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Legislators introduce repeal of Virginia same-sex marriage ban

Legislators introduce repeal of Virginia same-sex marriage ban

Today, Senator Adam Ebbin (D-30) and Delegate Mark Sickles (D-43) introduced legislation in their respective bodies of the General Assembly to repeal Article I Section 15-A of the Constitution of Virginia and §§ 20-45.2 and 20-45.3 of the Code of Virginia. These sections, all of which have been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States, limit the definition of marriage to…

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Add Del. Mark D. Sickles, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, to the list of candidates seeking the party’s nomination for Northern Virginia congressional seat of retiring Rep. James P. Moran, D-8th.

Sickles, D-Fairfax, announced Monday that he will run for the seat anchored mainly in Alexandria and Arlington County.

“I will bring meaningful federal, state and local experience to a very divided Congress, as well as the ability to work with people across the political spectrum,” he said in a statement.

Sickles, who works for a marine construction company, was elected in 2003 to his House district, which includes Huntington, Franconia, Kingstowne, Hayfield and Lorton. Sickles, 56, said he worked on Moran’s first campaign for Congress in 1990.

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~ Richmond Times-Dispatch

[virginiatowncrier]

Gladys Keating was first elected in 1977 to the House of Delegates and when single member districts were created she had a district drawn for her in southern Fairfax County in the Springfield/Franconia area.  The 43rd district has remained fairly stable in the same area of the county since that time.  Keating became a Committee Chair while Democrats held the majority but as she began to age in office her district saw growth of new neighborhoods around Kingstowne packed full of younger voters that didn't know her as well.  Tom Bolvin challenged Keating in 1995 and came up short, then challenged her again in 1997 and heldKeating to a narrow win.  By 1999 with House control on the line,Bolvin was able to oust Keating, one of two incumbent Democrats to lose that year as the GOP took a 52-47-1 majority.  Four Democrats stepped forward to run against Bolvin, but the other three dropped out in favor of former Fairfax Democratic Committee Chair Mark Sickles who had most of the party establishment endorsements.  Despite that support- and Mark Warner's 22 point win here on top of the ticket in 2001- Bolvin was able to defeatSickles and win re-election.  But in 2003 with lower turnout aiding him, Mark Sickles was able to prevail over Bolvin in the rematch and turn this seat blue again.  Since then, Sickles has easily won contested re-elections in 2005 and 2009 while winning without GOP opposition in 2007 and 2011.  The 43rd after redistricting is very similar to the seat that has existed for the last thirty years since it was created.  After the 2011 elections, Sickles became Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, the #2 position in party leadership.  

Source: Not Larry Sabato