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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA sudden and very sad fall from political power - Matthew Geary found dead in apparent suicide
Prominent attorney Matthew P. Geary, whose candidacy for Henrico County's chief prosecutor rattled the establishment but ended in defeat two months ago, was found dead Sunday of what police said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Geary, 42, was found by family members, who notified police about 1 p.m. Sunday. Henrico authorities said Geary had moved into a home in the 2200 block of Lauderdale Drive in western Henrico on Saturday with the help of his parents and siblings.
Geary's campaign ran into trouble after a highly orchestrated attack on his character by Republican leaders, including U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-7th. The leaders revealed that Geary had engaged in an affair with a married woman in recent years.
The Janis-Geary battle split the Republican ticket, although Janis was obligated to run as an independent. The split helped usher in Taylor as the first woman in county history to win the commonwealth's attorney's post and the first Democrat to win it in some 20 years.
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/local-news/2012/jan/30/tdmain01-lawyer-matthew-geary-found-dead-in-henric-ar-1649089/
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A sudden and very sad fall from political power - Matthew Geary found dead in apparent suicide (Original Post)
underpants
Jan 2012
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. more blood on cantor's hands
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)2. Horrible.. Just horrible....
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)3. Cantor is an evil ghoul
".. highly orchestrated attack on his character by Republican leaders, including U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-7th. The leaders revealed that Geary had engaged in an affair with a married woman in recent years.
Geary fully admitted to the affair but said it had ended, yet political opponents used the relationship to question Geary's judgment and responsibility."
Logical
(22,457 posts)4. Politics is a dirty business. But killing yourself is a sign of mental illness.
Poiuyt
(18,122 posts)5. And these are the same people who would love to have Newt Gingrich as their president