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underpants

(182,559 posts)
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 06:29 PM Jul 2017

Virginia Governor race 2017 - a Libertarian WILL be on the ballot

This guy is apparently pretty smart.
Hanover county is a second tier white flight county - its where the moneyed moved from where their parents fled to in the 60's &70's - mixed with seriously RED Teabaggers. There are several permanent roadside BENGHAZI type signs on route 54 there.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Libertarian Party candidate for governor has qualified to be on the ballot for November's general election in Virginia.

The Virginian-Pilot reports 34-year-old Cliff Hyra will join Democratic nominee Ralph Northam and Republican nominee Ed Gillespie on the Nov. 7 ballot. The Virginia Department of Elections confirmed Thursday that Hyra had qualified, following the submission of petitions bearing more than 10,000 signatures.

Hyra is a patent attorney from Hanover County and is running for elected office for the first time. He has a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech and a law degree from George Mason University.

Libertarian Robert Sarvis collected less than 7 percent of the popular vote in the last Virginia gubernatorial contest.

http://www.richmond.com/ap/state/libertarian-candidate-enters-virginia-gubernatorial-fray/article_f16fe20e-14ca-5730-98fc-ee23029fb312.html

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