UPDATE:Â Don’t ever think your vote doesn’t count. Eric Noble lost his race for Sheriff because of 5 votes in the Dulles district. Â Five votes.Â
Check here to learn what is happening at the Loudoun County Republican convention. We will have updates throughout the convention. Registration begins in 30 minutes at 8:30 and continues until 10:00. Delegates in line by 10:00 you can register to vote. The convention begins at 10:00 and the organizers hope that it will conclude between noon and 1:00 pm. Â It’s a beautiful day in Loudoun County! [read_more]
And we’re off! Â Convention began right on time. Waved the reading of the Call. Â Sheriff Chapman and Ralph Buona won the sign wars outside but we all know signs don’t vote. Â Lots of Chapman stickers but more people sporting Noble stickers. Â Much support for both Ralph Buona and Joe Scalione.
10:20 Eric Noble gives a great speech, very inspiring, followed by huge round of applause, delegates stand and cheer. Â Mike Chapman speaking way too fast and sounds like a rushed bureaucrat talking about his task forces. He’s clearly nervous. Reading his list of accomplishments. Speaking too fast and too loud. He’s still reading from his list. Eric Noble didn’t read his speech. Â Chapman’s speech is not good, reading too fast. Â Now Chapman is bashing Noble. Â Eric Noble said nothing about Chapman in his speech.
10:30 Ralph Buona talking, way too fast and way too loud. Â Talking about being on the board and all his positions on the board. Â He too seems nervous and too much bragging. Â This man is not warm and fuzzy. It almost sounds like he’s yelling at us. Accuses his opponent of running a negative campaign. Presents his list of accomplishments in Ashburn. Â Applause from those outside his district when he talks about lowering taxes.
10:35 Joe Scalione, much kinder and more gentle. Fiscal conservative. Â Transparency and responsibility. Collaboration with residents. Communication. Town Hall meetings to address the needs of everyone. Financial integrity. Â Contest is about fiscal conservative issues. Surplus should have been returned to the people. He will represent the people, not the special interests.
10:40 RPV Chairman John Whitbeck, tells us almost 1,000 delegates have shown up today. We’re going to sweep the BOS and Constitutional officers, delegates and senators. Our party is going to unite, ending the party infighting for good. Good speech.
Pete Snyder, Financial Chairman of RPV. Tells us how important it is to win in Loudoun County. Â Grassroots challenge until the first of June. Â Give money!
10:50 Ashburn voting, They are the biggest delegation because of their race for supervisor.
Delegate numbers:
Algonkian 47
Ashburn 235
Blue Ridge 142
Broad Run 68
Catoctin 157
Dulles 41
Leesburg 89
Sterling 48
Military 0
As usual Western Loudoun, (Blue Ridge and Catoctin), is over represented but all votes are weighted. From here on it’s voting, speeches by candidates who are uncontested, and waiting for results.
Noon–Convention on ‘pause’ do to irregularities in Ashburn voting. It seems 20+ voters from other districts voted in Ashburn. Â Their votes could effect the outcome of the supervisor race in that district and possibly the outcome of sheriff’s race.
12:20 Voting resumed, Catoctin district voting. Three districts still to vote, Dulles, Leesburg, and Sterling. Then the wait for results. It looks like we won’t be out of here by 1:00 as LCRC had hoped.
1:20 Voting completed, waiting for results.
1:25 Chairman Haynes says “We’re getting there” on tabulating the votes.
1:50 Results should be very soon. A total of 888 delegates voted. Â Weighting gave delegates in Algonkian and Dulles over 10 votes each. Â They are gathering the candidates so it looks like results are in. Rumers say Chapman won by 60 weighted votes, which is 6 to 9 real votes because of the weighting. Â Quite a shock.
2:10 Final Results:
Ashburn Supervisor
Ralph Buona wins by acclimation
Republican nominee for Sheriff:
Eric Noble moves that Mike Chapman wins by acclimation
Adjourned!
64 comments
Clearly that “fake” Facebook group gave Chapman the edge! It must be shutdown immediately!
