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==2006 Congressional Campaign== |
==2006 Congressional Campaign== |
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Rep. Drake now is being challenged by [[Phillip Kellam]] in the November congressional elections. Kellam currently serves as Commissioner of the Revenue for Virginia Beach. In |
Rep. Drake now is being challenged by [[Phillip Kellam]] in the November congressional elections. Kellam currently serves as Commissioner of the Revenue for Virginia Beach. In recent weeks, the campaign has seen some controversy over commercials run against Drake by [[MoveOn.org|MoveOn]]. Among other charges, MoveOn accused Drake of voting to limit liability of defense contractors who overcharged the US government for services in Iraq. But according to the [[Daily Press (Newport News)]], Drake only voted against sending a bill in question to a committee where, according to MoveOn, it might have been strengthened. [[The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot]] said that the ads "expertly skate around the truth of Drake's record without being outright false."[http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=105929&ran=43616] In response to a threatened lawsuit by Drake, Cox Communications pulled the ads from its cable TV channels, saying that they were unsubstantiated. |
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In recent weeks, the campaign has seen some controversy over commercials run against Drake by [[MoveOn.org|MoveOn]]. Among other charges, MoveOn accused Drake of voting to limit liability of defense contractors who overcharged the US government for services in Iraq. But according to the [[Daily Press (Newport News)]], Drake only voted against sending a bill in question to a committee where, according to MoveOn, it might have been strengthened. [[The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot]] said that the ads "expertly skate around the truth of Drake's record without being outright false."[http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=105929&ran=43616] |
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In response to a threatened lawsuit by Drake, Cox Communications pulled the ads from its cable TV channels, saying that they were unsubstantiated. MoveOn then said that this decision was politically motivated, noting that several Cox executives had given campaign donations to Drake. The three television network affiliates in Hampton Roads, however, said they believed that the ad met the legal standards for broadcast and they had no immediate plan to drop it.[http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=106018&ran=190623] |
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Drake followed this with an ad saying that "Kellam's team" had labeled Northrop Grumman - which employs 19,000 people at its Newport News shipyard - a war profiteer in the ad. Kellam's campaign replied that it had never said anything of the sort, and that it had nothing to do with MoveOn.org's ad, which in any case never mentioned Northrop Grumman. [http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-48854sy0jun14,0,7407682.story?coll=dp-news-local-final] |
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Revision as of 17:45, 7 July 2006
Thelma D. Drake (born November 20, 1949) is an American politician and a member of the Republican party from the state of Virginia. She was elected to the United States House of Representatives in November 2004 to represent the Second Congressional District of Virginia (map).
Born in Elyria, Ohio, Drake attended Elyria High School, Elyria, OH and Old Dominion University. She worked as a real estate agent in Norfolk, Virginia and previously was the first Republican to be elected to the Virginia House of Delegates since Reconstruction. She served in the House of Delegates for 9 years before taking her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the 109th United States Congress on January 4, 2005. Drake had entered the 2004 congressional race less than three months before Election Day when the incumbent Republican congressman, Ed Schrock, made a surprise announcement that he was leaving the race, under a cloud of controversy.
2006 Congressional Campaign
Rep. Drake now is being challenged by Phillip Kellam in the November congressional elections. Kellam currently serves as Commissioner of the Revenue for Virginia Beach. In recent weeks, the campaign has seen some controversy over commercials run against Drake by MoveOn. Among other charges, MoveOn accused Drake of voting to limit liability of defense contractors who overcharged the US government for services in Iraq. But according to the Daily Press (Newport News), Drake only voted against sending a bill in question to a committee where, according to MoveOn, it might have been strengthened. The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot said that the ads "expertly skate around the truth of Drake's record without being outright false."[1] In response to a threatened lawsuit by Drake, Cox Communications pulled the ads from its cable TV channels, saying that they were unsubstantiated.