Northern Virginia Democratic Bench faces a log jam

[Anonymous]

At the top we have: Don Bayer, Gerry Connolly and Wexton. They hold KEY positions of power as the region's delegation to Congress. Then we have our county supervisor, Sharon Bulova...what is should going to do? Is she angling for a more high profile job? What about John Faust, Judy Feder or LuAnn Bennett?

Then we have Ryan McElveen who wants to be County Supervisor. Keys-Gamara has a future as well, as does Stacey Kinkaid if he ever decides to leave the police. My point is Democrats around here face a log jam. With Conolly and Bayer, not expected to go anywhere, what can the party hopefuls looking to rise up do?

[Anonymous]

OP what are you going on about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP what are you going on about?

Did you even read what the OP said?

[Anonymous]

Wexton was just elected for the first time two months ago. That hardly looks like a logjam. Plus, there is every chance that some non-norther Va districts will flip blue providing Dem mobility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the top we have: Don Bayer, Gerry Connolly and Wexton. They hold KEY positions of power as the region's delegation to Congress. Then we have our county supervisor, Sharon Bulova...what is should going to do? Is she angling for a more high profile job? What about John Faust, Judy Feder or LuAnn Bennett?

Then we have Ryan McElveen who wants to be County Supervisor. Keys-Gamara has a future as well, as does Stacey Kinkaid if he ever decides to leave the police. My point is Democrats around here face a log jam. With Conolly and Bayer, not expected to go anywhere, what can the party hopefuls looking to rise up do?

Bulova is retiring.

Faust missed his shot against Comstock.

[Anonymous]

Idk if that was a typo but Stacy Kincaid is a woman.

[Anonymous]

The OP is kinda correct, there is in fact a logjam locally for Democrats, at least in Fairfax County.

[jsteele]

OP, perhaps the log jam is getting cleared a bit. There may soon be a vacancy for Lt. Governor.

[Anonymous]

Because of the one-term limit for governor issue, and our proximity to DC, there’s a carousel effect near the top - governor for four years, then you run for senate, or maybe run the DNC or take another position with the democratic party for a few years. Wouldn’t be surprised to see one of those guys run for Governor in a few years, or Senator if Kaine or Warner decide not to run again. I don’t think there’s too much of a long term log-jam, things will look a lot different after 2020.

[Anonymous]

OP, I am going to assume you aren’t involved in the Democratic Party in NoVa, nor know any elected officials. Because there are many people in state and local politics who do what they do because they want to serve their communities and aren’t just trying to work their way up the food chain.

Re: the specific points you made above:

1- No one has seen LuAnn Bennett in 2 years since she lost to Comstock. If she was coming back, she would have done so.

2- Sharon Bulova is retiring.

3- Gerry Connolly will retire within the next 8- 10 years...think it is coincidence that his wunderkind is running for the BoS now?

4- Ryan McElveen will lose the primary and we will never hear from him again.

5- Jennifer Wexton hasnt even been in Congress for a month.

6- Foust would be running for Chair if he wanted to try and run for anything else again. But he has probably another term in him before he retires.

7- Kincaid loves being Sheriff. She has no desire to do anything else.

You should be more concerned w the “logjam” in Richmond. Some people really should have retired a while ago.

[Anonymous]

Lots of FX Supervisors retiring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of FX Supervisors retiring

Thank goodness!!!! The current crop has bern there too long. Love how many successful women (who are also moms) are running for different supervisor seats. Laryssa Kautz, Linda Sperling and Erika Yalowitz are three to watch out for.

[Anonymous]

I dont agree with this log jam concept.

If you are a true politician and really want to help the people you serve, you can continue define your Platforms & grow your support base even if you don't hold an office.

This is what Trump did. I recently saw some videos of Trump some 10-20 years ago saying he wanted to be president. He slowly built up his social media support base, by doing apprentice TV, getting exposure on National TV & tweeting what his support base wanted to hear.... and POOF POTUS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dont agree with this log jam concept.

If you are a true politician and really want to help the people you serve, you can continue define your Platforms & grow your support base even if you don't hold an office.

This is what Trump did. I recently saw some videos of Trump some 10-20 years ago saying he wanted to be president. He slowly built up his social media support base, by doing apprentice TV, getting exposure on National TV & tweeting what his support base wanted to hear.... and POOF POTUS!

Hello, He won because people preferred him over HRC. And he was the ONLY Republican who had what it takes to out-do her. She would have slaughtered any of the others. And yes, he knows how to attract constant media attention. Doesn't he?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of FX Supervisors retiring

Thank goodness!!!! The current crop has bern there too long. Love how many successful women (who are also moms) are running for different supervisor seats. Laryssa Kautz, Linda Sperling and Erika Yalowitz are three to watch out for.

Dalia Palchik > Erika Yalowitz.