Former Governor Jim Gilmore is considering a run for Senate next year if Clinton and Kaine are elected. If Senator Kaine becomes Vice President Governor McAuliffe will appoint someone to fill his vacated Senate seat until a special election can be held in November of 2017.
Governor Gilmore attended Loudoun County Republican Committee on Monday night where he said he will “be taking a very close look†at running for Senator if the seat becomes vacant.
The Governor criticized Senator Kaine actions when he was Governor. He said Kaine has flip-floped on several issues including off shore drilling, abortion, and gun rights. Â From the Loudoun Tribune,Â
“He’s accomplished nothing as governor and accomplished nothing in the United States,†Gilmore said. “That’s why I suppose (Clinton) picked him (for vice president). She wanted someone who wouldn’t offer anything.â€
The worst thing is not what he’s done, but what he’s failed to do,†Gilmore added. “What has he done? Don’t overlook the fact that Tim Kaine on this ticket is not really a proud Virginian that we can all be proud of.â€
Gilmore is a Trump supporter and has campaigned around the state for him,
“We have no time for weak leadership, and Donald Trump will give us the strength we need.â€
We previously wrote about the chance of a Senate race next year and the possible candidates here.  Likely candidates for Senate are Shak Hill and Delegate Jimmie Massie (who also attended the LCRC meeting). Rumored candidates are Congressman Dave Brat, former Congressman Tom Davis, Pete Snyder, and possibly Rep. Barbara Comstock should she pull out a big win in the 10th district on November 8th.
More on Gilmore’s possible Senate run here.Â
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Funny how Brat ran on term limits but now there are rumors about him running for Senate?
This is why nothing ever changes, same old people just shuffling the deck around.
Speaking of recycling, why not bring back good ol asshat George Allen, it is about time for him to resurface.
Depending on how blue Virginia is in November, and who the Dems put up, maybe Republicans should consider not running anyone in Virginia for Senate. All Gilmore is? A designated loser designed to keep party apparatus in place, and give them a place to hang their hat for the next four years.
A political party that wants to;
1) Rob people for healthcare.
2) Privatize SS. Put your retirement in the hands of Wall St. crooks.
3) Put 22 year old college grads hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt for student loans.
4) Exports jobs to Communist China.
5) Have open borders so the rich can have their cheap labor, and use the excessive wealth to purchase legislation to wipe out the middle-class.
Well, they are never going to win statewide in Virginia. Shaun Kenney being in the Gilmore camp is reason enough to vote Democrat.
I hope he doesn’t run, I only vote for him for president.
Count me out. And if the Republican Party can do no better than this, let it wither away.
Jeanine, did you mean to say SENATE in your first line?
Yes! Thank you! I have corrected the error.
When are they going to start talking about digging up Harry Byrd and propping him up for a run? Why doesn’t someone give Frank Beamer a call, he is retired, time on his hands and certainly wouldn’t be worst then this pack of retreads and ambition driven careerists we are facing now. Besides he has demonstrated he can do a lot without top national talent to work with year in and year out and still produce a solid, winning product. Seems to fit the description of the Virginia political scene to a tee. Let’s start a draft Frank wave!
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Is he still pro-abortion?
Are you getting Gilmore mixed up with Congresswoman Comstock?
Gilmore is on record stating that abortion should be limited except to save the life of the mother and to y knowledge he has never been truly pro-abortion. His record as governor with the pro-life movement has been and remains strong. While he was governor we passed a 24-hour waiting period, parental notification, & informed consent. Gilmore also signed the partial-birth abortion ban.
No. Just, no.
Ugh, why do we have to recycle so many losers in VA? Is the GOP bench really that thin?
Gilmore would get CRUSHED in the senate race. Or any other state-wide race for that matter.
Gilmore would lose badly, I agree, but whoever wins the nomination should get our support, unless it’s a crazy person.
This has been the losing proposition all along … that of supporting people who in no way represent our views, and perpetuate our misery.
Exactly, again with the “we may nominate losers but by God, they’re OUR losers dammit”.
A candidate that would and could logically espouse bonafide conservative positions without all the associated white noise could put forth a winning campaign. That is the object correct, to win?
Problem being of course, does anyone see that candidate anywhere on the horizon?
An interesting read is Rothbard’s The Betrayal of the American Right. That would be the Old American Right of the 20th century. And by the way, none of these people thought of themselves as conservators of anything. What the Old American Right wanted, as a short list, was a total repeal of the entire Marxist New Deal, a return to the Gold Standard, no international warmongering. a complete repeal and abolition of all welfare-ism, and a very, very limited government. In short, Old Right demanded a total restoration of the American Republic.
Today, we have no such constitutionally loyal Americans to vote for, just a milk toast we should support losers, “… unless it’s a crazy person.”
What we need is a rebirth of the Son of Thunder with a liberal dose of ‘Give me Liberty, or Give me Death.’ And no more wimpish compromise.
There used to be something called the Republican Creed, and all Republicans fell under it’s umbrella. Don’t fret, Give me Liberty or Give me Death isn’t far off.
I didn’t see that caveat in the party plan. Do you guys individually arbitrarily decide that or is it an editorial board decision?
If Shak becomes the nominee I’m backing Shak no matter what some may diagnose.
This is the ONLY correct speculation about Sen. Kaine.
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I’d put Gilmore in my top 10 or 12 favorites for Senator.
He has done it before, but I’m still with Corey when we focus upon that election.
Corey is running for Governor.
You had Gilmore as your top 10-12 for Governor, you edited your comment. I posted before you edited.