Marsden Gains Prominent Republican Support

Respected Fairfax County Leader Jim Dillard Endorses Marsden

Dec 2, 2009

Mark Henson

(BURKE, VA) Virginia Delegate Dave Marsden proudly accepted the endorsement of long-serving Fairfax County Republican Delegate Jim Dillard in his bid for the state senate. Dillard, who served Fairfax for three decades in Richmond and sits on numerous community boards, highlighted Delegate Marsden's commitment to the people of Fairfax County over rigid ideology.

"I'm a Republican, and I'm for Dave Marsden because he is the pragmatic, moderate leader we need for Fairfax County in these tough times," said Dillard. "Dave has shown that he can bring Republicans, Democrats and Independents together to get results and end the petty squabbling down in Richmond - especially when it comes to helping small businesses create jobs, growing our economy, holding the line on taxes and spending, and protecting our world-class public schools."

A retired educator, Delegate Dillard served as the Chair of the House Education Committee and has championed Fairfax County schools for decades. He noted Delegate Marsden's strong support for education.

"In tough times like these, defending education budgets can be challenging, but Dave voted to protect education against billions of dollars of cuts and to support our teachers. I think the choice is clear - I encourage people of all parties to support Dave Marsden for Senate," said Dillard.

Delegate Marsden has always earned bipartisan support from the people of Fairfax County and will keep taking the principled stands for regular people during the course of this campaign to continue to earn their support. Just last November, Delegate Marsden earned the votes of nearly a thousand McDonnell supporters who recognized Marsden's steadfast commitment to getting a broken government to work for regular people once more. He looks forward to a spirited, bipartisan debate over who will best serve the people of Fairfax County.

"I am thrilled to accept the endorsement of Delegate Jim Dillard, one of the strongest leaders
Fairfax has had. I'm looking forward to finding out whether Steve Hunt agrees with me that we need to get government focusing on helping small businesses create jobs, holding the line on taxes and spending, protecting our schools, and finally addressing our traffic problem or whether he will keep saying more of the same," said Marsden.