Clearly the Tea Party political relevancy fad has gone the way of the Pet Rock and Gagnam Style
Apologies to all for the delays on my blog updates today. I was updating immediately but wordpress wasn’t. Sorry!
Congratulations to Sheriff Chapman and Ralph Buona!
What a shame that Mike Chapman’s supporters are somewhat ungracious in their victory. I recently received this message from one of Mike’s most ardent supporters, Mike Hummer (https://www.facebook.com/mike.hummer.315?fref=ts), keepin’ it classy:
“””Ha! Ha! HahHah… Ms Smarty-Pants – POUND sand & maybe, go, lie down & Bite Your Ass???
“Looser, Loser, Loooooosers! Ba Bye!”
Considering Mike Hummer’s rather extensive arrest record, I don’t think he should be calling me, or anyone else, a loser or even a looser. LOL
With the advent of Social Media, it has become even more difficult to keep the whacks in line. However — it is still up to the Candidates/Nominees to reel in the Cray Cray. Hey Sheriff C, how about a judiciously applied wood shampoo here?
as long as it’s equally applied to the cray on both sides.
Most people don’t realize that the actual price of being the losing contestant starts being paid yesterday. Mr. Noble’s reputation and street cred is tied to Sheriff Chapman’s re-election. If Chapman wins, then it’s because of Chapman; if Chapman loses, then it’s because of Noble.
So Noble not only has to eat crow, he has to keep it down and demonstrate through actions that he WOULD HAVE BEEN an adequate candidate throughout this now re-election.
Which means that it is even more imperative that Noble keeps his whacks under better control than does Sheriff Chapman — Let the real contest begin!
and some of those whacks take great pride in it.
I don’t think if falls on Noble to control them–especially when some have such a hard time controlling themselves! 😀 yes, he may take some tarnish if they keep acting out, but that’s on them.
It’s up to the committee to herd all the cats (and they would do well to smack the crap out of whoever took such liberties with the delegate list that they had to issue not one, but two official statements on fake emails. Yes, the Noble CAMPAIGN didn’t send the fake endorsement–to only Chapman delegates, apparently primarily in the east, from an IP in Herndon–an enthusiastic SUPPORTER did. Well, the Noble campaign sure took the hit for that.)
I also think Chapman will do fine in the general–the Dems don’t seem too excited about their guy, and have already filed an independent against their chair candidate.
This may have been the classic attempted easy pick, where whoever wins the primary is the de facto winner in November. And that’s why every good old fashioned dirty trick in the book came out of mothballs.
What also took a hit is the platitude that conventions keep things on the up-and-up–I’ve seen the same group of tough-mouth pranksters lose two conventions and a firehouse-style election for their preferred people in the past five or six years, and maybe three strikes will tell them it’s their method of campaigning that’s not working too well anymore, as opposed to the process of the choice.
Actually, conventions are better for the party for a bunch of reasons, key of which is the face to face, hand to hand combat instead of the national RNC altitude campaigning.
I think it’s safe to say that the whack-ness of the campaign has a direct affect on the results. 6 votes difference, that means that had someone not shot off their mouth, the election could have ended up differently. I maintain that whack control should be a key element of every campaign. In the old days you could have given them a roll of stamps and envelopes to exercise the drool and venom, but today they have the internet. It has got to be absolute hell being a party boss in today’s world.
Firehouse gave us Barbara, I can’t wait until next time when she smokes the convention! Our fairer sex candidates become more politically lethal the closer they get to the voters.
The only candidates who can’t win our party nomination contests should NOT be our nominee!
The party certainly has the right to choose their method, but sometimes to me it makes the case for party registration in the state, and regular primaries.
The smaller the process, the more (IMO) the whack-factor has the opportunity to promote a candidate who turns out to be generally unelectable.
And sometimes it seems the whack-factor LIKES this–purity, punishment, etc. “We are displeased. You shall suffer. You will learn to obey.”
I’m sure some think that sentiment goes both ways re “grassroots” v. “establishment”, but if we bloody the volunteer base in a small selection process, and end up losing in November? wooo, for the win
Some, any, or all party process that is mutually agreed upon by the membership of the organization is just ducky.
