Earlier today, it was brought to my attention that the Patrick Hope for Delegate campaign in the 47th district was advertising an "ACDC Fundraiser" on its website (see screenshot of Google invite above). Obviously, that was a major "no-no," as the ACDC (Arlington County Democratic Committee) stays strictly neutral in Democratic nominating contests and certainly would not be sponsoring a fundraiser for one of the candidates. This afternoon, ACDC chair Peter Rousselot fired off an email to Patrick Hope asking for the "ACDC fundraiser" language to be removed, and also requesting an explanation as to why this took place. About 5 hours later, the language was changed to "47th District Candidate Fundraiser for Patrick Hope." As for an explanation, I'd be interested to hear it. I'm sure the other candidates (and Peter Rousselot) would be as well.
