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Pro-Gun Forbes Defeats Anti-Gun Lucas
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"...[S]upport for the Second Amendment is an excellent plank for a
winning campaign platform..." |
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State Senator Forbes (R) |
Virginia State
Senator Randy Forbes (R), a solid supporter of our
Right to Keep and Bear Arms, defeated anti-gun Louise Lucas (D),
a fellow Virginia State Senator, in Tuesday's special election to
fill the vacancy in Virginia's Fourth Congressional District. The
pro-gun community helped Forbes win this special election that
was needed to fill the void left by the death of U.S.
Representative Norm Sisisky (D).
While not all political pundits
agree, many consider this election to be an early report card for
the Bush Administration, and a possible indicator for what to
expect in the 2002 mid-term elections. A FOX NEWS article quoted
U.S. Representative Tom
Davis (R-Va.), who serves as chairman of
the Republican National Congressional Committee, as stating,
"This speaks volumes as to where the country wants to go...."
In
contrast, U.S. Representative Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), chair of the
Democratic National Congressional Committee, claimed, "There was
no national theme to this race...." Only time will tell if the
outcome of this election should be viewed as a vote of confidence
for President Bush and a sign of things to come in the 2002
elections.
But what is clear is that, regardless of party affiliation,
support for the Second Amendment is an excellent plank for a
winning campaign platform. The late Representative Sisisky, a
staunchly pro-gun Democrat, was elected to 10 terms in a district
that had been drawn to benefit Democrats, so the victory of a
pro-gun Republican over an anti-gun Democrat should be just
another sign to the Democratic Party's leadership that it needs
to stop promoting "gun control" as part of the party's platform.
Grassroots activists from the pro-gun community turned out in
force to assist the Forbes campaign, and to support him at the
polls. Voter turnout was exceptionally high for a special
election, with nearly 40% of registered voters in the district
casting their ballots, so the efforts of pro-gun activists were
critical in ensuring success for Representative Forbes, who won
the election with 52% of the vote to Lucas's 48%.
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