In November, Del. Lily Franklin, D-Montgomery County, stood on stage with Beth Macy in Roanoke and extolled the best-selling author as a congressional candidate: “I believe in Beth Macy as you all do, too,” Franklin said. “We are going to flip the 6th District and send Beth Macy to Congress.”
On Monday, a different congressional candidate — Tom Perriello — announced that he has hired Franklin as his new campaign manager.
This is noteworthy on several levels.
First, while Virginia’s General Assembly is considered a part-time legislature where members still have their regular jobs, it’s unusual for one of those legislator’s jobs to be a campaign manager for another politician. (From time to time, though, some Northern Virginia legislators have had jobs as lobbyists in Washington, D.C.)…