The only reason the whacks gain prominence is because they are overrepresented by the regular party people. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
We GOP, Virginians, and Americans deserve the representation that we elect. We deserve the whacks, the Tea, the ‘compromisers’ leading our machine if we don’t show up, or go home early.
So, if you’re a Republican and you quit, take your marbles, and go home — You’re the reason the Party loses it’s marbles!
Poor Hummer, he should really stick to stealing food and being drunk in public. He’s much better at that than politics. Although he still gets caught. But I’m glad to see he and Chapman are still buddies though, thick and thin through repetitive criminal convictions! Just like the old Sheriff.
Looking at the big picture, it is a great time to be a citizen of Virginia. These votes are so close, and there is lively debate, a lot of great ideas, strong opinions, energy, passion, what’s not to like about that ? The GOP, Libertarians, the TEA party, everyone is pushing so hard to get their ideas across, and get their people elected, it is exciting, much more exciting than the 1990’s ever were. Blueberry Virginia only wishes they had such lively debate instead of their tired echo chamber, where the same ideas roll around like marbles in a bowl. Congratulations to all of the candidates and their supporters, you are what make this Commonwealth such a great place to live.
Some of my relatives were there. They said the room smelled like moth balls and disappointment. That was Jeamean I bet.
I will say this: Eric Noble was gracious in defeat. He was classy in the end, and he can be proud of a hard-fought campaign and a close race. That said, congratulations to our Republican nominee, Sheriff Mike Chapman. You earned it!
I agree! Noble and Scallione were both gentlemen by nominating by acclamation. Noble narrowly lost and most candidates would boast that fact, but he graciously agreed to nominate by acclamation. Class act.
Congratulations to Buouna and Chapman for winning the contested races. They were the superior candidates. The obvious truth is they never should have seen a challenge.
Today was a major blow to Delgaudio and his angry merry band. Finally we saw some courage to stand up against the lunacy. The current LCRC has a major problem to deal with and that is an uncontested hand picked Delgaudio candidate is the only GOP candidate running for Chairman. King is going to need more than a long hot shower to purge himself of his current followers or he’ll fall to the same fate Noble and Scalione have. Frankly, it may be too late for him, plus he fits in nicely with the merry band and he seems to like being a part of the carnival.
Nope.
Their superiority is demonstrated by being contested. It also lets them put together a machine, agenda, and get the word out to the troops.
Saturday was NOT a major blow to Gene D and his faction. This challenge was a brushback to Mr. B for putting the hammer down on Gene in the past. Ralph did what he had to do, Gene expressed his displeasure — that’s politics.
You want to stand up against what you call ‘lunacy,’ go into Sterling and get a +20 crowbar and try to pry the dude out of there. Good Luck! Gene, flaws aside (and there are not enough scroll pages here to articulate,) takes care of Sterling and Sterling takes care of him. He is a perfect example of an elected official representing a district, dare I say it, the definitive ‘Republican.’
Charlie King has paid his dues, he cares about the county, and put his name down when no one else would. He earned the nomination, and if you want to keep out the kooks, go into the campaign and show him the kind of company he should be keeping.
I have to agree that Eugene is the business of Sterling, and vice versa. I would also quote the man himself: “no one works harder than Eugene”. That’s why he’s had so many terms there–he’s an excellent retail politician for his district.
That said, the needs/priorities of Sterling are not necessarily completely consonant with those of every other district, and what works/is needed in Sterling does not always work elsewhere.
We had Chuck Caputo in the legislature for two terms because the ultra conservatives got mad at Gary Reese, and primaried him out in the dead of June with a couple hundred people voting in a primary for a trainwreck of a kid who got slaughtered in the general. And Eugene was down here door-to-dooring for him every day for two months (nobody works harder! lol it’s true).
Eugene got some new lists, the ultras got to punish Reese (from districts in which they did not live), and WE got stuck with a guy who phoned it in, and allowed his daughter to run the Loudoun portion of the district (which was merry hell here when the pendulum swung and we got a Dem board for a turn).
