Woodbridge, Va. –– Governor Robert F. McDonnell came to Woodbridge on Saturday to help launch the campaign of a fellow Republican.
Richard Anderson (R-51) is vying to return to Virginia’s House of Delegates this fall and invited McDonnell to Appliance Connection on Prince William Parkway to speak on his behalf.
“The Republican Party is alive and well in Prince William County. I think back to the election in 2005, when I was running for attorney general, and I just squeaked by with 364 votes and Prince William helped us win. We had a similar situation in the last campaign in 2009,” said McDonnell.
It was a morning filled with talk of reducing the size of government and spending, growing the economy, lowering taxes and having faith in god –– principals Anderson said he also believes in.
“When I was going to leave the Air Force after 31 years, I was thinking about going into the aerospace defense and work in the private sector. But I turned down all offers and traded military service for public service,” said Anderson. “I took a look at my revenues and my budget, I cut them in half just like any good government should do.”
Anderson retired after 30 years in the Air Force and won his House seat in 2009.
This year in the state legislature, he saw several of his bills signed into law including a bill that closed a loophole in a older law requiring all drivers in the state to stop for school buses and a bill that requires contractors doing business with the state to submit to a federal immigration background check.
Anderson lives with his wife, Ruth, in Woodbridge and currently has no one running against him for the seat.
Appliance Connection is owned and operated by Marty Nohe, a Republican on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors.
