12 days until Virginia elections and VCDL PAC has still not endorsed statewide candidates.
Why is it taking so long for VCDL PAC to announce endorsements? It is a pity that endorsements come so late. Many, including those serving overseas in the military must vote absentee and the endorsements come after most absentee voters have already voted.
I suspect that you have probably seen this in the VCDL Email Alert.. but here are the endorsements. No real surprises.
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In 3 days, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, there will be a General
Election to elect the Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, all the
members of the House of Delegates, and many local offices.
This message addresses VCDL-PAC's endorsements for the three statewide
offices only -- Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General.
A candidate must complete the VCDL Candidate Survey in order to be
considered for endorsement. In addition to their Survey response,
VCDL-PAC factors in voting record (if any) and public statements (if
any) the candidates make on this issue before issuing an endorsement.
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GOVERNOR
VCDL-PAC endorses ED GILLESPIE for Governor!
ED GILLESPIE turned in a PRO-GUN survey and has pledged to overturn
Executive Order 50 (Governor McAuliffe's emergency executive order
banning guns in state-agency buildings).
ED GILLESPIE's Democrat opponent means four more years of McAuliffe's
anti-gun, anti-self-defense doctrine. Four more years of the status quo
simply cannot be tolerated. On top of that, as Lt. Governor, Ralph
Northam single-handedly killed Constitutional Carry in 2016! And he has
stated publicly that he was proud to have a failing grade on gun rights.
Since he's proud of failing, let's make sure he fails at the polls on
Tuesday, November 7.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
VCDL-PAC endorses JILL VOGEL for Lieutenant Governor!
JILL VOGEL has been a friend to gun owners for ten years, got us
Glovebox Carry, co-patroned Universal Recognition, and carried THREE gun
bills this year alone, fighting for all three, right down to veto day!
If you missed the second debate on 10/5/17, she ignored the noise about
"bump stocks," and stood firm that she was "not running to infringe on
ANY Constitutional rights!"
Unbelievably, her opponent favors mandatory gun insurance, universal
background checks, and he even called for CONFISCATION of certain
classes of guns! VCDL-PAC takes any threats of gun confiscation
extremely seriously.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Since neither candidate answered the VCDL Candidate survey, VCDL-PAC can
take no position on the Attorney General race. It is worth noting that
as Attorney General, Mark Herring tried to BLOCK CHP reciprocity with 25
states and has recently signed on OPPOSING National CHP Reciprocity!