Sen. Edd Houck, who is facing his eighth contested bid for re-election to the state Senate, told supporters at the Lake of the Woods Clubhouse Sept. 21 that the stakes are higher than ever this time around.
The reasons? First the Democratic majority in the Senate is at stake. Second, Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell would like to see a GOP sweep to bolster his ambitions for higher office.
“We’ve got a fight on our hands,” Sen. Houck, told friends and supporters at a reception organized by Friends of Sen. Houck and attended by many members of the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club.
Sen. Houck described himself as “the kind of guy who sees this thing as a job,” citing his willingness to support any initiative that is in the interest of Virginia’s citizens, without regard to party. In fact, it is his long record of non-partisanship that makes the negative campaign mounted by his Tea Party opponent so misguided, he said.
A slide show of photographs taken at the LOW reception are available on this web site.