2010 Virginia's 8th congressional district election

none September 2023 Virginia's 8th congressional district election, 2010 Virginia Presidential no 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 8 2008 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 8 2012 November 2, 2010 File:James Moran Official Congressional Portrait (cropped).jpg Jim Moran Democratic Party (United States) 116,293 61.01% File:3x4.svg Jay Patrick Murray Republican Party (United States) 71,108 37.31% VA-8th District-109.gif 330px Virginia's 8th congressional district Representative Jim Moran Democratic Party (United States) Jim Moran Democratic Party (United States) Virginia's 8th congressional district election, 2010 was an election held to determine who would represent Virginia's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives during the 112th Congress. The seat contested is located in Northern Virginia, and includes part of Fairfax County, the city of Alexandria, and all of Arlington County. Since 1990, the 8th district had been represented by 10-term Democratic incumbent Jim Moran.Moran Claims Victory, Tells Backers 'A Difficult 2 Years Lie Ahead' Nicholas Benton Falls Church News-Press November 2, 2010 http://www.fcnp.com/news/7692-moran-claims-victory-tells-backers-a-difficult-2-years-lie-ahead/ Background 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 8 thumb|Campaign signs The district is represented currently by Jim Moran, a former mayor of Alexandria and Democrat, who won the 8th congressional district in 1990 and has been reelected in every election since. The district usually favors Democratic candidates. In the 2000 presidential election, the district was won by Democrat Al Gore. In the 2004 presidential election, it was won by Democrat John Kerry. In the 2008 presidential election, it was won by Democrat Barack Obama. Moran has defeated every Republican challenger in large victories. One Democrat, Ronald Mitchell, filed to challenge Moran for the Democratic nomination and raised over $9,000,FEC Records -- Ronald MitchellAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes but failed to collect the minimum number of signatures required to be placed on the ballothttp://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/04/16/arlington/news/nw175c.txt https://archive.today/20130222075101/http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/04/16/arlington/news/nw175c.txt dead February 22, 2013 In the 8th, GOP Primary Is a Go, Democratic One Is a No McCaffrey Scott April 16, 2010 The Arlington Sun Gazette April 16, 2010 and Moran was nominated.Democrats Choose Three For Fairfax Congressional Races http://fairfaxdemocrats.org/?p=2587 Fairfax County Democratic Committee June 6, 2010 The Republican Party nomination was contested by attorney and former Federal Communications Commission general counsel Matthew Berry and retired U.S. Army Colonel Patrick Murray.Trompeter Brian At Convention, 8th District Republican Contenders Take Aim at Moran http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/05/25/arlington/news/nw131a.txt https://archive.today/20130112085942/http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/05/25/arlington/news/nw131a.txt dead January 12, 2013 June 5, 2010 The Arlington Sun Gazette May 25, 2010 Several other candidates had announced their intent to run, including 2008 nominee Mark Ellmore, but they all dropped out at different times, leaving the race to Berry and Murray. Murray narrowly won the June 8th Republican primary by a margin of 52%-48%.https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/3429C052-221D-420E-B117-AB75E2FD4894/Unofficial/6_s.shtml Virginia State Board of Elections Results -- June 8, 2010 Primaries July 21, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100722224103/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/3429C052-221D-420E-B117-AB75E2FD4894/Unofficial/6_s.shtml July 22, 2010 dead mdy-all Fimian, Murray Take Va. GOP Nominations Lewis, Bob Stabley, Matthew WRC-TV June 8, 2010 http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/Fimian-Murray-Take-GOP-Nominations-in-Virginia-95916204.html Independent Green candidate and retired U.S. Navy Captain Ron Fisher was also on the ballot in 2010.Schumitz Kali Republicans vie for chance to unseat Moran in election http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/story.php?id=1529 June 6, 2010 The Fairfax Times May 19, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100524122612/http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/story.php?id=1529 May 24, 2010 dead He took two percent of the popular vote in 2008, and received 2,700 (1.41%) in 2010.https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/EB24720D-F5C6-4880-8DC5-12AE4D0C3772/Unofficial/6_s.shtml November 2, 2010 General and Special Elections Unofficial Results 2010-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20101103170939/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/EB24720D-F5C6-4880-8DC5-12AE4D0C3772/Unofficial/6_s.shtml November 3, 2010 dead mdy-all Candidates Democratic nomination Jim Moran, 10-term incumbent U.S. Representative Ronald Mitchell, failed to collect enough signatures to force a primary with Moran. Republican nomination Matthew Berry, attorney and former