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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the thing. She represents a lot of Feds. A lot.  And a lot more people, like contractors, small business owners, spouses who are dependent on Feds.  Federal employees are a major driver of the economy in her district.  The federal government is the major economic driver. By far.  From the federal employee offsets paid to schools to MDs who rely on FEHB patients to what happens to real estate prices if there are massive federal layoffs. If she wants to stay in office, she either needs to break with Rs completely and totally on their war with federal employees. Or she needs to be replaced with someone-- Dem or Repub-- who will.  The margin in Congress is close, and her vote matters.

Also, we need someone actively promoting Feds. Not someone who stays quietly on the sidelines and then reluctantly supports us. Either she is actively pro-Fed, actively fighting things that harm Feds.  Or she is in the wrong district.  [/quote]

[b]how did she get into office in the first place? Seems like the feds in the district are happy with her policy stances.[/quote][/b]

Well, she's lived in McLean for decades.  She worked at DOJ.  She started her own policy shop.  She was elected by this legislative district three times, 2009, 2011, and 2013 to the VA State Legislature.  Then she ran for Congress and won handsomely twice in 2014 and 2016.  Federal employees are very happy with her.  She and her office have always been responsive when I've called.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Comstock[/quote]

The district was also specially drawn for R votes and to pack D votes into Gerry Connolly's district. Does it make sense otherwise for McLean and Winchester to be in the same district? And drawn carefully to exclude D-voting areas of Centreville but include conservative Clifton. 
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True, it's gerrymandered. Hopefully the impending Supreme Court decision will remake the political map across this country.[/quote]

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