Below The Beltway

Too Conservative compiles an interesting list of winners and losers from last weekend’s Republican convention in Richmond.
Here are a few of the more interesting ones, starting with a winner:
Democrats
Particularly Mark Warner. It’s not like Warner really needed a split GOP in order to cruise to victory, but his opponent winning with only 50.2% of the [...]

He won’t be at the Republican Convention this weekend, but that doesn’t mean Tom Davis is keeping quiet:
Rep. Thomas M. Davis III, R-11th, who once hoped to be the Republican nominee for Senate, will not attend this weekend’s nominating convention in Richmond.
Davis, 59, says it’s not a jab at anyone, noting, “I’ve got work [...]

Because he sometimes seemed to care more about people he didn’t represent than people he did:
He is a seven-term U.S. representative and a prominent Republican, but Tom Davis hasn’t forgotten what it was like to grow up as one of five children in a struggling family, with a father serving time in prison.
“We had no [...]

Virginia Congressman Tom Davis announced today that he will retire from Congress at the end of the year:
U.S. Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) said today he will retire from Congress at the end of the year, bringing to a close a 14-year stint in the House of Representatives during which he rose rapidly through [...]

The Washington Times is reporting that Congressman Tom Davis will announce his retirement from Congress today:
Virginia Rep. Tom Davis today is announcing his retirement from Congress, The Washington Times has learned.
The Republican lawmaker broke the news to his staff this morning and is expected to make the announcement soon, a top Republican aide said.
Not entirely [...]

The Washington Examiner is reporting today that Congressman Tom Davis will announce his retirement this week:
WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Influential Northern Virginia Rep. Tom Davis will announce his retirement from Congress this week, multiple political sources told The Examiner Monday.
Davis has decided not to seek an eighth term in office, five sources with ties to [...]

Congressional Quarterly has a fairly good article taking a look at the state of the 11th District and what might happen if Tom Davis decided not to run:
Whether Davis decides to forge on in 2008 is no small matter to campaign officials in both national parties. Davis — a master strategist who headed his party’s [...]

The Washington Post has a story this morning on what Tuesday’s elections means for Northern Virginia GOP Power Couple — Tom and Jeannemarie:
Theirs is a partnership of politics and ambition that formed a decade ago and grew into something more.
He was a powerful congressman. She was a fledgling state candidate with promise. A master politician [...]

Leslie Byrne was the first person to represent Virginia’s 11th District when the seat was created after the 1990 election. She won in 1992, thanks largely to a strong anti-Republican mood, and lost in 1994 to Tom Davis.
Now she want’s back in Congress:
Democrat Leslie L. Byrne, the first woman to represent Virginia in Congress, said [...]

Reports that Cong. Tom Davis has given his wife $ 400,000 from his Congressional re-election campaign are fueling speculation that he may not run for re-election in 2008:
Washington DC (Map, News) - Rep. Tom Davis poured nearly $400,000 into his wife’s bid for a second state Senate term from his congressional re-election campaign last month, [...]