Jun

8

Vern McKinley Appears On “The Road To” On Fairfax Public Access TV [Video]

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Vern McKinley appeared on Fairfax Public Access TV yesterday on a show called “The Road To” with Jim Flynn. The video embedded below is about an hour long. Note: Judy Feder also appears.

Jun

8

Washington Post Reports on the Tuesday Primaries in Virginia

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Vern McKinley is mentioned in a Washington Post article about the primaries in Virginia on Tuesday.

For the first time since 1980, Wolf also is facing a challenge from within the GOP, from financial consultant Vern P. McKinley. McKinley said his experience working for U.S. and foreign governments and free-market think tanks qualifies him for office. He has accused Wolf of being a “big-government Republican” who has abandoned his conservative roots during his long time in office.

Read the full article here.

Jun

6

Vern McKinley’s Vote Smart Quiz Answers Now Publicly Available

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Vern McKinley is the first Republican candidate in Virginia to make his Project Vote Smart Political Courage Test answers publicly available. If you had or have any questions about where Vern stands on a particular issue this is a great place to start your research. It includes his views on abortion, capital punishment, taxes, spending, regulation, gun rights, and more. Two general themes can be discerned from his answers: Follow the Constitution and limit the size and scope of the federal government.

View Vern McKinley’s Political Courage Test answers here.

Jun

5

Loudoun Easterner: 10th District, Meet The Candidates

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The Loudoun Easterner published an article outlining the positions of the candidates competing in Virginia’s 10th congressional district race. The primary is next Tuesday, June 10th. The Vern McKinley section certainly makes a strong case for his truly limited government candidacy.

During the 1980’s and ‘90’s McKinley worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Resolution Trust Corporation and the Treasury Department’s Office of Thrift Supervision, and attended the law school at George Washington University. He also conducted policy analysis for the CATO Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. During the past eight years, he has worked as a legal and policy advisor on financial and fiscal matters to governmental entities in the United States and several foreign countries including China, Nigeria, the Philippines, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Kenya, Libya, Serbia, Kosovo and Tajikistan according to his campaign press secretary Michael Parrish.

His main issue thus far in his campaign has involved government spending and “earmarks,” a practice he would like to see “vanish.” He seeks to reduce government spending “dramatically.”
McKinley reportedly is “angry” with Wolf and other Republicans whom he views as having “stayed away from Republican principles of small government.” In addition he is a defender of Second Amendment rights to bear arms and has earned a 100 percent rating from the Virginia Gun Owners Coalition.

For more information on McKinley, visit his campaign website at www.mckinleyforcongress.com.

DON’T FORGET TO VOTE VERN ON JUNE 10th (Next Tuesday).

Read the full article at the Loudoun Easterner web site.

Jun

1

Vern McKinley, Judy Feder, and Mike Turner Debate on WAMU [Audio]

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Frank Wolf didn’t show up (as expected) for the WAMU NPR Radio debate last Friday, but the other 3 candidates vying for the pleasure of representing Virginia’s 10th District in Congress did.
Listen to the debate audio here (mp3)