general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission. Patrick Murray, retired U.S. Army Colonel. Mark Ellmore, the Republican nominee in 2008, announced in November 2009 that he would challenge Moran again. He dropped out of the race in March 2010 and supported Murray.http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/03/07/arlington/news/nw221b.txt https://archive.today/20130222115553/http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/03/07/arlington/news/nw221b.txt dead February 22, 2013 Ellmore Out of Hunt in 8th District GOP Race March 7, 2010 The Arlington Sun Gazette March 25, 2010 Laurence Socci, dropped out of the race prior to the April filing deadline and supported Berry. Will Radle, left the race before the April 9 filing deadline. Briefly considered running as an Independent, before supporting Murray.McCaffrey Scott 5 Republicans Now in Running to Challenge Rep. Moran http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/01/26/arlington/news/nw276.txt https://archive.today/20130222085324/http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/01/26/arlington/news/nw276.txt dead February 22, 2013 June 6, 2010 The Arlington Sun Gazette January 26, 2010 Results Republican Primary results https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/3429C052-221D-420E-B117-AB75E2FD4894/Unofficial/6_s.shtml 2010 June Republican Primary Unofficial Results June 17, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100722224103/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/3429C052-221D-420E-B117-AB75E2FD4894/Unofficial/6_s.shtml July 22, 2010 dead mdy-all J. Patrick Murray Republican Party (United States) 7,136 51.74 Matthew B. Berry Republican Party (United States) 6,654 48.25 13,790 100 Polling Source Dates Administered Jim Moran (D) Patrick Murray (R) Undecided/OtherPollster unavailable, results via the Washington PostPollster unavailable, results via the Washington Post October 2010 58% 31% 11%McLaughlin & AssociatesMcLaughlin & Associates September 2010 45% 32% 23% General election Campaign The 8th district election received national attention in October 2010 because of remarks Moran made at a meeting of the Arlington County Democratic Committee on October 6, 2010: What [Republicans] do is find candidates, usually stealth candidates, that haven't been in office, haven't served or performed in any kind of public service. My opponent is typical, frankly. Moran defended his performance as a member of congress, saying in an interview with The Washington Post that "The message is that our unemployment rate is half what it is in the rest of the country. We've been judged the best place to ride out the recession... We have the strongest economy in the country, so we don't want to do a whole lot different than what we've been doing." He also attacked his opponent's views on social issues; saying that Murray's opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage was "out of the mainstream in Northern Virginia".Pershing Ben Moran won't stray from winning ways https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/17/AR2010101703492_3.html November 8, 2010 The Washington Post October 18, 2010 Fundraising Candidate (Party) Receipts Disbursements Cash On Hand DebtJim Moran (D) $1,312,117 $1,376,173 $424,891 $0Patrick Murray (R) $446,468 $442,922 $3,546 $45,000 Source: Federal Election Commissionhttp://fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/HSRefreshCandList.do?category=disH&stateName=VA&congressId=08&election_yr=2010 2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for Virginia fec.gov February 15, 2011 August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Results Virginia's 8th congressional district election, 2010 Democratic Party (United States) Jim Moran 116,293 61.0 Republican Party (United States) Patrick Murray 71,108 37.3 Independent Greens of Virginia J. Ron Fisher 2,704 1.4 Other Write-in candidates 492 0.2 233,368 100 233,368 of 476,011 49.0 Democratic Party (US) Republican Party (US) Moran easily won reelection on November 2, 2010; despite Republicans taking over the House of Representatives and several other Virginia Democratic incumbents losing their races. In his victory speech Moran said that "The politics of divisiveness and fear have gained ground on hope. We can make no mistake: the next two years are going to be very difficult". Moran also took a few final jabs at his defeated opponent, saying that the combined "lack of civic engagement" and "extremist Tea Party views" doomed Murray's candidacy. Patrick Murray left open the possibility of another run in his concession speech: "We fought the best fight that's ever been fought in a very tough district, I think what we have here is a huge movement. So what we did is built a foundation, and we'll be back." References External links Virginia Politics VA - District 8 from OurCampaigns.com https://archive.today/20130119182448/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=district-2010-VA-08 Race ranking and details el from CQ Politics Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets Jim Moran's Record Official campaign sites Jim Moran for U.S. Congress (D) Patrick Murray for U.S. Congress (R) 2010 08 Virginia 08 United States House of Representatives 08 Virginia 2010 08