I like and respect Charlie–he’s a great attorney and a nice guy.
And if he has to win countywide, there are a few obnoxious merry pranksters that he should scrape off his shoes post-haste. I’m not talking about Eugene–he has his own race to run, and he seems to relish doing it with the biggest target on his back possible.
I’m talking about the little clot of people who think whatever tricks they do are fine if they work and don’t get caught (while mouthing platitudes about “integrity!”). What works in Lovettsville obviously doesn’t work in Dulles, at least yesterday.
Interesting that no military votes were made. I thought that the RPV and the Tea Party Establishment of the central committee had a solution to the military issue that would allow them to vote. By looking at these results, it didn’t work.
Conventions lock military personal serving outside of Virginia out of the voting process, anyone who supports a process where military personal cannot vote for their elected officials is un-Republican.
The military have the same vote they have always had. It’s called absentee, and in even more recent times past the ballots got to where we were stationed about two weeks AFTER the election was held. Just because you have a personal issue with conventions has no bearing whatsoever with the military voting issue.
And how do County units notify individuals in the military that there will be a convention and tell them how to request an absentee ballot? Can you show me the paperwork that Loudoun County GOP put together and sent out to military personnel? I can’t find it.
And yes, I have a problem with conventions because they don’t allow the military to participate.
as a former unit chair, it is very hard to do. i confess that neither I nor my unit was ever this organized. but, the current SCC that pushes for conventions probably has this all worked out because excluding our military would be wrong.
Well, I bet that any Loudoun member of the military that wishes to participate in the selection of our party nominee would be welcomed in the process and may even be chosen for party office.
Well I have news for you. Most military don’t have time to mess with this stuff. When you are out and about even an absentee ballot is a second thought. If it shows up, great. If it doesn’t it isn’t going to change the daily order your life is committed to follow.
IF you were going to provide the opportunity for military to actually participate in party processes including conventions and the like, you would have to have a members list. Since Virginia has no registration requirement for party politics, there is no need to maintain such a list just for the military. Your state incumbents set this scheme up, not the citizens of Virginia which includes residents in the military.
Not true. Military personnel could have voted in this convention. None applied.
Or it means that no specific military votes were cast.
Tea Party Establishment? What planet are you on?
Do you understand how conventions work?
Military personnel CAN vote, and express their preference in a myriad of ways. The convention is a method where people elect people who go and vote for people. In my precinct, we know which Republicans are serving away, and make special efforts to ensure that their wishes are expressed and respected.
AND, it is not voting for their elected officials, it is helping their party select a nominee.
And un-Republican? What does that even mean?
Oh wait, your name is disposable, you’re just a troll. Ooops, sorry to have fed you.
Mr. Noble ran a good campaign and came quite close; much closer than many thought he would. I hope it’s a wake up call for Sheriff Chapman to straighten up his act and that of his department. If not, I hope Mr. Noble runs against him again next time and wins. I hope all come together now and work for a conservative constitutional government in Loudoun county and victory against the Dems in November.
Much better to go with cool and level-headed for the person in charge of leading the community in following our meticulously crafted laws. When the campaign scraps clear, it will become obvious that in a close race between two qualified candidates, the wiser heads prevailed.
Or the one who succeeded in persuading the most attending voters. The act of successfully campaigning for a contested nomination does demonstrate a competency under fire.
How quickly you discredit the wisdom of the attending voters.
Nope, not at all. The attending voters, whatever they do, whoever they select, are the representatives of the party. No matter what they do, they are correct. It’s like a jury.
Our party selected the best candidates as our nominees. An infinite combination of factors all contributed to that one clear result.
Attempts to discredit, disclaim, and/or dismiss the results, quite clearly, and quite inappropriately go against…. ‘Conventional’ wisdom.
Is avatar going to reveal his/her identity now or continue to hide?
Four more years! Of agency depression and attrition! Woooo gutted budgets and only one or two deputies a shift! Let’s run this agency in to the ground! Yay Chapman!
Have some class man, if it was such a big deal, your side should have carried the day, but it wasn’t — and your guy moved for acclamation — that means suck it up and honor your candidate’s wishes!
