All indications are that Tom Davis will NOT seek reelection in the VA-11, according to the Republican blog Red Virginia.
Breaking… Tom Davis is closing down his campaign office. This is coming after he already has 2 primary opponents – so why is he closing down his office? Reports are that he is donating all of his office equipment to Fairfax County Republican Committee and he is leaving the campaign office by the end of the year. This means TOM DAVIS WILL NOT BE SEEKING RE-ELECTION!!!!
More coming….
UPDATE: On top of Dave Foreman’s departure, Christian Deschauar and Chris Espinoza have also left the Davis team. Both Chris’s and Dave were the Annandale District Office staff. This continues to add onto the long list of reasons that Tom Davis is RETIRING.
DEVELOPING… (More to come from Tom Davis Annual Christmas Party)
UPDATE 2: After attending Tom’s Christmas party there is much to report… Tom was not campaigning. In fact, several guests commented to me that it was somber. Tom and Jeannemarie did not work the crowd! The tone of the event screamed DEFEAT. Attendance was very low, perhaps because he forgot to invite people- incredibly, TOM FAILED TO INVITE THE BRADDOCK AND SULLY DISTRICT REPUBLICAN COMMITTEES. .
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT TOMORROW MORNING!!!
Mark this down as a pickup. Welcome back, Congresswoman Byrne.
I thought after the disappointing results in VA-01 he would be reconsidering, but this is fantastic news. So, we’re picking up a Senate seat and most likely at least one Congressional seat in Virginia; odds are looking better and better for the Old Dominion to be one of the premiere swing states of the ’08 presidential election.
This district is still pretty close to the middle. Republicans aren’t going to give it up without a fight. The primary challengers have been raising a lot of money.
you wouldn’t think so considering her pathetic defeat, but these politicians have rather large egos, so you never know. it would keep his name in the voters mind for a 2012 run against webb.
this is a rapidly Dem trending district. Jim Webb and Tim Kaine both carried it by double digits in their very close elections and John Kerry came very close to carrying it in 2004 while losing the state by a wide margin.
Byrne’s website sucks… In this day and age, a political candidate needs to have a website and it needs to be good. There is one picture of her, no page for events, her biography is an eyesore, no positions, how long has she been running? I support her and everything but wow, get your website going…