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In reply to the discussion: Brat's 23 yr. old campaign manager deleted/privatized his rant filled FB account [View all]underpants
(196,562 posts)Cantor was the representative of Western Henrico county. The money came from tobacco (Universal Corp.) as it was with Bliley who picked Cantor from his staff.
Henrico county has flipped completely from W at 54% to Obama in '08 and '12 at 54%. Western Henrico was a stronghold for Repubs but it isn't anymore (3rd buyers of homes and apartments). Eastern Henrico has exploded since I moved here 20 years ago. Black middle class.
The 7th reaches down along the old plantations to the east but stops short of Williamsburg (William & Mary - educated types) and to the west it stops short "cups" around Charlottesville (UVa - educated types) reaches down into Chesterfield (RED) and the masses in the hinterland (Fox News believers) to the west make up the rest.
On the Kaine campaign we hit one specific cross road hard and it paid off.