the redistricting Representatives. Some theorize he was un- storm conditions likely contributed to his de- after the 2010 census, Cantor sought and got done by incipient anti-Semitism. This is not feat. a district that was more conservative. The a theory heard so much in his district, but it REPUBLICAN REVOLT – Only four thought was to make him more immune from has been propounded in some Jewish publi- weeks before the GOP primary, Eric Cantor a Democratic challenger. But it may have cations. Cantor himself dismisses such talk. attended the 7th District Republican Conven- backfired. New Kent County was given to Others note he won election to Congress seven tion. When he spoke, he was booed. This Cantor under redistricting. But it only gave times with no indication of any anti-Semitic was an audience of Republican activists and Cantor 37 percent of its primary votes. undercurrent. A few commentators have sug- insiders. Yet, they booed their congressman. DIVINE INTERVENTION – A sur- gested that Brat, an unabashed evangelical, What’s more, they voted his close confidant, prised Brat attributed his victory to a miracle might have had an easier time appealing to Linwood Cobb, out of the chairmanship of from God. evangelical voters than Cantor. In other words, the 7th District party. Very clearly, there was Eric Cantor was asked for his explana- there may have been a synergy between the dissatisfaction sizzling at the very top of the tion of his loss. “I came up short in terms of feeling that Cantor was distant, his Jewish GOP among the very people one should ex- the number of votes,” he said on CNN. “But faith and Brat’s declared in a way pect to take delight at the thought that their I really don’t think there is any one reason for that reflected—not overt anti-Semitism—but congressman might soon be the speaker of the the outcome of the election. There are a lot that classic polling question, “Does the can- House. If they booed Cantor, it would just be of things that go through the voters’ minds.” didate relate to people like you?” a short step for them to DEMOCRATIC VOTERS – Some be- encourage people in their lieve a horde of Democrats turned out to vote. precincts to vote against There was no Democratic primary in the 7th him. Statistically, it District. So Democrats lost nothing by vot- should be noted that Can- ing in the GOP primary. And the chance to tor received 37,369 votes do damage to a leading light of the national in his 2012 primary, Republican Party could quite reasonably en- which was a yawner, but courage such voting. There was also an open only 28,902 votes in this letter from Ben Jones—who played Cooter year’s primary. Clearly, on the “Dukes of Hazard” television show Republicans deserted decades ago and was the Democratic candi- him in droves. date against Cantor a dozen years ago—ac- TEA PARTY SUP- tively encouraging Democrats to vote against PORT FOR BRAT – The Cantor. But that letter seems to have gotten Tea Party organizations more attention after the election than before. did not mobilize behind Yet, the was remarkable. Brat and essentially ig- Cantor’s 7th District and Northern Virginia’s nored the race. However, 8th District have the same population. There two major figures on are more Democrats in the 8th District than conservative there are Republicans in the 7th District. Yet were very vocal allies of 65,022 people voted in the Cantor-Brat race, Brat— two-thirds more than the 38,847 people who and (not came out the same day in a heavily contested Mark Levine with an “e” seven-candidate race to nominate a succes- who ran for the Moran sor to Jim Moran. That suggests that more seat). Ingraham even than Republicans voted for Brat. Cantor’s came to Virginia and ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 8

FINAL SEVEN — The seven candidates for the Democratic nomination for Congress are seen in their final debate before the primary. From left: Patrick Hope; Lavern Chatman; Mark Levine; Derek Hyra; Adam Ebbin; Bill Euille and the eventual primary winner Don Beyer. Beyer wins 82% of 8th District precincts continued from page one four jurisdictions and the percentage of the lation. That, of course, might have something primary voters from each jurisdiction. to do with the fact that six of the seven candi- At the precinct level, the picture showed Pop. Votes Diff. dates in the primary—all but Hope—originate Hope and Ebbin didn’t really break out of their Fairfax 45% 33% - 12 in Alexandria. legislative districts. Arlington 33% 37% + 4 The hometown impact showed up in the In Arlington, Ebbin won four precincts— Alexandria 20% 27% + 7 fact that Hope came in next-to-last in Alexan- all of them in his senatorial district. He came Falls Church 2% 3% + 1 dria, coming in behind all of the Alexandrians in second in nine of his other precincts and In other words, while Arlington ranks except Derek Hyra. Hope got only 4 percent third in the last. second in terms of population, it came in first of the vote in Alexandria. Hope came in sec- Hope represents 22 Arlington precincts. in terms of voting percentage in this primary. ond in Arlington, Fairfax and Falls Church, He won 17 of those and came in second in Proportionately, however, Alexandria turned but sixth in Alexandria. the five others. Hope won only a single pre- out the most—producing almost a third more There were seven candidates running but cinct he does not represent (Jefferson) and he voters than one