Trammell tries to find his place in 7th District race.
Deeply embedded in the Republican heartland of Louisa County lies Mineral, a town of less than 500. U.S. 522, the main throughway parting the community, is checkered with farms and dotted with yard signs signaling support for Republican candidates.
But just north off the rural subdivision of Apple Grove, two Democratic signs guard an unpaved dust road leading back to a small, late 1890s farmhouse — the home of Jack Trammell, the party’s candidate for the 7th District congressional seat formerly held by Eric Cantor.
One could call Trammell a political outsider in his community. But being a Democrat living among Republicans isn’t as challenging as one might think, Trammell says.
“It actually doesn’t bother me at all,” he said in a recent interview over breakfast at his home. “Those signs, they generally only come up a month or so before elections. The rest of the time, people don’t really talk too much politics.
“Around here, you can’t pick and choose who you want or don’t want to be involved with. It’s a small community, and everybody has to be engaged with everybody. It’s that kind of place,” he said.
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