Thelma Drake Concedes to Glenn Nye

With all the last of the absentee ballots counted, GOP Congresswoman Thelma Drake has finally conceded to Democrat Glenn Nye. Thelma, who I have known for years, voted in lock step with the Chimperator more than 90% of the time and was less than gay friendly. I suspect, that with her district's heavy military population, she thought she's see no bad consequences from voting a far right agenda. In contrast, Glenn - who I have likewise met - will offer the 2nd District's residents a much more open minded and rational approach to the issues facing the country and region. Moreover, he is gay friendly and will be attending tomorrow night's gala event honoring a local pioneer in the LGBT community. Thelma in contrast would NEVER have set foot inside the door of a LGBT organization event. Here are highlights from the Virginian Pilot:*Rep. Thelma Drake late Thursday night conceded the election for the 2nd Congressional District to political newcomer Glenn Nye after a bitterly fought race.*The Nye victory delivers the district to Democrats for the first time since 2000, and he heads to Washington as part of the growing Democratic majority on Capitol Hill. The 34-year-old former foreign service officer ran a campaign stressing the need for bipartisan cooperation in Washington and an exit strategy for the war in Iraq.*The absentee ballots were about double the normal total received by the registrar’s office. They included 10,115 mailed absentee ballots and 16,663 that were cast in person.