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Corey Stewart, the firebrand Virginia Republican, will leave politics in December
Source: Washington Post
Corey Stewart, the firebrand Virginia Republican, will leave politics in December
By Antonio Olivo January 8 at 12:24 PM
Corey A. Stewart, the Republican firebrand whose fights to crack down on illegal immigration and preserve Confederate monuments reflected the nation’s increasingly polarized political landscape, is calling it quits after 15 years on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.
In an interview, Stewart, 50, said he will not seek a fourth term as board chairman this year and is leaving politics “for the foreseeable future” to focus on his international trade law practice and the business ambitions of his wife, Maria.
Citing his 16-point loss to Sen. Tim Kaine (D) in November midterm elections in which Virginia Republicans also lost three U.S. House seats, Stewart said his departure from state politics will last “until and unless the Commonwealth is ready for my views on things, and that’s not right now, clearly.”
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An acolyte of President Trump, Stewart embraced a bombastic, often caustic, populist style that attracted right-wing extremists while driving away moderate members of the GOP, whom he once likened to toilet paper.
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By Antonio Olivo January 8 at 12:24 PM
Corey A. Stewart, the Republican firebrand whose fights to crack down on illegal immigration and preserve Confederate monuments reflected the nation’s increasingly polarized political landscape, is calling it quits after 15 years on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.
In an interview, Stewart, 50, said he will not seek a fourth term as board chairman this year and is leaving politics “for the foreseeable future” to focus on his international trade law practice and the business ambitions of his wife, Maria.
Citing his 16-point loss to Sen. Tim Kaine (D) in November midterm elections in which Virginia Republicans also lost three U.S. House seats, Stewart said his departure from state politics will last “until and unless the Commonwealth is ready for my views on things, and that’s not right now, clearly.”
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An acolyte of President Trump, Stewart embraced a bombastic, often caustic, populist style that attracted right-wing extremists while driving away moderate members of the GOP, whom he once likened to toilet paper.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/corey-stewart-the-firebrand-virginia-republican-will-leave-politics-in-december/2018/12/27/71f08a3c-04b0-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html
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