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An article in the Loudoun Times discusses Vern McKinley’s challenge to Frank Wolf in Virginia’s 10th District.

McKinley is firmly against the federal government contributing money to the Metrorail extension out to Loudoun. The main reason, he said, is that voters need to get away from thinking of members of Congress as “ATM machines and Santa Clause.”

“Your oath as a congressman,” he said, “is not to get as much money for your district as possible.”

Read the full article at the Loudoun Times.

 

 

Contact: Brad Jansen

703-470-5042

vern@mckinleyforcongress.com
Congressman Wolf of the 10^th Congressional District of Virginia received a C-, or 44 on a scale of 100, on the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) 2007 annual rating for members of Congress which was released earlier this month. The NTU rating is the most broad-based assessment of member voting records on fiscal and regulatory issues as the index assimilates 427 recorded votes in the House.

Congressman Wolf’s rating has seen a steady decline since it reached a peak of 80 in 1995 in the aftermath of the Contract with America and the Republican takeover of Congress and is now at its lowest point since the rating was created in 1992. Of the eight Republicans representing Virginia in the House, Congressman Wolf was dead last by far. Representative Cantor led the group with an A rating of 87. After being summarily defeated and losing their majority in the 2006 elections, Republican members improved their NTU rating from 60 in 2006 to 69 in 2007.

Vern McKinley is the Republican challenger to Congressman Wolf in the 10^th Congressional District, which stretches from McLean to Winchester. “When you have an independent body review over 400 votes to come up with a rating on fiscal and regulatory responsibility, and a representative’s score is so embarrassingly low, it is a clear indication of how much Congressman Wolf has drifted since he was a signer of the Contract with America. If elected, it would be my goal to get an A rating each and every year from the NTU,” stated McKinley. Other taxpayer watchdogs have given Congressman Wolf similar poor grades: Citizens against Government Waste (20); and Club for Growth (36). “The Winchester Star, a prominent newspaper in the 10^th District, had it right when they called the Congressman a tax-and-spend Republican,” McKinley concluded.

To learn more about the McKinley for Congress campaign, please visit www.McKinleyforCongress.com.

The Great Falls Connection reported on Virginia’s 10th Congressional District candidate fund raising last week.

U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) and Democratic challenger Judy Feder raised nearly the same amount of money and significantly more than their primary opponents during the first three months of 2008.

Wolf has $715,358 headed into a primary against Ashburn Republican Vern McKinley, who has raised $18,325 overall. Feder has $700,046 to face Air Force veteran Mike Turner, who has raised $82,193 overall, in the Democratic primary.

Both contests take place June 10 and will determine the major political party candidates for Virginia’s 10th

Congressional District seat. Independent candidate Neeraj Nigam, who has raised $150, is also running in the general election.

Candidates emphasized fund raising to different degrees depending on their own success.

McKinley said he wasn’t surprised by the relatively small amount of money he raised, especially since he is challenging an incumbent in a primary.

“That is the result of running against a 28-year incumbent. It is going to be a challenge. I looked at Congressman Wolf’s records and he only raised $10,000 to $15,000 during his first campaign,” said McKinley, who expects to collect about $50,000 overall.

Read the full article.

In a recent issue of the American Conservative Vern McKinley is mentioned in an article by Daniel McCarthy called, “The Ron Paul Evolution.” The article is mostly about the positive forces for liberty stemming from the Ron Paul Presidential campaign.

They are just the beginning. In North Carolina, engineer and physician B.J. Lawson is running as a Ron Paul Republican in the 4th congressional district. In Virginia, Paul supporter Vern McKinley is challenging 14-term incumbent Republican Frank Wolf in the 10th congressional district, while next door in the eighth district, Amit Singh is fighting for the GOP nomination to take on Democrat Jim Moran in November.

Read the entire article here.

Vern McKinley is interviewed by Al Korelin of the Korelin Economics Report. Central Banks, monetary policy, and fiscal policy are covered in the short but interesting interview.

Listen to the interview.

Vern McKinley’s interview with The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter is now available online. The subject matter is economics, specifically, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, the housing “bubble”, central banks, credit regulation, and bankruptcy are covered.

Read the interview at The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter.

Tomorrow the McKinley campaign takes delivery of a new slimjim (palm card) for getting the word out about Vern McKinley. The card has some short biographical information on the front. There is a list of positions where Vern and Frank Wolf differ located on the back of the card. These should start appearing around the 10th District and beyond starting this weekend. See the “proof” images for both sides below (click each image for a larger view).

A couple promotional videos for the Mayday McKinley grassroots originated money bomb have been discovered on YouTube. Watch them below.

Vern McKinley was mentioned in the Winchester Star yesterday. The article mentioned the successful effort to get on the ballot in opposition to Frank Wolf.

Through McKinley’s Web site, www.mckinleyforcongress.com, the candidate has informed voters that he has met the threshold that requires 1,000 signatures of qualified voters in the 10th Congressional District to get on the primary ballot.

According to the McKinley campaign, the general registrar for Loudoun County certified that he had met that requirement.

Also interesting, the article describes yet another Frank Wolf ‘yes’ vote to take money out of tax payers pockets for the greater good.

For more details read the full article at The Winchester Star.

The blogger at apocryph.org has taken positive notice of Vern McKinley’s campaign and has some harsh criticism of Frank Wolf.

A while back I mentioned Vern McKinley’s 10th district congressional bid. He’s gathered enough signatures to make it on the ballot for the Republican primary, and is gearing up to fight the Feckless Wonder, congressman Frank Wolf, with whom I am not amused.

If you would like to see Frank Wolf turned out and replaced with a small-government, go-to-hell-I’m-keeping-my-guns Republican, contribute to Vern McKinley for Congress. I just did. Even Dick Heller of Heller vs. DC fame is supporting him.

Also, check out his earlier posts criticizing Wolf:

• Another Reason To Get Rid Of Rep. Wolf
• Way To Go, Frank

The first article above articulates one of the very reasons Vern McKinley is running against Wolf: Wolf’s support of wasteful government programs. Vern understands the necessity for true conservative limited government, especially at a time when the economy is suffering as it is today.

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