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Wood Kicks Off Campaign
Leesburg – December 21, 2005 – It’s official. Wilbur “Bill” Wood is running for Congress in the coming year in Virginia’s 10th congressional district. Wood was endorsed as the Libertarian Party’s choice at last night’s 10th district convention. Wood was also elected chairman of the 10th district party and will represent the district at state party meetings. “I’m running because the federal government no longer abides by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights,” Wood told convention-goers. “Congress has delegated its authority to make laws to federal employees. Congress has also given up its authority to declare wars to the president. I want to change that,” said Wood. Wood has assembled a team of veteran activists to support his campaign. Campaign Manager Tony Torres was on hand to help Wood kick off his campaign. “We hope to build on the successes of our recent House of Delegates campaigns,” said Torres. “We’ve got some good experience from those campaigns and we want to keep the momentum going.” Wood’s team also includes Treasurer Kevin McKenna, Volunteer Coordinator Walt Thiessen, Media Coordinator Geoff Allen, and others. The 10th Congressional District includes McLean, Great Falls, the western part of Fairfax County, as well as Loudoun County and other counties extending westward to West Virginia. Wood is a resident of Berryville, Virginia. Wood will be the sixth Libertarian to run for the position since Scott Bowden ran in 1982. The party’s most recent contender, Brian Brown, who ran in 2000, received ten percent of the vote in a three-way race. New officers of the 10th district committee were also selected at the convention. Wood was elected chairman, outgoing chairman, Chuck Eby, will be the new membership director, and Bill Redpath was selected as the political director. “Bill [Wood] will do a great job representing our district,” said Eby. “He has represented us at meetings that I could not attend in the past, and has already earned the respect of his colleagues in the state party.” The convention was held at Nido’s Italian Restaurant in Leesburg where the Loudoun County Libertarians hold their regular meetings on the fourth Tuesday of every month. |
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