Guardian profile on Dr. Cameron Webb, candidate for Congress (Virginia-5th)

[Tanuki]

(His opponent will be the former Liberty University athletic durector).


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/29/cameron-webb-obama-history-congress-virignia

..."Last week, the 37-year-old internal medicine physician won the Democratic primary election in Virginia’s fifth congressional district. He beat three rivals and earned an impressive two-thirds of the vote, garnering praise from California Senator Kamala Harris.

If Webb defeats his Trump-supporting Republican opponent in November’s election, he will be the first black physician to vote in Congress.
.. .
Webb said his work had always been at the intersection of healthcare and social justice, which is what prompted his venture into politics. He said he looks at healthcare in the United States through his lens as a physician – not through the lens of a politician.
.. ..
"I define myself as someone who is driven by data and evidence and best practices. As clinicians, that’s how we solve problems,” Webb said. “I am just passionate about equity and justice. That drives my policy positions. That’s a progressive notion in our country and it shouldn’t be. It should just be the American dream.”...(more)

[gratuitous]

1. He polled two-thirds of the vote in a four-way primary?

Dang.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Webb's web site ...

https://www.drcameronwebb.com/

[bottomofthehill]

3. Amazing Bio for a young man. THis is just the education part....WOW

After graduating from UVA and getting his medical and law degrees, Cameron was tapped by President Obama for the White House Fellowship. He served on the White House Health Care Team and also worked on President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative, where he helped tackle issues in education, workforce development and criminal justice reform.

[crickets]

4. Webb would make a great representative for Virginia.

He has both a law degree and a medical degree. Smart, young, already familiar with Washington politics--I hope he wins.

[albacore]

5. I see these young guys... and women... (Katie Porter comes to mind)...

..and I think what great Senators and Presidents they would make.

One problem: Even after trump is gone, those mental-midget minions of his will stil be with us. How can we hope to bring them into the world where people like Porter and Webb are valued and not scorned?