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Comstock loss means D.C. region's congressional delegation is entirely blue
Comstock loss means D.C. region’s congressional delegation is entirely blue
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Comstock loss means D.C. region’s congressional delegation is entirely blue
By Robert McCartney
Senior regional correspondent covering government and politics
November 6 at 11:20 PM
The electoral ouster of Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) Tuesday means that Democrats will make up the entire congressional delegation representing the immediate Washington area, marking the first time in at least 50 years that one party has had such dominance.
The political monopoly means the local delegation — comprising four U.S. senators, eight members of the House and one delegate whose districts are inside the Capital Beltway or reach close to it — will enjoy unprecedented unity as it deals with issues such as extending federal funding for Metro and protecting federal workers. ... But it also is raising concerns that the region will lose some valuable bipartisan flavor, especially as it deals with a Republican in the White House who has little sympathy for the capital area that he routinely mocks as a “swamp” that needs to be drained.
In recent years, Comstock has been the lone Republican in Congress representing constituents in the close-in Washington suburbs. Like her longtime predecessor in the seat, Frank Wolf (R), Comstock sought to capitalize on her unique status by telling voters they needed a Republican voice speaking up on regional issues. Comstock’s district includes Loudoun and parts of Fairfax and Prince William counties.
But in an election that became a referendum on President Trump, Comstock lost to state Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-Loudoun), whose campaign stressed that Comstock voted 98 percent of the time with the president. ... “There is a risk of just one party representing the whole D.C. metro area,” said Dan Scandling, a longtime former top aide to Wolf. “In the past, when you had a Republican in the White House, a local Republican in the room could temper . . . some of the venom directed at the federal workforce.”
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Robert McCartney is The Washington Post’s senior regional correspondent, covering government and politics in the greater Washington area. Follow https://twitter.com/McCartneyWP
Comstock loss means D.C. region’s congressional delegation is entirely blue
By Robert McCartney
Senior regional correspondent covering government and politics
November 6 at 11:20 PM
The electoral ouster of Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) Tuesday means that Democrats will make up the entire congressional delegation representing the immediate Washington area, marking the first time in at least 50 years that one party has had such dominance.
The political monopoly means the local delegation — comprising four U.S. senators, eight members of the House and one delegate whose districts are inside the Capital Beltway or reach close to it — will enjoy unprecedented unity as it deals with issues such as extending federal funding for Metro and protecting federal workers. ... But it also is raising concerns that the region will lose some valuable bipartisan flavor, especially as it deals with a Republican in the White House who has little sympathy for the capital area that he routinely mocks as a “swamp” that needs to be drained.
In recent years, Comstock has been the lone Republican in Congress representing constituents in the close-in Washington suburbs. Like her longtime predecessor in the seat, Frank Wolf (R), Comstock sought to capitalize on her unique status by telling voters they needed a Republican voice speaking up on regional issues. Comstock’s district includes Loudoun and parts of Fairfax and Prince William counties.
But in an election that became a referendum on President Trump, Comstock lost to state Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-Loudoun), whose campaign stressed that Comstock voted 98 percent of the time with the president. ... “There is a risk of just one party representing the whole D.C. metro area,” said Dan Scandling, a longtime former top aide to Wolf. “In the past, when you had a Republican in the White House, a local Republican in the room could temper . . . some of the venom directed at the federal workforce.”
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Robert McCartney is The Washington Post’s senior regional correspondent, covering government and politics in the greater Washington area. Follow https://twitter.com/McCartneyWP
"... a local Republican in the room could temper . . . some of the venom directed at the federal workforce."
Yeah, sure.
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