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Tim Kaine, the Democratic candidate for Virginia’s lieutenant governor, brought his we-can-do-it message to the Washington Fire Hall Sunday night, galvanizing a crowd of 100-plus with his infectious optimism.
It was the last stop of a whirlwind weekend that took Kaine and his stumping partner, nine-year-old-son Woody, to eight events in southside on Saturday, then after church Sunday morning in Danville, on to Winchester, Upperville and Marshall. There was no sign that the grueling schedule had taken a toll on the 43-year-old Kaine. “I had three hours of sleep last night and no idea how many I’ll get tonight, but I feel like I can go on like this forever,” he said, attributing his energy to the reception from the voters and his resulting expectation for a Democratic win in November.
“Bridge builder” is how the two-term mayor of Richmond described himself. When he was elected, Richmond had the dubious distinction of being ranked number two among U.S. cities in homicides. The city’s population had been declining steadily since 1970, and no schools had been built in a generation. Thirty days before Kaine took office, Richmond’s bond rating was downgraded as Wall Street investors decided the city was a poor credit risk.
“We haven’t done everything we wanted to do, but we’ve done a lot,” Kaine said. During his administration, the homicide rate has been cut by 60 percent and violent crime by 45 percent.
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