That is always a class move by the defeated candidate, and I’m glad to see both challengers chose to follow that gracious tradition.
You know, I didn’t expect the civility, and ‘afterglow’ — It seems almost ‘unLoudounlike.’
Steve Stockman did the same at the last convention–I think it was the best moment of his campaign, which was also conducted primarily on the internet by bloggers.
He gave a great speech after the votes, and moved to acclaim York, and it was well worthy of the respect of all to see him concede like a gentleman.
Yes, it can seem a bit “un Loudoun”, after the excesses of a campaign.
But there is not only one way to BE Loudoun–it’s a lot more diverse here now, and it was already getting that way when some of the major campaigners were moving in.
I’ve heard from more than one person born here that it disgusts them to see the behavior of people they welcomed in, toward people who come after THEM.
Slowly, but surely, we’re growing up.
My side? No side, wasn’t there. Just know my significant other routinely works by themself patrolling half the county for hours at a time and the current Sheriff and Command could care less. As a voter and a family member that troubles me. Guess the lcrc didn’t feel like listening to the Deputies. It was pretty clear who the line officers supported.
Sour grapes because Chapman cut out the overtime. Peel back the onion and that is what the issue is.
Does he have a plan for staffing? One of these deputies is going to be seriously hurt or killed one night responding to a hot call alone. I’m surprised the voters out west or in Dulles don’t throw a fit about having sometimes zero deputies.
Jeez, go make an appointment and talk to him about it. No leader wants his people hurt. People out west will take care of things if the Sheriff and Deputies have business elsewhere. The police are not guards.
There’s probably lots of issues, and lots of informed and nuanced opinions. Now the Sheriff will realize that some of them are big deals and will act accordingly.
Well that’s not right, and certainly not fair. And I’m not too sure the current Sheriff and Command could care less. Our system works as it does for a reason – I’d bet that the Sheriff and command will now listen because he ALMOST got booted. However, I would suggest taking this offline and fixing through channels.
I’m glad the voters saw it the way I did. I understand Ralph Buona and Mike Chapman prevailed.
Ms. Martin: If you’re for Joe Scallione, please say so. I live in the Ashburn district and met with both candidates prior to this today’s convention. Both would serve the county well. But Ralph Buona’s record, with the challenges facing the county, is strong evidence of how he would continue serving. He deserves to be re-elected.
Chapman won!
So why hasn’t Jeanine updated the page with the results yet?
Up now, bigger question is why was social media so sucky at this convention?
Wow… I don’t know what convention you are at. Noble read his speech… Also, Scalione wasn’t kind or gentle in his speech. The Sheriff actually gave a good speech. This is a very poor piece of writing. I don’t know why this blog is considered a legitimate source of information.
criticizing Jeanine on this blog is fruitless
She’s the editor, why would you think otherwise? How about you add value to the conversation? You got a different POV? Tell us why you call the speeches differently?
No kidding but it is SO easy.
Does criticizing the people who run the Bearing Drift blog bring forth fruit? No, but it will get you banned.
At least Jeanine allows free speech.
Am I right?
I honestly can’t remember why we banned you, so I’ve lifted the ban. Don’t make me regret it. Now stop complaining.
😀
I’m glad to see this, good on you BWS.
Thank you, Mr. Schoeneman.
Because the information is accurate and where in error is quickly corrected. What’s your more accurate blog?
Nobody stood for Noble. You have that wrong and are clearly biased toward Noble.
Chapmans speech contained facts and showed the positive results Loudoun County has seen the last 3 years.
Nobles speech contained few facts and relied on innuendo and fear to attract votes.
Chapman’s speech blew Noble’s out of the water. Positive energy, addressed many topics, frequently interrupted by applause.
Yes, his supporters were more boisterous. His speech was not good.
Chapman’s speech was fabulous. Much better than talking about dead people.
Wooo! Vacancy Savings! He forgot to mention we lost like half those deputies already to failures and quits and the road already has less personnel than it did before! He’s so boned.
So clearly, it was the oratory mad skillz that won and lost at this convention??