Yesterday's primary in Virginia did not deliver to us the electoral victory we hoped for, but we achieved a lot. Here's the morning-after assessment I sent to our team and to the media:
Our long awaited primary race is over. I am so proud of all of you! We did what no one ever expected, and what no other group of people could do! The ramifications of our primary challenge to Bob Goodlatte's ten-term reign of timidity have not gone unnoticed in Washington, in Richmond, or in Roanoke. In coming days, we will be reading and hearing a lot of chatter, and even wisdom, about what happened here on June 12th, 2012.
Today, I invite each of you, and all of the 6th District, to think about a few of the amazing things that we have accomplished in the last year...
