Although James Edmunds is now running unopposed, SouthsideCentral feels that he’s deserving of our support for this election.<\/p>\n
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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 in the House and had became an influential Delegate. Edmunds was the first person to declare his candidacy and locked in the Republican nomination. Dave Guill became the only Democratic candidate to declare but withdrew from the race leaving Edmunds unopposed.<\/p>\n
James Edmunds is currently serving on the Halifax County Board of Supervisors and is a noted outdoorsman. Edmunds led the fight to save and re-organize the Halifax County Fair. He also donated 100 acres of his family’s land to the county to give the county the first park. <\/p>\n
Edmunds seems like the type of person who will represent the 60th District in the same spirit as Clarke Hogan did and it will be interesting to see if he can match Hogan’s rise through the political ranks. While we question one of Edmunds’ initiatives that he’s been promoting in Halifax County (land use taxation), and think he’s totally wrong in his complete opposition to uranium mining “even if the government said it was safe” (from his website’s position paper), neither of those issues are a litmus test for our support. <\/p>\n
We feel that James Edmunds will be a good representative for the 60th District and strongly encourage our 60th District readers to give him a courtesy vote in the November 3rd election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Although James Edmunds is now running unopposed, SouthsideCentral feels that he’s deserving of our support for this election.<\/p>\n
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