Just A Day At The Beach

Virginia Deployment

October 22-24, 2010

By: Michael Hardy, VA Young Republican Chairman

With 10 days prior to Election Day in Virginia, the Young Republican Federation of Virginia, joined by the DC Young Republicans headed down to Virginia Beach where Republican candidate Scott Rigell was battling Freshman Democratic Congressman Glen Nye in the 2^nd District. The 2^nd Congressional District in VA was the second most competitive district in Virginia and one of the top 50 targeted seats by the NRCC.

 

Nearly 100 DC YR’s, VA YR’s and VA CR’s met Saturday morning at 9 am at the Republican County Headquarters where volunteers were greeted and welcomed by myself and campaign staff. Shortly thereafter we hit the streets knocking on doors, helped build yard signs and made phone calls to undecided voters. After a brief lunch, we hit the pavement again for the remainder of the afternoon and into the evening. Volunteers were then treated to a barbecue dinner with Scott Rigell himself who spent most of the evening with all of the volunteers and thanked us tremendously for all of the work on his behalf.

 

Sunday was much of the same and when all was said and done, the YRFV along with the tremendous help of the DC YR’s reached out to nearly 10,000 voters in the 2^nd Congressional District and it made the difference as this January the constituents of the 2^nd Congressional District will be sending Scott Rigell to the United State Congress. Voters overwhelmingly rejected the liberal Democrat and it was great that the Young Republicans were able to make a difference along the way (and also have some fun in Va Beach while at it).

 

A special thanks goes out to Brittny McKinney with the DC YR’s and National YR Chairman Lisa Stickan. Without the help of those two wonderful ladies, the weekend would not have been as successful.