would expect based on popu- 10 names on the ballot; three candidates with- tied Beyer in another he does not represent drew after the ballots were finalized. Notices (Fillmore). were placed in precincts telling voters that But the bottom line was that Beyer won , Bruce Shuttleworth and 30 of the 53 Arlington precincts—an abso- Satish Korpe had all pulled out. In the end, lute majority. most voters got the word. Together, those In Alexandria, Beyer also dominated, three only polled 0.65 percent of the votes. winning 23 of 27 precincts. Two others went Of the 30 out of 163 precincts in the to Ebbin and two to Mayor Bill Euille. district that Beyer did not win, 18 went to In Fairfax County, Beyer had a runaway, Hope, six to Ebbin, three to Chatman and winning all but three of the 79 precincts. two to Euille with one ending in the Beyer- Those three—Fairfield, Pinewood and Hope tie. Lorton—all went to Lavern Chatman. Some questions were raised about the In Falls Church, Beyer won all the pre- total turnout of 38,847 voters with seven can- cincts by more than two-thirds majorities. didates running in a contest that drew a lot of While Beyer dominated in Fairfax attention and an immense amount of campaign County, Fairfaxians did not turn out in large mail. The only exact comparison was to the numbers while Arlingtonians and 2012 primary, when, like this year, only the Alexandrians voted out of proportion. 8th District House seat was on the ballot (with The table below shows the percentage the same boundaries as today) and Bruce th of the 8 District’s population in each of the continued on next page ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 9 Beyer wins all four jurisdictions in 8th continued from previous page out this time. Furthermore, compare the turnout this Shuttleworth challenged incumbent Jim year in the 8th District with the turnout in the Moran in a race that did not draw nearly as 7th District GOP primary, the one Eric Cantor much attention. A total of 31,024 voters came lost. That race drew 65,022 voters, two-thirds out then, and only a quarter more voters turned more than voted in the 8th District. Both districts have the same population, but the 8th District is even more heavily Demo- cratic than the 7th District is Republican, so one would expect more voters in the 8th pri- mary. Turnout is also traditionally higher in Northern Virginia. And with seven candi- dates, one would expect a bigger turnout in the 8th. Furthermore, there was much more media attention given the race in the 8th and far more campaigning. That all begged the question of whether a lot of Democrats in the 7th District turned out to vote against Cantor in the GOP primary. After the primary, Beyer told the Falls Church News-Press, “I am planning to be at just about every event I can over the next 20 weeks.” He said his first goal was to “banish complacency” because “we have to take seri- ously the Cantor example.”

GAY PRIDE — Gov. Terry McAuliffe (center) proclaimed June as LGBT Pride month in Virginia, a first for the commonwealth. Here he shows the formal proclamation to State Senator Adam Ebbin (right) and Delegate Mark Sickles. ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 10 Mame Reiley passes away at age of 61 Mame Reiley, who spent a lifetime build- badger their parents to vote for Kennedy. ropolitan Washington Airports Authority by ing up the Democratic Party of Virginia as Her sister, Liz Reiley, told The Washing- Gov. Warner in 2002, spent two years as chair one of the best political minds in the com- ton Post a nun at St. Louis Elementary School and left in 2012 to focus on her battle against monwealth, died June 2 after a four-year battle sent a note to her mother saying, “If Mary cancer. with breast cancer. She was 61. would concentrate on arithmetic as much as Early in her career, she was an events Reiley was closely involved with the she does campaigning, she’d be a straight A planner at the Watergate Hotel, an experience political rise of retiring Rep. Jim Moran, Sen. student.” Actually, she was very good at arith- that helped her organize many a party in suc- Mark Warner and Sen. . metic—counting votes. ceeding decades. She later had her own firm, Mary Anne Reiley was born Christmas Mame had a commanding voice, a mas- The Reiley Group, which was a consulting, Eve 1952 in Newport News, the daughter of tery of one-liners, sometimes off-color, and a fundraising and events planning business. an Air Force pilot. She was reared in Fairfax perfect sense of timing with her humor, which She helped to persuade then Alexandria County in the Mount Vernon area. helped her to engage with other Democrats. Mayor Jim Moran to run for Congress in 1989, Appropriately, her funeral was held the But it was her command of the ins and outs of served as his campaign manager during the morning of the primary to pick a successor to political strategy and tactics that quickly 1990 campaign and was his chief of staff from Moran. Her funeral was attended not just by brought her to the top of the political pyramid. 