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Kristine Lee Stubbs

Frederick woman seeks House of Delegates seat


Sally Voth

svoth@winchesterstar.com 

 

May 14, 2015


The Winchester Star


WINCHESTER — A Valley Health employee living in Frederick County plans to seek the Democratic nomination for the 29th District House of Delegates seat.

 

Kristine Stubbs, 35, who lives north of the city, will announce her candidacy in a YouTube video being rolled out next week, according to her campaign manager, Shaun Broy.

 

“We were helping her do a little bit of exploratory investigation on running this past winter, and we did [consider] the possibility of running as an independent, but her roots are with the Democratic party,” he said Wednesday.

 

The 29th District incumbent, Del. Mark Berg, R-Frederick County, will face criminal defense attorney Chris Collins in the June 9 Republican primary.

 

Winchester-Frederick County Democratic Committee Chairwoman Stephanie Vaughan — who is also co-chairwoman of the 29th District nominating committee — announced a call to caucus to nominate a candidate for 2 p.m. June 6 at the Bowman Library, 871 Tasker Road, near Stephens City.

 

Prospective candidates must file a written declaration of candidacy with Vaughan at 202 Brookneil Drive, Winchester, Va., 22602 before 5 p.m. on May 30. There is a $100 filing fee.

 

Prospective voters in the caucus must sign a form declaring themselves a Democrat and pledge that they won’t support anyone running against a Democratic nominee.

 

Declarations can be filled out after 1:30 p.m., and no one not already in line will be allowed in after 2 p.m. for the caucus, according to the call.

 

Stubbs, a Clarke County High School graduate, is a development specialist with Valley Health.

 

The married mother of two has lived just north of the city for about 15 years, Broy said. She has a bachelor of science degree in health care management from the University of Phoenix.

 

Though she is running as a Democrat, Stubbs has somewhat distanced herself from the party establishment, according to Broy.

 

“She’s very pro-Second Amendment,” he said.

 

Stubbs is fiscally conservative, and will pledge to not vote or take any action that would support tax increases during her first term in office, Broy said.

 

There are some more traditionally Democratic principles that Stubbs favors.

 

“She’s a big supporter of equal pay for equal work,” Broy said. “I think she thinks that Obamacare is an imperfect law, and she wants to work with state legislators and the governor to get something that will work for Virginians.”

 

Broy shared some prepared remarks that Stubbs plans to make in her video campaign announcement.

 

“Our families, friends and neighbors are working harder to make ends meet with less,” Stubbs’s statement says. “It seems no matter how many elections we have, nothing gets better in Richmond — it only gets worse. A lot of that is because of those people at the top of both political parties.”

 

It criticizes Berg’s tenure in office.

 

“It is no secret that our current delegate seems to be focused on the most perplexing of issues,” Stubbs’s statement says. “I will be actively engaged and conversing with our area public officials and other leaders on a frequent basis, ensuring that these type of surprises absolutely will not happen on my watch.

 

“This lady is quite prepared to take the gloves off if necessary to fight like hell for the people of the Northern Shenandoah Valley. I don’t scare easily. My opponents in this election will figure out really quick that I am more than just an empty dress.”

 

 

The general election is Nov. 3.
 

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