Not Larry Sabato

Jeff Frederick Defeats John Hager

Damn.  What a day for Democrats.

Not only do Republicans get an arrogant, obnoxious ass as their party chairman- who most of the GOP leadership in the General Assembly hates- but Jeff Frederick announced he would give up his house seat if elected.  Jeff's seat voted for Kerry/Kaine/Byrne/Deeds/Webb and is an almost certain Democratic pickup, moving the House of Delegates to 52-46-2 after the special election and giving Democrats a much better shot at taking the majority in 2009.

"Apocalypse" according to Too Conservative.

GILMORE WINS

Voting Continues in May Madness- Scroll Down For That

JIM GILMORE  50.2%
BOB MARSHALL 49.7%

Mark Warner responds: 

Republican-Lite Bracket Continues

Next matchups from the Republican Lite Bracket:

#3 Seed "Gerry Connolly Publicly Undermines John Foust by Praising Republican Incumbent"
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#14 Seed "Gerry Connolly Calls Schools a "Failing Public Education System" Even As Fairfax Schools Are Among Top Rated In The Country"
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#6 Seed "Gerry Connolly Waits to Oppose the Iraq War Until He Runs For Congress This Year"
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#11 Seed "Gerry Connolly Supports Naming Large Things in Fairfax After Tom Davis"

VOTING CLOSES AT 10 P.M.

Queen Bracket First Round Almost Done

Two more results are in!

#2 Seed "SAIC Hires Gerry Connolly, And a METRO Station Is Added Into The Plan In Front Of Their Office.  And Gerry Fails To Disclose His New Employment At The Meeting It Was Approved." wins by a crushing 86%-14% margin over #15 Seed "Leslie Byrne Alludes To "Cozy Relationships" Between One Of Her Opponents And Special Interests".

#10 Seed "Gerry Connolly Threatens To Throw County Employees Out Of The Government Center For Asking For A Raise"  cruises past #7 Seed "Fairfax Firefighters Paid More Than Fairfax Police... While Contributing More To Gerry Connolly" 72%-28%.

THE QUEEN OF FAIRFAX BRACKET
(Winners In Bold)

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#1 Seed "Gerry Connolly Was Interviewing Potential Police Chiefs While Personally Under a Criminal Indictment Carrying Jail Time That The Acting Chief Had Been Involved With"
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#16 Seed "Gerry Connolly Plays Games With Home Values and Land Values To Keep Assessments Higher Than They Should Be"
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#8 Seed "Without Permission From the Board or Input From the Public, Gerry Connolly Allows Fairfax Sewage to Be Sent to The Department of Homeland Security For Testing"
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#9 Seed "The Washington Post Has Video of An Incident and Notes Gerry Connolly Tends To Go Off From Time To Time On Unsuspecting Citizens"
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#4 Seed "Gerry Connolly Not Allowing The Public To Testify Before The Final Vote On No Tunnel Through Tysons Corner"
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#13 Seed "Gerry Connolly Buries A Car For Fairfax Tourism"
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#5 Seed "Gerry Connolly Eliminates Two Police Positions (Out of Six) That Deal With Child Internet Sex Predators"
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#12 Seed "Gerry Connolly Needs Crossover Votes in This Primary, So He Coordinates With the South County Bitch.  The losers are Fairfax Taxpayers With Their Deal."
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#3 Seed "Developers Pay, Gerry Connolly Delivers For Them.  It's Called Pay To Play."
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#14 Seed "When 500 Tysons Tunnel Supporters Showed Up, Gerry Connolly Wouldn't Let Them Testify"
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#6 Seed "Gerry Connolly Showed Up To a Tysons Tunnel Rally And Told Them He Supported Rail Underground"
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#11 Seed "Under Gerry Connolly's Leadership, Fairfax is #1 in the Region in Pedestrian Fatalities"
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#2 Seed "SAIC Hires Gerry Connolly, And a METRO Station Is Added Into The Plan In Front Of Their Office.  And Gerry Fails To Disclose His New Employment At The Meeting It Was Approved."
vs.
#15 Seed "Leslie Byrne Alludes To "Cozy Relationships" Between One Of Her Opponents And Special Interests"
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#7 Seed "Fairfax Firefighters Paid More Than Fairfax Police... While Contributing More To Gerry Connolly"
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#10 Seed "Gerry Connolly Threatens To Throw County Employees Out Of The Government Center For Asking For A Raise"

Queen Bracket Continues

#2 Seed "SAIC Hires Gerry Connolly, And a METRO Station Is Added Into The Plan In Front Of Their Office.  And Gerry Fails To Disclose His New Employment At The Meeting It Was Approved."
vs.
#15 Seed "Leslie Byrne Alludes To "Cozy Relationships" Between One Of Her Opponents And Special Interests"

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#7 Seed "Fairfax Firefighters Paid More Than Fairfax Police... While Contributing More To Gerry Connolly"
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#10 Seed "Gerry Connolly Threatens To Throw County Employees Out Of The Government Center For Asking For A Raise" 

VOTING CLOSES AT NOON.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION COVERAGE

Click here to see Jim Gilmore coming in to a large and enthusiastic crowd.

