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Known more for the gaming communities that favor it, an online platform is now at the center of the espionage incident involving a 21-year-old Massachusetts man and the classified intelligence he shared to a wider audience. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Thomas McCracken
Thomas McCracken, the pastor at CommUNITY Church in Salem and a former school board member, has formally announced his bid for the Republican nomination for the Catawba seat on the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors. Martha Hooker is the Republican two-term incumbent. School construction projects, creating more new jobs in the county and more public input on what might go into the Woodhaven industrial park – near his home – are on McCracken’s agenda. Local Republicans have scheduled a June 20th primary. Three county school board members – chair Brent Hudson, Tim Greenway and Cheryl Faciani, have endorsed McCracken and were on hand today for the formal announcement that we reported on last week.
A local Republican Congressman puts on his attorney hat in looking at the case against Donald Trump announced by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday – that started with a hush money payment. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Here the complete live conversation with Congressman Cline below:
Thomas McCracken
CommUNITY Church pastor Dr. Thomas McCracken will challenge incumbent Martha Hooker for the Republican nomination for the Catawba seat on the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors seat that’s up for election this November. McCracken will make the formal announcement next Monday at noon outside Glen Cove Elementary School. He says three County school board members are supporting his bid and former Governor/US Senator George Allen has endorsed McCracken, saying in a statement that he would be “a strong, principled and persuasive leader … for the good of taxpayers, high academic standards … support for law enforcement officers and attracting investment … in Roanoke County.” A primary is set for June 20th according to McCracken.
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Scott Parkinson, a former congressional staffer and advisor to now-Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other Republican officials, has announced plans to seek the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Kaine next year. Parkinson now works for the conservative economic policy group Club for Growth; he told The Associated Press that frustration over pandemic-related school and business closures “changed his worldview” and pushed him to seek public office for the first time. The Democratic Party of Virginia has already released a statement about the Parkinson announcement, calling him, “an ex-DeSantis staffer and Trump acolyte, has railed against the Affordable Care Act and Virginians’ right to choose.”
