As someone who’s never lived or contributed in the 10th, I think I can be impartial when I say that taking the cash you raised for one race and then using it to fund another race in a different district sounds a little crummy.
I’ve heard some grousing around Fairfax and Loudoun the last week or so that folks who contributed to John Douglass thinking he would use it to fight Frank Wolf are understandably ticked off that their hard earned dollars are now being used elsewhere. What’s more, they’re going toward a primary campaign against a fellow Dem in the 5th, leaving the 10th with squat.
Shopping for a friendly district is nothing new; and probably not such a bad thing if candidate and voter can find the right fit. But it’s entirely something else when you’ve promised to use donors’ money to represent them, and then don’t
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