Augusta, Staunton, Waynesboro Dems Paint the Valley Blue
August 17, 2008 by chrisgraham · Leave a Comment
Listen to coverage of Paint the Valley Blue on “The Augusta Free Press Show.”
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Story by Chris Graham
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Creigh Deeds remembered being asked to save the date on his schedule.
“David Bottenfield said we needed to mark off this date, the 16th of August, for Paint the Valley Blue, that we were going to have a little picnic at the Frontier Culture Museum,” Deeds said at last night’s Paint the Valley Blue local Democratic Party fundraiser, which drew nearly 500 people to the biggest political picnic this part of the Valley has seen in years.
“I can tell you this. I’ve been running for office for the past 21 years. I spent 10 years of the House of Delegates, and I represented part of Augusta County. I’ve never in my life seen a crowd like this in Augusta County,” said Deeds, a Bath County state senator who is running for the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination. Read more
