Comments on: Major Developments in the 9th District http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=408 Politics & News from Smyth County, Virginia. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:46:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Jessee Ring http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=408#comment-142704 Jessee Ring Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:22:48 +0000 http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=408#comment-142704 Statement From Jessee Ring – Candidate for the Ninth District Nomination Feb. 25, 2010 On January 31 when I decided to seek the nomination to run for the Ninth Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, I make a commitment to spend the time and effort needed to secure nominated and to then campaign until the November election. Since that time, I have been traveling all around the Ninth District to attend county committee meetings and other events. This experience has been very heartening. It has been a real pleasure to get to know so many more of the good, hard working, patriotic people of the “Fightin’ Ninth”. People are fed up with big government and all that is going on in Washington. People are concerned about jobs, but they see the government pushing a job-killing “cap and tax” scheme. People are concerned about having access to good, high quality, readily available health care, and they see the government pushing a massive take-over that would put bureaucrats in charge. They are concerned about taxes, and they see the government getting ready to raise everyone’s taxes by letting the Bush tax cuts expire. I am proud of my deep, Ninth District Southwest Virginia roots. My high tech career took me across the country and around the world. A few years ago, I returned home to Southwest Virginia, and I will be here for the rest of my life. I look forward to working hard for the good people of my home - the Ninth District. I ask for your support at the Ninth District Convention on May 22. Jessee Ring 540-250-7291 jessee-ring@att.net http://jessee-ring.blogspot.com/ FaceBook Statement From Jessee Ring – Candidate for the Ninth District Nomination
Feb. 25, 2010

On January 31 when I decided to seek the nomination to run for the Ninth Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, I make a commitment to spend the time and effort needed to secure nominated and to then campaign until the November election.
Since that time, I have been traveling all around the Ninth District to attend county committee meetings and other events. This experience has been very heartening. It has been a real pleasure to get to know so many more of the good, hard working, patriotic people of the “Fightin’ Ninth”.
People are fed up with big government and all that is going on in Washington.
People are concerned about jobs, but they see the government pushing a job-killing “cap and tax” scheme. People are concerned about having access to good, high quality, readily available health care, and they see the government pushing a massive take-over that would put bureaucrats in charge. They are concerned about taxes, and they see the government getting ready to raise everyone’s taxes by letting the Bush tax cuts expire.
I am proud of my deep, Ninth District Southwest Virginia roots. My high tech career took me across the country and around the world. A few years ago, I returned home to Southwest Virginia, and I will be here for the rest of my life.
I look forward to working hard for the good people of my home - the Ninth District. I ask for your support at the Ninth District Convention on May 22.

Jessee Ring
540-250-7291
jessee-ring@att.net
http://jessee-ring.blogspot.com/
FaceBook

]]> By: Jen http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=408#comment-142558 Jen Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:30:07 +0000 http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=408#comment-142558 Biographies for Jessee Ring, Adam Light, and David Moore are posted at http://www.swvapost.com. Both Ring and Light have ties to coal. I'll be happy to post bios for William Carr, Brandon Roop, and any other contenders if they'll contact me via the site. There's also an Independent in the race, Jeremiah Heaton: http://www.heatonforcongress.com/index.php Godspeed to all the candidates. Southwest Virginia needs a real voice in Washington. Biographies for Jessee Ring, Adam Light, and David Moore
are posted at http://www.swvapost.com. Both Ring and Light have ties
to coal. I’ll be happy to post bios for William Carr, Brandon Roop, and any other contenders if they’ll contact me via the site.

There’s also an Independent in the race, Jeremiah Heaton:
http://www.heatonforcongress.com/index.php

Godspeed to all the candidates. Southwest Virginia needs a real voice in Washington.

]]> By: Greg http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=408#comment-142533 Greg Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:14:46 +0000 http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=408#comment-142533 FWIW, it is not a quirk in Virginia law that allows you to run in any district. It's in the Constitution and applies to every state. The Constitution provides only a couple requirements for eligibility. One of them is residency in the state, not the district. The US Supreme Court has consistently held that states can apply no additional requirements. While it's pretty rare, it does happen periodically where a non-district resident runs. No one talked about it much but Hoffman who ran in NY-23 was not a resident of NY-23. Anyway, just wanted to clear that up. FWIW, it is not a quirk in Virginia law that allows you to run in any district. It’s in the Constitution and applies to every state. The Constitution provides only a couple requirements for eligibility. One of them is residency in the state, not the district. The US Supreme Court has consistently held that states can apply no additional requirements. While it’s pretty rare, it does happen periodically where a non-district resident runs. No one talked about it much but Hoffman who ran in NY-23 was not a resident of NY-23. Anyway, just wanted to clear that up.

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