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[VA-09] Kilgore Won't Challenge Boucher
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jan 08, 2010 11:32am |
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| News Date | Friday, January 8, 2010 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Greg Giroux | January 8, 2010 11:12 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
House Republican officials won't be landing their top candidate to oppose Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) in the state's southwestern 9th district.
Terry Kilgore (R), a member of Virginia's House of Delegates, told The Washington Post Thursday that family considerations and his seniority in Richmond influenced his decision.
"I'm doing more for southwest Virginia in Richmond than I ever could in Congress," said Kilgore, who was first elected in 1993 to the Republican-controlled state House. Re-elected in November 2009, Kilgore would not have had to surrender his seat to challenger Boucher.
CQ Politics contacted Kilgore's legislative office Friday morning and will update this post if a response is received.
No Republican has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to organize a 2010 campaign against Boucher.
Boucher is a formidable political figure in Virginia's 9th, which includes Blacksburg, Bristol and other territory in the state's southwestern corner. Though the district has a culturally conservative orientation, Boucher has won at least 60 percent of the vote in each of his past dozen re-election campaigns. He was unopposed in 2008. |
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