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Snyder Readies His Run…For Virginia Governor

written by Guest Contributor John Fredericks September 28, 2015

The withdrawal of Senator Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) from Virginia’s 2017 governor’s race leaves conventional wisdom and the usual suspects to opine that Ed Gillespie is the lock to win the ’17 GOP gubernatorial nomination.

They’re all wrong. Again.

Although Gillespie will enjoy the support of the “establishment” wing of the Virginia GOP (if there is such a thing) and have Obenshain’s blessing, winning a nominating convention will be a tall order for the K-Street darling and serial lobbyist.

Gillespie barely beat back a woefully underfunded convention challenge for U.S. Senate in Roanoke in 2014 by Shak Hill — who raised a little over $20,000 and ran what amounted to a Mail-Chimp campaign.

Gillespie’s narrow loss to Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) buttresses his narrative for sure. But he failed to win in a watershed GOP national landslide year of sweeping proportions.

Other candidates who will run — and be convention factors — include U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA/1) and State Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach) — assuming Wagner wins re-election over Democrat challenger Gary McCollum.

Here’s the wild card: Virginia businessman and entrepreneur Pete Snyder.

Democratic insiders call him the “most dangerous Republican in Virginia.” And for good reason. He’s from Northern Virginia. He’s a businessman. He’s a political outsider. He’s not bought and paid for. He’s a solid economic conservative. And he’s tough as nails.

He ran a top-notch convention race for LG in 2013 and came from nowhere to finish second. He’s done yeoman’s work in the financial trenches for the RPV and has helped unit chairs at the grassroots level.

Snyder will run for governor.

He’ll defeat Gillespie in a convention showdown.

Snyder Readies His Run…For Virginia Governor was last modified: September 29th, 2015 by Guest Contributor John Fredericks
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Guest Contributor John Fredericks

John Fredericks is a syndicated morning radio talk show host based in Washington D.C. Fredericks show can be heard weekdays 6-10 a.m. on WNTW AM 820 & 92.7 FM NEWS-TALK in Richmond, WJFN 100.5 FM in Charlottesville and west Henrico, WPMH AM 1010 & 100.1 FM and 96.7 FM News-Talk in Hampton Roads, WBRG SuperTalk AM 1050 and 105.1 FM in Lynchburg and Roanoke and WBOB AM 600 & 101.1 FM in Jacksonville, FL. The John Fredericks show is streamed live through his APP: http://www.johnfredericksradio.com/install-app

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