Chichester and Howell endorse new candidate for the 28th

This will be an interesting one to follow!!

Date published: 4/25/2007

RICHMOND--A fourth candidate has entered the race for the Republican nomination to replace Sen. John Chichester, and this one has Chichester's blessing--and that of House Speaker Bill Howell.

Westmoreland County attorney Richard Stuart, a former commonwealth's attorney, announced yesterday that he will seek the Republican nomination for the 28th state Senate district, which Chichester has held for 29 years. Chichester is retiring at the end of this year.

Along with Stuart's announcement came endorsements from Chichester and Howell, both of whom had been staying out of the nomination race up to this point.

Stuart joins Iraq War veteran Jonathan Myers and businessmen John Van Hoy and Joe Graziano in the race to win the nomination.

Stuart said he thinks he is a stronger candidate against Democrat Albert Pollard Jr., who also is running for the seat, because both Pollard and Stuart are from the Northern Neck. The other three Republican candidates are from Stafford County.

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Stuart said he's a conservative Republican, although perhaps not as conservative as some of the other Republicans in the race.

"I am not ultra, ultra conservative. I am pro-life, I support the Second Amendment, and taxes to me are a last resort. But I would never say never," Stuart said.

Several other candidates pointed out that according to campaign donor data from the Virginia Public Access Project, Stuart has donated more money to Democrats than to Republicans in the past, by a thin margin.

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Comments

A Jon Myers supporter (Chris Guy - 4/25/2007 10:06:01 AM)

took me to task for not calling him the frontrunner, saying he was racking up the endorsements. Then I find out Myers raised $118 in the first quarter. Now this.

(Stafford Co. Dem Chair)Dan Smolen believes that this "firehouse" primary will have incrediblyly low turnout because of the strange locations of the polling places.

That's interesting... (Dianne - 4/25/2007 6:27:30 PM)

So who does Dan think will win the primary? 

Have you gotten any stuff out of your home yet?  The picture in the FLS looked awful!