Disgusting

This seems to be a pattern...

TWO MORE HIGHER SEEDS ADVANCE

In the Petty/Pathetic Bracket:

#2 Seed "Gerry Connolly Taunting Jack Herrity-- in Herrity's OBITUARY" defeats #15 Seed "Gerry Connolly Hangs Up on Tim Kaine For Not Requiring 2007 Coordinated Campaign to Wear His Sticker" by a 73%-27% margin.

#7 Seed "It's Not Just Being the Only Parent to Not Picture Their Child In Program Ad Celebrating Their School Play- Instead, Gerry Connolly Put a Picture Of Himself" defeats #10 Seed "Not a Single Democratic Member of the House or Senate Has Endorsed Gerry Connolly" by a 68%-32% margin.

Winners in this bracket so far in bold below!

THE PETTY/PATHETIC BRACKET

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#1 Seed "Gerry Connolly Releases Murdered Police Officers Name Before Notification was Complete"
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#16 Seed "Gerry Connolly Personally Attacks NLS in Newspaper"
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#8 Seed "Gerry Connolly Using NOW Graphic in Mailing After They Endorsed His Opponent"
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#9 Seed "Virginia NOW Calls Gerry Connolly Disrespectful"
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#4 Seed "Gerry Connolly Emails Out to Call Constituent "Sickening" Who Challenged His Release of Dead Police Officer's Name"
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#13 Seed "Gerry Connolly's Idea of Post-Primary Unity Was An Apology From Opponents For Challenging His Issues"
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#5 Seed "Gerry Connolly Sends Out Pro-Choice Mailing After Being Quoted in 2006 that Democrats Should Focus on Other "Practical" Issues"
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#12 Seed "Gerry Connolly Endorsed by Prince William Democratic Elected Officials Who Supported and Lead Crackdown on Immigrants"
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#3 Seed  "Gerry Connolly Refuses to Respond or Acknowledge Letter from Mayor of Falls Church Regarding The Status of a Criminal Case In a Murder"
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#14 Seed "Gerry Connolly Coordinating with Hate Blog"
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#6 Seed "Gerry Connolly Threatens to Quit Democratic Party if Becky Cate is Not Expelled"
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#11 Seed "Gerry Connolly Forces Appeals on Becky Cate All the Way to Democratic Party of Virginia"
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#2 Seed "Gerry Connolly Taunting Jack Herrity-- in Herrity's OBITUARY"
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#15 Seed "Gerry Connolly Hangs Up on Tim Kaine For Not Requiring 2007 Coordinated Campaign to Wear His Sticker"
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#7 Seed "It's Not Just Being the Only Parent to Not Picture Their Child In Program Ad Celebrating Their School Play- Instead, Gerry Connolly Put a Picture Of Himself"
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#10 Seed "Not a Single Democratic Member of the House or Senate Has Endorsed Gerry Connolly"

MORE FIRST ROUND ACTION

I'm ending voting early on the last round, we have two winners in TKO's:

In the  Low Crimes/Self Love Bracket, #1 Seed "Gerry Connolly's Hit and Run" crushed the #16 Seed "Gerry Connolly Traumatizes Burke Target" 79%-21%.

It won't be that easy in the next round, as #9 Seed "Democrats Won't Even Pay $100 For Lunch With Gerry Connolly" blasted #8 Seed "Gerry Connolly Lies about Full Day Kindergarten in Mailing" by a 73%-27% margin.

We will get back to the Low Crimes/Self Love Bracket soon!
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Now we are back to the  Petty/Pathetic Bracket!  This voting will end at 4 p.m.

#2 Seed "Gerry Connolly Taunting Jack Herrity-- in Herrity's OBITUARY"
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#15 Seed "Gerry Connolly Hangs Up on Tim Kaine For Not Requiring 2007 Coordinated Campaign to Wear His Sticker"
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#7 Seed "It's Not Just Being the Only Parent to Not Picture Their Child In Program Ad Celebrating Their School Play- Instead, Gerry Connolly Put a Picture Of Himself"
vs.
#10 Seed "Not a Single Democratic Member of the House or Senate Has Endorsed Gerry Connolly"

Results/Next Voting

#2 Seed "Don Beyer Calls Gerry Connolly's Opposition to a Living Wage Sinful" clobbers #15 Seed "Gerry Connolly Has The Same Washington Post Reporters In His Pocket As Tom Davis" 81%-19%.

Meanwhile, in a minor upset, #10 Seed "Gerry Connolly Attacks The Unions Not Supporting Him As Not Being Dynamic" defeats #7 Seed "Gerry Connolly Wins the No Class Award From Raising Kaine in 2007 For His Post-Primary Attacks on Democrats" by a 56%-44% vote.

Our next voting is from the Low Crimes/Self Love Bracket:

#1 Seed "Gerry Connolly's Hit and Run"
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#16 Seed "Gerry Connolly Traumatizes Burke Target"
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#8 Seed "Gerry Connolly Lies about Full Day Kindergarten in Mailing"
vs.
#9 Seed "Democrats Won't Even Pay $100 For Lunch With Gerry Connolly"

THIS VOTING CLOSES AT 2 P.M.