when glenn 9 -- glen nye was first elected, since his election, he has been subject to a steady stream of blogs, e- mail, and that make -- not at him but in the public blasted almost everything he does. because the is a freshman, legislative experts will tell you that the best time to unseat an incumbent is during the first term because they have not quite establish themselves. they see him as a mobile. republicans want to take back the view of the house of representatives. this is one of the districts where they see they can have an in to do that. >> i am left with two clear impressions from my experience in the field and that is, one, i am absolutely confident in the capabilities of both our military forces and our civilian forces, to successfully run a counterinsurgency program in afghanistan. my other impression is i am left with a very serious concern about the fact that our success here is largely dependent on what happens on the other side of the border, in pakistan, where our civilian and to a large extent military forces are not really present. >> in this year's congressional

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. >> in this years congressional election, glen nye is facing scott ridge, a republican.this is his first time running for office. he has been active in the republican party. he is a self-made multimillionaire who runs car dealerships in the region. the third candidate is an independent account who has a long career in the military. glen nye, who before -- he is a native of the area and grew up in norfolk and has spent the early part of his adult life working overseas before coming home to run for congress. since he has won, he has called himself a moderate in the congress. he voted for the stimulus plan but against democratic health care plan and is against cap and trade environmental legislation. he voted against the democrats drafted federal budget last year because he said it was too expensive. those views are consistent how he campaigned but he drew some fire from democrats, particularly on health care. the republican opponent, has ha he has not run for office before. he has been active on the republican party, a very strong donor to the party. he has packed many acc