Representative Thelma Drake is from the 2nd District of Virginia. Drake is a member of the Republican Party. Thelma Drake serves on three Congressional committees. You can reach his office in DC at telephone number 225-4215.
While I no longer live in the 2 nd Virginia Congressional District, I have actively promoted Glenn Nye several times on this blog and attended fund raising events for him. Somewhat surprisingly, the Virginian Pilot has endorsed Glenn rather than incumbent Congresswoman, Thelma Drake who received the Pilot's endorsement two years ago. Not only is Glenn right on the issues that impact gay rights, he will also be a breath of fresh air compared to Thelma Drake who has typically voted in lock... Read Full Story
UPDATE: Apparently Thelma and Karl will have some company on Friday. I received this blast e-mail via a Democrat site:* Mock Trial of Karl Rove to be held at Virginia Beach Town Center FountainFriday, July 18, 2008 11:30 a.m. Mock Trial of Karl Rove to be held at Virginia Beach Town Center FountainFriday, July 18, 200811:30 a.m. Local concerned citizens are staging a mock trial of Karl Rove in front ofRuth's Chris Restaurant where he will be hosting a fundraiser forCongresswoman Thelma Drake... Read Full Story
Barack Obama was in Norfolk this morning and spoke at Granby High School a few miles from my house. One of the issues that came up was the lie being spread by the McSenile / Palin campaign that Obama had referred to Palin as a pig. The truth is Obama never called Palin a pig - although I'd be happy to call her things far worse - and now local Congresswoman, Thelma Drake is jumping on the band wagon. Of course Thelma is terrified that she may lose her re-election contest against Glenn Nye and... Read Full Story
I have posted several times about Glenn Nye who is the Democrat candidate for the Virginia 2 nd Congressional District who is challenging the incumbent , GOP Congresswoman, Thelma Drake. Now, there is a 24 hour online fundraiser at DailyKos . I'd really like you to join in and help Glenn out if you can. He is a great guy, on the right side of LGBT issues, and has personal on the ground experience having been stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Better yet, Glenn will not vote in lock step with... Read Full Story
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June 14, 2008
Rep. Thelma Drake voted this week to “ improve high-speed rail today .” Translation - Drake voted for a fat subsidy to AMTRAK.
How many times has the government attempted to “reform” AMTRAK? Neither Drake, nor those applauding her actions, seem to get it. If AMTRAK could really make it on its own, the for profit roads would be in the passenger business. In this context, “investment” is just more Clintonese for “tax dollars down the federal rat... Read Full Story
Come next January, the 111th Congress could begin its session absent my former “representative” Thelma Drake. And Barack Obama’s presence on the ticket might make that outcome a bit more likely :
Recent polling information has piqued interest in the race between Glenn Nye and Thelma Drake in Virginia’s Second Congressional District. A new poll that shows Drake extremely vulnerable and recent Democratic victories in the South have shown that voters are looking for candidates like Glenn Nye... Read Full Story
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Senator Webb is busy these days being Nancy Pelosi's handmaiden. How so? The sawed off Highlander has just given his endorsement of Glenn Nye in the 2nd Congressional District race against incumbent Republican Thelma Drake. Link here: http://glennnye.com/content/page/id/221
Does it matter that Thelma Drake worked dilligently to keep Oceana open as Senator Webb was writing yet Read Full Story
The Congresspedia project on SourceWatch has been receiving a lot of great edits lately by students, wonks and people who are simply interested in policy and politics (and have a modem). As the "managing editors" of the site, we keep an eye on the edits made to articles to do fact checking, help citizen editors and watch for vandalism. One editor, Lczikowsky , caught our eye by systematically expanding the page on minimum wage legislation to include state-level legislative proposals in 30... Read Full Story
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