“The court-ordered redesign of the district has created a greater threat to his reelection than he’s faced in many years,” said Stephen J. Farnsworth, a University of Mary Washington political scientist. “And this is how many incumbent politicians respond to increased threats. . . . Context is the first casualty of October. As the election draws near, people look for sound bites or sometimes sound half-bites that can be of use.”
Stephen J. Farnsworth, Ph.D.
Political Science professor, focusing on the mass media, the presidency and Virginia politics
