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[VA St Sen 37] Cuccinelli Struggles to Appease Conservative Base in Fairfax
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 06, 2007 09:24pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Friday, September 7, 2007 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | His Transportation Vote Prompts Dissent From the Right
By Amy Gardner
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 6, 2007; Page B06
In increasingly Democratic-leaning Fairfax County, state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli II (R) is accustomed to labels. One of the General Assembly's most ardent conservatives, Cuccinelli has been called extreme, radical, out of touch and worse.
What the state senator from western Fairfax is not used to is dissent from the right. Yet that's what he's getting because of his vote, in February, for major transportation reform, including regional taxes, as well as controversial new fees for driving offenses.
In addition to battling Democrats intent on winning Fairfax's three Republican-held Senate seats, Cuccinelli, 39, must appease his base: the anti-tax, pro-gun, anti-abortion conservatives whose loyalty and heavy turnout have, in past elections, allowed him to overcome the left-leaning demographics of Northern Virginia.
Republicans, Democrats and Cuccinelli agree that if those voters don't turn out for him Nov. 6, he's in trouble. |
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