Primary in the 10th

On June 10th, Virginia's 10th District Democrats will hold a Congressional Primary to determine who will face off against Frank Wolf to represent us in the House of Representatives in the 111th Congress. This, of course, assumes that Virginia's Democrats decide to hold a primary, as the Parties in Virginia have the right to decide to hold conventions instead of primaries, which the Virginia's Republicans have decided to do.

As currently organized, the 10th District primary would feature Loudoun's own Mike Turner facing off against the 2006 nominee, Judy Feder. Mike is a retired Air Force Colonel who has vocally opposed the war in Iraq and spent the past two years running Precinct Operations for the Loudoun County Democratic Committee. Judy is a health care policy expert who ran for Congress in 2006 on strong opposition to the war in Iraq and a applied, analytical understanding of policy.

The fact that the 10th District has two such qualified and experienced candidates running to defeat the dean of Virginia's Congressional delegation demonstrates the importance of the Congressional elections next year. In order to make progress, Republican obstructionism must be curtailed. That means fighting for each precinct, each year. That means electing a Democrat from the 10th District in 2008.