This is excellent news, as House of Delegates Speaker Bill Howell definitely needs to go.During yesterday's Stafford Democratic Committee meeting, Board of Supervisors Chairman George Schwartz announced that he will run for the Virginia House of Delegates.
Schwartz plans to run for the 28th District seat--currently occupied by Speaker of the House Bill Howell, who was first elected in 1987. The 28th District includes eastern Stafford County and the city of Fredericksburg.
As Chris Guy at Fred2Blue points out, "Barack Obama captured 50.2% of the vote in the 28th last November," although Schwartz "hasn’t been elected county-wide." Still, it's great to see a prominent Democrat stepping up to take on Bill Howell, who gets the following interest group ratings, according to Project Vote Smart:
*ZERO from NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
*100% from the ultra-conservative Family Foundation of Virginia
*ZERO from the Virginia National Organization for Women
*ZERO (in 2008) from the Virginia Education Association
In other words, unless you're not a Pat Robertson Republican, it's definitely time for a change in the 28th House of Delegates district.
