The Washington Post reports that Corey Stewart is ruling out a run for Congress next year should Tom Davis step down:
Corey A. Stewart, chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, said today he won’t be a candidate for Congress next year.
Stewart, a Republican who was reelected last week with 55 percent of the vote, has been widely mentioned as a possible U.S. House candidate in the 11th District if Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Fairfax) decides not to seek reelection.
But Stewart said in an interview he has “never liked legislatures” and prefers being board chairman.
So what about a statewide office ? Say, Governor ?
When asked if he would consider a run for governor or lieutenant governor in 2009, Stewart said: “I never want to close any doors and we will see what happens.”
Meanwhile, in an interview with the Examiner, Stewart spoke about what’s on the agenda at the McCoart Building when his new term starts in January:
Prince William County Chairman Corey Stewart crafted his re-election last week around cracking down on illegal immigration, but his plan for the months ahead moves beyond the issue to problems with transportation, regulation, crowding and the county’s shrinking revenue.
In a conversation with The Examiner, Stewart sketched out a broad array of concerns — economic development, open-space preservation, business permitting — that had been pushed to the back burner as supervisors debated the controversial plan to deny a few county services to illegal immigrants and expand the immigration enforcement powers of the local police.
While implementing immigration laws will remain highly visible, Stewart said, “I think where the attention will immediately focus is dealing with the financial crisis that is looming.”
He said he also plans to be more active in Richmond this year, pushing lawmakers to pump more millions into Northern Virginia’s transportation network.
Yea, good luck with that one.
[...] Won’t Seek House Seat Posted on November 13, 2007 by Riley Below The Beltway is reporting that PWC Chairman Corey Stewart will not run for Tom Davis’s congressional seat [...]
The window is closing on the opportunity for Prince William County residents to say no to Dominion Power’s 15-story barreling through Prince William County neighborhoods. All so that Dominion can buy coal-fired power from hundreds of miles to the west and ship it up to New York and New Jersey. Who subsidizes it? YOU, through the devaluation of your property when these monster towers deface views and the community. Sound like something you’d hate? You’ve got less that a month to tell state officials “NO!” log onto http://www.virginiascommitment.org and use the very easy email form to tell the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to disppaorve Dominion Power’s application.
[...] blogs seems to indicate that Stewart, Connaughton, and May probably won’t run. Actually, Stewart said back in November that he would not run for Congress even if Davis stepped down. Tim Hugo is being quiet on his intentions. And as for Jay O’Brien, I don’t really know [...]