From Republican Corey Stewart is eyeing Senate run against Tim Kaine in 2018:
From Corey Stewart mulls fight with Tim Kaine for Senate seat:
I think Stewart is taking the right approach. It's already time to start planning and preparing for the 2018 midterm elections.
Candidate recruitment will be a key part of that effort. The alt-right could, if it wanted to, establish a new political party pursuant to Code of Virginia § 24.2-613 by meeting the requirement to form "an organization that, for at least six months preceding the filing of its nominee for the office, has had in continual existence a state central committee composed of registered voters residing in each congressional district of the Commonwealth, a party plan and bylaws, and a duly elected state chairman and secretary." They could call themselves, say, the Kekistani Party and put that designation next to their candidates' names on the ballot.
Other alternatives include running candidates as independents or in the Republican primaries. It's not unheard of in Virginia for an insurgent candidate to beat the Establishment; in 2014, tea party candidate David Brat defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the primary. Those running for U.S. House as independents will need to turn in petitions with 1,000 signatures, per § 24.2-506. Some candidate bulletins are available from the Virginia Department of Elections for those wanting information about the requirements for becoming a candidate.
Quote:Washington Post Wrote:
RICHMOND — Corey Stewart said he might challenge Sen. Tim Kaine in 2018 on Wednesday, one day after he nearly won the GOP primary for Virginia governor in a surprisingly strong showing.
“Kaine is vulnerable,” said Stewart, who on Tuesday finished a little over 1 percent behind former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie.
The Prince William County chairman ran a provocative, Donald Trump-style campaign that focused on the preservation of Virginia’s Confederate monuments. He also took a hard line on criminal illegal immigrants, promising to “lock them up.”
Most public polls had shown Stewart trailing Gillespie by double digits. And when his bid attracted support from white nationalists, many political observers predicted that his political career in one of Virginia’s most racially diverse corners was over. But Stewart pulled out a closer-than-expected finish.
From Corey Stewart mulls fight with Tim Kaine for Senate seat:
Quote:Inside NOVA Wrote:
Stewart went so far as to call the former vice presidential nominee “Senator Antifa,” referring to a left-wing protest group that’s become a frequent boogeyman in conservative circles. “This guy, he’s been closely aligned with the Antifa movement, these violent protests across the country,” Stewart said.
I think Stewart is taking the right approach. It's already time to start planning and preparing for the 2018 midterm elections.
Candidate recruitment will be a key part of that effort. The alt-right could, if it wanted to, establish a new political party pursuant to Code of Virginia § 24.2-613 by meeting the requirement to form "an organization that, for at least six months preceding the filing of its nominee for the office, has had in continual existence a state central committee composed of registered voters residing in each congressional district of the Commonwealth, a party plan and bylaws, and a duly elected state chairman and secretary." They could call themselves, say, the Kekistani Party and put that designation next to their candidates' names on the ballot.
Other alternatives include running candidates as independents or in the Republican primaries. It's not unheard of in Virginia for an insurgent candidate to beat the Establishment; in 2014, tea party candidate David Brat defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the primary. Those running for U.S. House as independents will need to turn in petitions with 1,000 signatures, per § 24.2-506. Some candidate bulletins are available from the Virginia Department of Elections for those wanting information about the requirements for becoming a candidate.