First Congressional District Candidates Debate Scheduled at UMW
Republican incumbent Rep. Rob Wittman, Democratic candidate Adam Cook and Independent candidate Gail Parker will debate at UMW.
Candidates for Virginia's First Congressional District will participate in a debate at the University of Mary Washington on Monday, Oct. 29.
Republican incumbent Rep. Rob Wittman, Democratic candidate Adam Cook and Independent candidate Gail Parker will face off beginning at 7:30 p.m. in George Washington Hall’s Dodd Auditorium. The debate is free and open to the public.
Stephen Farnsworth, UMW professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, will moderate the program. The panel will be comprised of local journalists.
The debate is co-sponsored by the Legislation Action Committee of UMW’s Student Government Association; the UMW chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science scholastic honorary society; the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Free Lance-Star.
Anne
11:01 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Will it change the already decided election of the congressman? I doubt it so why the debate. Whitman has the spot and will keep it since his wife had it first. Politics in this area is preordained sadly.. No reason to even vote in local elections.
Mike Blake
7:01 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Rob Wittman's wife never held this seat. That was Jo Anne Davis who passed away due to cancer. Wittman is a good representative for this region and works tirelessly regardless of election time.
Glenda Gail "for Rail" Parker
9:23 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Unfortnately the debate was canceled due to Sandy. Now the people of Fredericksburg have missed an opportunity to lobby the incumbent to improve their lives by improving rail service to Fredericksburg and to District 1. We need to removed the barrier that prevents the building of Rail. The incumbent is not, has not attempted to remove that barrier. Current policies say to municipal and state governments looking to solve their transportation issues "If you build roads the federal taxpayers will pay 80%. If you build rail federal taxpayers will pay 20%." The federal barrier and the Dillon Rule defaults the system to build roads when what we need is rail. We need someone in Congress (and in Richmond) that will work to level the playing field so that we can build the mass transit that the country needs.
Glenda Gail "for Rail" Parker
9:23 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
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