Comments on: Mathieson statement on election

By: Don Tabor

Don Tabor — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:39:38 +0000

In Chesapeake, I wrote in NOTA for some of the Constitutional Officers.

None Of The Above is a way to vote, but indicate that none of the candidates was worthy of a vote.

By: pointer

pointer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:10 +0000

Probably Mickey Mouse or some other worthy candidate.

By: vjp

vjp — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:31:28 +0000

No, but the word was that there was depressed turnout for Dems. I think this race shows that wasn’t necessarily the case.

By: Spartucus

Spartucus — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:37:31 +0000

I would like to see Del. Mathieson being a former police officer and “lifelong public servant” push this hard for his former aide be brought to justice.

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:18:08 +0000

Entitlements again?

By: Johnny Longtorso

Johnny Longtorso — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:13:08 +0000

How dare he ask for what he’s entitled to!

By: spotter

spotter — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:01:57 +0000

I would love to know who got those 33 write-in votes.

By: Randy Klear

Randy Klear — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:27:43 +0000

In 2003, when John Welch had opposition and there were no statewide races, 5997 people voted in the 21st district election. In 2005, when Welch was unopposed and there were statewide races, there were 11317 votes cast. For Virginia Beach as a whole, turnout was 44404 in 2003 and 97644 in 2005. Near-double turnout is not unprecedented.

By: Scott Cohen

Scott Cohen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:37:19 +0000

I think people get turned off by the back and forth attacking. This was a heated race and if people were motivated enough to spend time doing a write-in I doubt that they were satisfied with either candidate. I thought both candidate were great. But I did think Mathieson could have done a bit more in his 2 years in the house. In contrast, Bouchard did so much in 2 years. Though I am a Dem, I think Villanueva will be wonderful addition to the House of Delegates.

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:15:43 +0000

The only thing tragic is that the taxpayers will have to pay for Mathieson to keep his campaign going after Election Day.

Sad to see a “lifelong public servant” attack the Electoral Board members and blame his loss on them.

It is nice to see that Villanueva’s involvement in this campaign brought such a better turnout.