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Heading to the wire Local legislators in sprint for 28th District GOP nomination TRACY BELL
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hree Republican candidates will face off Tuesday in a primary that determines who will battle Democratic candidate Joshua Cole in November to represent the 28th District in the Virginia House of Delegates. The Republican candidates, Paul Milde, Bob Thomas and Susan Stimpson, are no strangers to one another. Milde, who represents the Aquia District, is the chairman of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors; Thomas is from the board’s George Washington District; and Stimpson is a former Falmouth District board member. The 28th District, made up of parts of Stafford and Fredericksburg, has long been represented by the Republican Speaker of the House Bill Howell. He announced earlier this year that he would not run for re-election but instead would retire in January after three decades in public office. Howell has endorsed Thomas in the election. Milde, a businessman, was elected to the board of supervisors in 2005. He owns Closets Interiors Plus, is a member of the Aquia Harbour Lions Club and a Rotarian, and has lived in Stafford since 1989.
ALEX KOMA
In a normal election year, the chairman of a county’s board of supervisors might seem like a perfectly reasonable candidate for governor in a dry, off-year contest. But the Republican primary in Virginia’s gubernatorial race is anything but normal. Corey Stewart is hoping to parlay four terms as the Republican chairman of the state’s second-largest locality (and two failed bids for lieutenant governor) into a shot at the open governor’s seat in Richmond. But Stewart’s trademark political flame-throwing has turned the race into a bit of an oddity, as he’s tried to use issues like immigration enforcement and the removal of Virginia’s Confederate monuments to stand apart from front-runner Ed Gillespie and State Sen. Frank Wagner, R-7th District.
ED GILLESPIE
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Over the years, Milde worked to preserve Crow’s Nest, keeping taxes low, improving transportation, preserving the natural beauty of the county, conserving land, promoting fiscal responsibility, protecting second-amendment rights and making healthcare more affordable. Thomas co-founded the small business, Capriccio Software, Inc., in 2006. He is the company’s president and chief executive officer as well as a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Thomas, who hails from Sandusky, Ohio, has eight children with his wife, Christi HOUSE OF DELEGATES Thomas, and takes a pro-life 28TH DISTRICT stance. Issues important to Thomas include transportaPAUL tion/congestion and education, MILDE a smaller government, a government that lives within its means and second Amendment rights. “I will be a strong voice for the ROBERT officials you elect at the local levTHOMAS el,” Thomas said on his web site. “I believe the government closest to the people is usually the most appropriate to make decisions.” SUSAN Stimpson owns the Virginia STIMPSON Dare Group, has been a military spouse and previously served as chairwoman STAFFORD SUPERVISOR WIRE on the board PAGE 8 of supervisors JASON PELT
CORE Y STEWART
RALPH NORTHAM
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TOM PERRIELLO
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Candidates for governor make final pitch to voters ahead of June 13 primaries akoma@insidenova.com
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CINDY SHELTON
Four of Stewart’s fellow county supervisors and Prince William’s African-American sheriff have disavowed the chairman’s candidacy, largely over his defense of Confederate symbols, throwing his viability in the county in question. Like the bulk of the state’s elected officials, Stewart’s detractors have thrown in with Gillespie, who also boasts a healthy lead in public polls and campaign contributions. Yet, defiant as ever, Stewart believes he’s well positioned to win the GOP nomination with the primary just a few days away on June 13. “From what we’re seeing on the PRIMARY ground and over the phones and in PAGE 8 early voting returns, it looks very, very
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