This looks promising to me:Optometrist and U.S. Navy veteran Greg Marrow will seek the Democratic nomination in House District 25 to run against veteran Del. Steve Landes in November.
Landes will face Democratic opposition for the first time since 1995.
Marrow, who lives in the Rockingham County community of McGaheysville and operates a Harrisonburg eye clinic, is running on a platform of green jobs and technology and improved health care.
Sounds great, but this is a tough district for Democrats. For instance, in 2006, Jim Webb won Albemarle County (58%-42%), while losing Augusta County (69%-31%), Rockingham County (70%-29%) and Waynesboro City (56%-42%). Still, this is not unwinnable with the right candidate and the right campaign:
James Madison University political scientist Bob Roberts said Marrow’s chances hinge on appealing to voters with his job creation ideas.
“Look at Waynesboro where you have a particularly bad situation,” Roberts said. “If a candidate can come up with a plan for new jobs he can attract voters who have not voted.”
Roberts said Marrow must “get people out and offer an alternative.”
We'll see what this Navy veteran and doctor can do to cure the 25th of what ails it - Republican misrule, among other problems.
