CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – As he drives around the 6th – and parts of the 5th – District in his 2012 Toyota Tacoma, the one approaching 300,000 miles, Pete Barlow is out to deliver a simple message to voters. It’s his campaign slogan.
“More love, less bullshit,” Barlow told Cville Right Now.
Barlow, who lives in Weyers Cave in Augusta County, and worked with FEMA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is running for Congress in the 6th District, where – as it currently stands – he’ll face Beth Macy in a Democratic primary for the opportunity to unseat Republican incumbent Ben Cline in November. But that primary field could become more crowded and complicated if Democratic redistricting efforts are passed by voters in April and upheld by the Virginia Supreme Court…