My bill with @MikeMullin4VA to abolish the death penalty has passed the VA House. A similar bill already passed the VA Senate.We've got to finish the paperwork to make it official, but we've cleared the hurdles.The state which has executed the most people, will kill no more.— Lee J. Carter (@carterforva) February 5, 2021
Agree but what does he seriously have to loose? It's extremely common for people to run for things just to get their name more out there. I'm sure he'd keep his state seat if he lost his gov race, so I'm not sure why it is actually bad for him to attempt to seek a higher seat of power? I'm no political expert, but this seems pretty normal to me
I’m sure he’d keep his state seat if he lost his gov race, so I’m not sure why it is actually bad for him to attempt to seek a higher seat of power?
The first sentence is what was in question. In most cases running for another office in the same year where you could be running for re-election means you can't run for both and effectively have to give up your current seat (Example: Tulsi Gabbard couldn't run for President without losing her House seat in the process). For Lee that isn't the case though, he can run for both at the same time (as it should be btw).
He can lose his reputation and his seat by being an inexperienced wrecker of some media darling progressive. It’s a lot of ifs yea but there’s really no saying how it’ll go when it’s this unprecedented.
AFAIK he can run for his delegate seat at the same time so that's not a problem.
But yeah, he might be a bit overconfident thinking he can become governor.
Agree but what does he seriously have to loose? It's extremely common for people to run for things just to get their name more out there. I'm sure he'd keep his state seat if he lost his gov race, so I'm not sure why it is actually bad for him to attempt to seek a higher seat of power? I'm no political expert, but this seems pretty normal to me
The first sentence is what was in question. In most cases running for another office in the same year where you could be running for re-election means you can't run for both and effectively have to give up your current seat (Example: Tulsi Gabbard couldn't run for President without losing her House seat in the process). For Lee that isn't the case though, he can run for both at the same time (as it should be btw).
He can lose his reputation and his seat by being an inexperienced wrecker of some media darling progressive. It’s a lot of ifs yea but there’s really no saying how it’ll go when it’s this unprecedented.