Virginia's June 9 primary election has produced two favorable candidates for governor and lieutenant governor for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Democrat Creigh Deeds and Jody Wagner.
The two will face-off in November's General Election with Republican Robert F. McDonnell for governor and Republican Bill Bolling for lieutenant governor. Virginia space politics has achieved a new level of political disussion never before realized in the state. It will be interesting to hear what Deeds-McDonnell say about space and the Wallops Island launch pad from this point. The election is Nov. 3rd.
Both Deeds and McDonnell have been outspoken in support of the Virginia commercial spaceport with Deeds pledging to fund more of the spaceport operations while Jody Wagner, Governor Kaine's former Secretary of Finance played a key role in putting together the bonding package for the location of Orbital Sciences Corporation to launch from Wallops Island, VA. earlier this year and the year before.
Bolling, on the other hand, has neglected participation in the Aerospace States Association as Virginia's incumbent lieutenant governor. The lack of aerospace advocacy by the incumbent has resulted in a measure of concern among Virginia aerospace interests as competition for a space business future heats among the states.
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