Virginia Rep. Wolf Loses A Democratic Challenger

By Greg Giroux | November 24, 2009 12:16 PM | | Comments (0)

Virginia lawyer Patrick Lewis (D), who had initiated a 2010 campaign against Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R), won't be continuing his effort in the 10th district.

Lewis' decision to shutter an exploratory committee he formed last month leaves Richard Anthony and architect Dennis Findley as the Democrats challenging Wolf, who is serving his 15th term in a district that includes some northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.

An e-mail to Lewis' campaign wasn't immediately returned, and his campaign Web site wasn't working Tuesday afternoon.

Wolf won by 20 percentage points in 2008, even as his district backed Barack Obama (D) over John McCain (R) for president. But Virginia's 10th trended Republican in the Nov. 3 gubernatorial election, backing Bob McDonnell (R) with 61 percent of the vote.

CQ Politics presently rates the Virginia 10 race as Safe Republican.

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Tags: Anthony, Findley, Lewis, Virginia, Wolf

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