{"id":5166,"date":"2009-08-30T14:17:10","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T18:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=5166"},"modified":"2009-08-30T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T18:17:10","slug":"60th-district-house-race-update-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/30\/60th-district-house-race-update-3\/","title":{"rendered":"60th District House Race \u2013 Update #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Update: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/22\/60th-district-house-race-update-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">60th District House Race &#8211; Update #2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s changed in this race? Everything.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dave Guill dropped out of the race this weekend leaving Edmunds by himself (for now). Let&#8217;s look at who could replace him on the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>People with previously declared interests:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ted Bennett &#8211; He&#8217;s already declined to run in this race once giving Guill the inside track. Does he have the desire to jump in the race with just sixty days to go? If he does, would he have a chance against Edmunds?<\/li>\n<li>Brandon Hudson &#8211; Well, looky here. He just might have a chance to get in this race after all. Hudson&#8217;s a lawyer from Halifax and was overlooked in the nomination cycle. He deferred to Bennett and then Guill but now he&#8217;s the last man standing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>People that could pop up (no idea if they have any interest at all but are logically fit for this race):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tom McLaughlin &#8211; He wrote Guill&#8217;s speech for him. He&#8217;s well-known in the area. He&#8217;s got the political philosophy and the attitude. Has not shown any political interest before, however.<\/li>\n<li>Mattie Claiborne &#8211; Also has not shown any political interests, but has a strong community following.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OddsMakers of the Replacement Candidate: Ted Bennett 13%, Brandon Hudson 5%, None of the Above 2%, Nobody (default win by Edmunds) 81%<\/p>\n<p>>>>>><\/p>\n<p>James Edmunds (R) &#8211; Enjoy your free pass into the House of Delegates. <\/p>\n<p>_____________ (D) &#8211; What an implosion&#8230; disorganization reigns supreme here.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: At least there&#8217;s no campaign contributions to return. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Current vote prediction: Edmunds by default.<\/p>\n<p>OddsMakers of a win: Edmunds 100%<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Update: 60th District House Race &#8211; Update #2<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s changed in this race? 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James Edmunds (R) - Ups: Name recognition, organized grassroots, good at fundraising, political experience. Downs: Asinine uranium position, land-use tax controversy. Dave Guill (D): Ups: Political experience. Downs: No fundraising, no campaign activity. Thoughts: This\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;OpinionCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"OpinionCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/opinioncentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5091,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/22\/60th-district-house-race-update-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5166,"position":1},"title":"60th District House Race &#8211; Update #2","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Update: 60th District House Race - Update #1 So what's changed in this race? James Edmunds (R) - He's picked up a few endorsements from small groups so far. He's proceeding along in this race quite steadily and making no mistakes. Dave Guill (D) - Is anybody home here?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;OpinionCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"OpinionCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/opinioncentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5161,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/30\/dave-guill-withdraws-from-the-60th-district-race\/","url_meta":{"origin":5166,"position":2},"title":"Dave Guill withdraws from the 60th District Race","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"We're not totally surprised by this announcement. We had heard rumors about this starting early last week. There's a press release floating somewhere and we're trying to get our hands on it. The News & Record has published it so we'll acknowledge them on this. Race update coming within the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Breaking News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Breaking News","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/newscentral\/breaking-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5659,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/21\/endorsement-james-edmunds-for-60th-district-delegate\/","url_meta":{"origin":5166,"position":3},"title":"Endorsement: James Edmunds for 60th District Delegate","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"October 21, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Although James Edmunds is now running unopposed, SouthsideCentral feels that he's deserving of our support for this election. When Clarke Hogan surprised everybody by announcing that he would not run for re-election, rumors flew on who would run for the now-open seat. Hogan had quickly moved up the political ladder\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Endorsements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Endorsements","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/politicscentral\/endorsements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8020,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/24\/60th-district-house-race-update-2-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5166,"position":4},"title":"60th District House Race \u2013 Update #2","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"October 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This really isn't a race. James Edmunds will win and win big. Here's what we wrote for Update #1... Recap: Incumbent James Edmunds is running against a challenger that has been invisible. Notes since last update: Edmunds: Does it matter? OK, fine. Edmunds has continued to get out and do\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halifax County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halifax County","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/halifax-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7919,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/25\/60th-district-house-race-update-1-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5166,"position":5},"title":"60th District House Race &#8211; Update #1","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"September 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This one isn't going to take long to analyze... Halifax County's James Edmunds is the incumbent and is facing Farmville's Jasper Hendricks. The last Democratic candidate for this district was back in 2004 and even that wasn't pretty, with the Democratic candidate losing by a 33%-67% margin. 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