Jeff Frederick

My Delegate to the Virginia House of Delegates is Jeff Frederick. He also happens to be the Chairman of the Republican Party in Virginia. He’s been making so much of the wrong sort of news, that it almost feels redundant to repeat, but at the same time it’s too good not to share.

Last week, Virginia’s Senate Republicans sought to tip their balance away from the Democrat’s narrow 21-19 majority by luring Democrat Ralph Northam to switch sides (in the event of a 20-20 tie, our Republican Lt. Governor would cast tiebreaking votes). Frederick’s Tweet about the looming switch tipped the Democrats off the the scheme and allowed them to thwart it.

On the heels of that, Frederick offered this bizarre slam against Charles Darwin on the floor of the House of Delegates…

The next day, Frederick announced that he will not be seeking re-election to the House of Delegates, and has offered up his wife Amy as “just that person to continue the work I started”. Jeff has shown he’ll be a hard act to follow. Best of luck to Amy, but I’d be happy to see Jeff’s work come to an end.

for further reading…

After Resigning Seat as Failure, Frederick Denounces Darwin
NBC News, Washington, DC 2/13/2009

Va. GOP Chair Out … Wife May Be In?
MSNBC, 2/14/2009