Effective February 4. Special election to fill out the rest of his term to take place in late Feb./early March.
I’m sorry, but anyone who knew Gerald knew that he was messed up. His brains were scrambled. I was his legislative assistant in 2007-2008, and it was obvious to all. I salute his military service and the obvious physical sacrifices he made, but this still stinks to me.
Pete & Val made sure that he would not leave the General Assembly until after the maps had been drawn which got rid of his district.
How could this PTSD have gone undiagnosed for so long? Only way that I can envision it is if he never sought a diagnosis.
Anyway, this could create an interesting situation. A significant portion of what is currently RD 4 will be absorbed into RD 12, currently represented by Krista Griffith, who has never had any portion of Wilmington in her district before. Will the committee support a ‘caretaker’ nominee, who pledges not to seek reelection, or will they nominate someone who would be a strong primary challenger to Griffith? There will be no primary for this special election, the party committees will choose the candidates. (Please–Anybody but Sean Barney!)
Names, pipples, I want names!