The 2010 “Race” in the Virginia 7th District

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It’s that time of year again.  The time when we in the Virginia 7th District pretend Eric Cantor has some competition for his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

There are actually three candidates to choose from this year:

Eric I. Cantor (R) *

Rick E. Waugh, Jr. (D)

Floyd C. Bayne (I)

In yet another in a seemingly endless stream of political ironies, Floyd Bayne is listed as the Independent Green party candidate on the State Board of Elections web site.  Yet on his own web site, he’s referred to as the Conservative candidate and the Tea Party candidate.  (There is also the curious statement “The Independent Greens of Virginia is a Fiscally Conservative Virginia Party” way down at the bottom.)

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Winner predictions?  I think this hilariously lopsided fundraising graph captured from opensecrets.org on 10/11/2010 pretty much sums it up:

From opensecrets.org

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