1991 to 1996. Beginning in 2001, she served Democratic luminaries, but by many Repub- She was a key adviser to many Demo- as political director of Gov. Warner’s PAC, licans, including former Gov. Bob crats over the last third of a century, but espe- One Virginia, and later as a senior adviser to McDonnell. But their link was personal, not cially Moran, Warner and Kaine. She became Gov. Kaine. political. The Reiley and McDonnell child- chair of the Democratic National Committee’s Beyond politics, humor and business, hood homes were on the same street. Women’s Caucus in 2003 and served for four Mame was known for partying—and for a Mame’s political career started in the terms from 1992 as Virginia’s Democratic hearty laugh that could fill any room. When third grade when she organized classmates to National Committeewoman, which put her on political meetings with Mame in attendance support the 1960 presidential candidacy of the national stage. ended, the call went out, “Where’s Mame fellow Irish Catholic John F. Kennedy. But In the Eighth District, she was the cre- going?”—and the crowd would head to the even then, Mame showed not just political ator in 1992 of the annual Kennedy-King Din- nearest bar for tall drinks and tall tales. enthusiasm, but political smarts. At the age ner to honor the legacies of Martin Luther Many Democrats across Virginia de- of eight, she knew her classmates could not King and Robert F. Kennedy. scribed her not just as a friend, but a mentor vote; she organized them to go home and She was named to the board of the Met- who could always be counted on for support. One mourner wrote on that Mame “would find a way to have your back even if it was up against a wall.” Mame found fun with the mechanics of politics. But she knew it had a purpose be- yond elections. As Fr. Gerry Creedon said at her funeral, Mame tried to inspire everyone to “do our part for a better world where the weak are safe and the strong are just.” Mame’s final political appearance, just weeks before her death, was to speak at a din- ner paying tribute to Moran. At her funeral, Moran paid tribute in re- turn. He spoke of how she took him to lunch in 1989 and “convinced me to run for Con- gress when no one in their right mind thought I had a chance.” Warner said of Mame, “She could be your strongest ally and your most demanding critic at the same time.” Jim Ryan, a lifelong friend and figure in the hospitality industry, told that Mame admitted on a party question- naire that she fantasized about being ma- rooned on a desert island with actor Tommy Lee Jones. Ryan said he once asked Mame whom VICTORY SMILES — Campaign Manager Mame Reiley and she thought she most resembled. Mame’s candidate Jim Moran just after they won the election of 1990 quick response was: “Elizabeth Taylor—dur- that sent Moran to Congress for 24 years. ing her heavy period.” ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 11 Bob Brink State Senate outta control State Sen. Phil Puckett has resigned, turning the State Senate back to GOP control retires from after just five months under Democratic con- trol. The Republicans wasted no time re-or- Delegates ganizing the Senate to put committee chair- manships back in the hands of Republican continued from page one senators—although five months ago they ar- gued it was improper to make such shifts in Brink said, “On a personal note, a few the middle of a term. weeks before I was sworn into office in 1998, A special election has been set for Au- I was in Richmond for freshmen orientation. gust 19—and that is a must-win race for One night I took a walk around the Capitol Democrats in order to take back control of and stopped outside the House chamber. The the chamber, which is now comprised of 20 curtains were open and the lights were on., Republicans and 19 Democrats with Demo- and for the first time I saw the vote board with cratic Lt. Gov. as the tie- my name on it. breaking vote—when there is a tie. “I’ve looked up at that board thousands This will be a tough race. Puckett’s dis- of times since that night. Some days it seemed trict is in southwest Virginia’s coalmining re- like the only vote where I was in the majority gion nestled up against the West Virginia bor- was the quorum call. But every day, the der. This is a region that used to be solidly knowledge that I’m one of a handful of Vir- Democratic but where Democratic support ginians whose numbers include Jefferson, has eroded dramatically in recent years over Madison and made me think concerns that Democrats are anti-coal. MIKE HYMES that I must be the luckiest guy on earth.” However, the Democratic nominee to th . . . . third generation miner Brink’s 48 Delegate District runs from succeed Puckett is Mike Hymes, who is a third Crystal City up along the river, taking in most generation coal miner and a Tazewell County of north Arlington and extending through supervisor since 2006. He is now director of but the district is no longer an easy one. Fairfax County out to McLean. human resources at the James River Coal Co. Puckett had no opposition in as recently as Brink was first elected in 1997 with 58 Virginia Republicans have nominated Del. A. 2007 but won re-election with only 53 per- percent of the vote and has had no trouble win- Benton Chafin Jr. for the post. cent of the vote in 2011. ning re-election every two years since then Hymes coal background helps greatly, And in the last two years, since the Sen- and had no opposi- ate districts were re-drawn, the fates of other tion last fall. Dems have been bleak. The district went 67 He leaves the percent for , 65 percent for 1 0 0 - m e m b e r th George Allen, 68 percent for Mark Obenshain, House ranking 13 64 percent for E.W. Jackson and 64 percent in seniority and for Ken Cuccinelli—a complete shutout for will have to give up Democrats. his