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elected. He acknowledges, however, that the move is related to his long-term objective.
The incumbent chairman, Del. Alan Diamonstein of Newport News, is not expected to try for another term.
Bagley says he is giving up his General Assembly seat for two reasons.
First, he wants to demonstrate his seriousness about his bid to head the party and thus, by implication, his seriousness about his gubernatorial ambitions.
And second, he believes holding both the chairmanship of Appropriations that of the party would pose a personal conflict for him.
“I have always drawn a line around the Appropriations Committee,” he said, “and within that line I have neither permitted nor participated in partisan politics. The work of the committee is too important for that. On the other hand, the work of the Democratic Party chairman is totally partisan. I don’t see how I could have done both jobs and not have had one interfere with the
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