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across the country have “assured” him he can raise the $500,000 he thinks a race against Republican nominee George Allen Jr. will require.
He said Del. Allen, now a member of Virginia’s House of Delegates from Earlysville, in Albemarle County, will spend about $750,000 to win the seat Del. Slaughter is vacating (due to failing health).
Mr. Reed’s competition for the Democratic nomination consists of Charlottesville City Council member Kay Slaughter and a Capitol Hill lawyer, Wilke Green of Winchester. Ms. Slaughter, who has been running since Rep. Slaughter announced his early retirement, holds all the convention delegates that are committed. The 7th District Democratic Convention will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 at Culpeper High School.
Because Mr. Reed moved from Purcellville in Loudoun County to Berryville in Clarke just to run for the open seat, his residency in the 7th District has already become an issue.
During his acceptance speech to the 7th District Republican Convention in Charlottesville Sunday, Del. Allen said, “. . .We have Dean Reed. Seems most people don’t know him. There’s not much to say about Mr. Reed other than it’s a good thing for him that there’s no law requiring him to live in the district he wants to represent in Congress.”
Mr. Reed moved from one of two homes he owns in Loudoun to a rental in Berryville, on which he holds an option to purchase, he said. He pointed out that the U.S. Constitution only requires that a candidate be a resident of the state, and he has lived in Northern Virginia for 35 years. Now that he lives in Berryville, he is a 7th District resident.
With redistricting ahead, said Mr. Reed, “It’s a very fluid situation. No one knows where the [district] boundaries are going to be in November.” Fredericksburg or Charlottesville may be drawn into other districts, he said.
Downplaying the residency issue, Mr. Reed wants campaign rhetoric to concentrate on the state of the national and regional economies.
“The primary focus of my campaign is going to be on the economy,” which he described as “bumping along at the bottom.”
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