General Assembly Briefs for Feb. 24

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:01 a.m.
The nine-term delegate confirmed his plans yesterday in a news release touting support for his candidacy from fellow legislative Republicans. The release was sent to reporters on letterhead that read “Morgan Griffith for Congress.“ He is the first Republican to express interest in the race so clearly. The 51-year-old lawyer lives in the 6th District, just a few feet outside the boundary of Boucher’s 9th District, a mountainous, coal-country swing district. Virginia law requires only that a U.S. House candidate be a resident of the state, not the district.


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