license plate Hymes should be helped, however, by with the Number his base in Tazewell County, which includes 13. almost a quarter of the district’s population. He said that It has often been said that Democrats among his proudest have done better in recent years because of achievements has the growth in urban and suburban areas. The been his work on flip side of that is that Dems are doing worse the FAMIS pro- in rural areas, which is what Puckett’s Senate gram that provides district is. The Richmond Times recently health coverage to looked over the mailing addresses of the 140 children of the House District 48 (Brink) members of the General Assembly and reports working poor, as there are only three Democrats with rural ad- well as efforts to dresses—Sen. Lynwood Lewis, recently maintain the health OLD AND NEW — This is the Brink House district. elected from the Eastern Shore, Sen. Creigh care safety net for The pink areas were removed from it after the 2010 Deeds, from Bath County, which Deeds likes vulnerable Virgin- to point out has only a single stoplight, and ians. Census and the blue areas were added. The maroon Del. Rosalyn Tyler, whose district has an Af- areas were and are in the district. rican-American majority. ACDC Voice, July 2014, Page 12 Both Senator Warners campaign together continued from page five can. “If you start from the center and build out, that’s how you get things done,” he said. But Mark Warner admitted he had been “put in time-out a few times” by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for not following the party line. “I wasn’t naive, but I was shocked when I got [to the Senate] in 2009 [to see] how much of it was a red-shirt, blue-shirt team issue,” he said. The latest polling shows Warner with a comfortable lead at this point in the campaign. The Rasmussen poll, taken June 11-12, shows Warner with 53 percent to Gillespie’s 36 per- cent. That shows Warner’s lead has increased by 3 percentage points since Rasmussen’s January poll, shortly after Gillespie an- nounced, suggesting Gillespie’s campaigning to date is not helping him. That GOP campaign has emphasized op- position to Obamacare and Warner’s 2009 vote in support of Obamacare. In a news release March 24, the Demo- cratic Party of Virginia (DPVA) said the Gillespie attack is hypocritical since Gillespie TOGETHER — Former Senator John Warner (right), a Republi- has supported the individual mandate that is at the heart of Obamacare. Gillespie’s 2006 can, has endorsed his Democratic successor, Senator Mark Warner book, “Winning Right: Campaign Politics and (left) and J. Warner recently campaigned with M. Warner. Conservative Policies,” not only promotes the individual mandate, but recommends it be en- forced by the IRS through the income tax wrote. “One way to accomplish this is to use would have required everyone to buy insur- code. the tax code to gain compliance. Annual fil- ance. That legislation was billed as an alter- Politifact Virginia, the journalistic fact- ers would have to attest that they have some native to President Bill Clinton’s single payer checking outlet, decided to look into the form of health coverage or else the ‘standard health care plan. DPVA claims. deduction’ on their income tax would be cut When Clinton backed a single payer sys- First, it went to Paul Logan, Gillespie’s in half.” tem, that was evil to Republicans and the in- campaign spokesman, who answered in an e- Politifact then spoke to two health care dividual mandate was good. When Obama mail, “Ed never supported the individual man- experts. Ted Marmor, a professor of health embraced the individual mandate, that sud- date.” policy at Yale University, said the policy denly became evil to the GOP. Now Gillespie Politifact also found that Gillespie him- Gillespie described is “the functional equiva- must square the circle. self made a similar statement to the Washing- lent of an individual mandate without using , who ran for governor as ton Examiner last December, before he an- the words ‘mandate’ and ‘fine’.” a libertarian last year, has qualified for the nounced his candidacy. “If I run against Sen. And Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at ballot to run for senator this fall against Warner, my critique of Obamacare will be the libertarian Cato Institute, read Gillespie’s Warner and Gillespie. consistent with my past positions in opposi- passage and told Politifact: “Absolutely, that’s Sarvis, a software devel- tion to an individual mandate and too much an individual mandate.” Tanner said the pas- oper from Northern government intrusion in our health care sec- sage sounds like an endorsement of the Mas- Virginia, pulled in 6.5 tor,” he said. sachusetts health care reforms that then-Gov. percent of But DPVA cited a book passage in which Mitt Romney signed a few months before the vote for Gillespie wrote that health care reforms Gillespie’s book was published. governor. should ensure that uncovered adults gain Gillespie’s 2006 support for the indi- health care insurance so they won’t remain vidual mandate really shouldn’t be any sur- “free riders” who get care at others’ expense. prise. The individual mandate was popular “A more rational approach is to ensure that in Republican circles more than 15 years be- every emancipated adult capable of provid- fore Obamacare was drafted. In 1993 some ing for his or her health care do so,” Gillespie Republican senators signed onto a bill that