Every election since 1983.
Wow . . . you've actually been able to find people you genuinely
liked on the ballot for over 20 years? You must have better politicians in your district than most of us do . . . we're normally reduced to voting
against the greater evil . . . (Or are you a perennial candidate?
)
I never said anything about LIKING the people for whom I've voted. In some cases, yes, I've truly liked the individual for whom I've cast the vote.
But more often I've voted for them because they have either a position or a platform that with which I can identify.
There have been a couple of years where it's been close, where there's been only a single race where I've voted for an individual out of maybe 4 or 5, and I have cast more than my fair share of "lesser of two evils" votes.
This year, oddly enough, could be the one that breaks that streak.
At the state level my district is represented by Republican Jeanne Marie Devolites Davis. The challenger is Democrat Chapman Petersen.
Davis (married to Virginia Congressman Tom Davis) is a Republican in name only. NRA rates her a SOLID F on the subject of protecting gun rights, and she's not very solid on other Republican issues; Petersen gets a C. Davis has even had the audacity to run a number of adds attacking Petersen's stand on gun rights in Virginia. Not to mention that she's liberaling up her campaign more and more as we get closer to
She was stumping outside a Giant store last week in Northern Virginia and made the mistake of asking for my vote. She didn't like what I had to say, especially when I told her that her opponent was more of a Republican than she could ever hope to be, and Petersen isn't much of a Republican at all (LOVES the concept of increasing the gasoline tax by 40 cents a gallon).
I sincerely doubt if I'll cast a Senate vote vote this year, because there's no greater or lesser evil in this particular race, they both suck.
For the house race we have David Bulova. I know his Mom (a county supervisor) and I know his wife (I serve on a county commission with her). At least he's honest in his Democratic party platform. Plus, he's running unopposed (that REALLY pisses me off that the county Republican party couldn't find a single candidate to oppose this chump), so that means another lever I skip.
I'm hoping for a bond issue I can get behind...