Judy Feder

Judy Feder is running for the House of Representatives in Virginia’s 10th district against incumbent Republican Frank Wolf. This is Feder’s second run for this seat which stretches from inside the Capitol Beltway west through Loudoun County to the City of Winchester. In his 2006 race against Feder, incumbent Wolf received his lowest margin of victory since 1982 (57%-41%) reflecting the district’s, and Virginia’s, changing voting patterns from Republican to Democrat. Democratic Governor Tim Kaine carried the district in 2005 as did Senator James Webb in his defeat of Republican Senator George Allen in 2006. Feder is riding the wave of popular support for Mark Warren who is way ahead in his U.S. Senate race and Barack Obama who may be the first Democratic Presidential Candidate to win Virginia since Lyndon Johnson.

Background:
Feder, a professor at Georgetown University, recently stepped down as Dean of Georgetown’s Public Policy Institute in December 2007 to focus on her campaign. A well known expert on health policy, Feder served for three years as a Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services and worked at the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. She served as Staff Director of the Congressional Pepper Commission on comprehensive health care and is also a senior scholar at Georgetown University’s Institute of Health Care Research and Policy.

Positions on Key Issues:

• Supports: Reproductive Rights, Health Care Reform to Provide Affordable Health Care for All, State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Extending Metro Rail to Dulles International Airport

Supported By:

• Feminist Majority
• National Organization for Women (NOW)

Primary:
Judy Feder is unopposed in the Democratic primary. Frank Wolf has one challenger in the Republican primary.

Prospects:
Her run in 2006 gives her a sound base for her 2008 campaign in a district that continues its move from red to blue. Congressional Quarterly lists Feder as one of the 10 “Best-funded Challengers to Opposite-Party Incumbents”.

Website:
http://judyfeder.com