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Davis of Virginia contributed $3,000 last Dec. 16 to Judy Smith

Why could Davis do this? Just curious...

[ltlflwr]

Why could Davis do this? Just curious...

That's a good question. I've searched everywhere for his explanation but haven't found it yet. His spokesperson declined to comment as of this article's date.

[rightwing2]

Why could Davis do this? Just curious...

The truth is that my Congressman Tom Davis has a very long history of endorsing Democrap candidates, campaigning for them and contributing to their campaigns. The worst incidence of this was when he endorsed, contributed to and campaigned against the Democrap candidate for Lt. Governor (by the name of Beyer I believe) in 1993, who subsequently won and ran against Gilmore for Governor in 1997. Davis later worked to encourage a third party candidate to defeat Ollie North for Senate in 1994 resulting in the re-election of Chuckie Robb to the US Senate. I raised these concerns about Davis' appointment to be HRCC chair with House Majority Leader Dick Armey at a meeting at Congress in July 1999. Armey assured me that Davis did not have the final say in HRCC contributions so he could not give any HRCC money to liberal pro-abortion Republican primary and general election House candidates without the prior approval of the House GOP leadership.

[Rensselaer]

"Why could Davis do this?"

After losing the primary, Judy Smith endorsed the Republican in the general election. She is an African-American, former state legislator. She has a variety of debts left over from her campaign.

I'm sure Davis is trying to create a Republican. It's not a bad move - Smith is conservative on social issues. This is an effort to increase GOP presence in the African-American community, and perhaps gain a credible candidate for the future.