{"id":67371,"date":"2013-09-06T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T13:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=67371"},"modified":"2013-09-06T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T13:38:04","slug":"umw-to-host-88th-district-house-of-delegates-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2013\/09\/06\/umw-to-host-88th-district-house-of-delegates-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW to Host 88th District House of Delegates Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Candidates for the 88th District of the Virginia House of Delegates participated in a debate at the University of Mary Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 18.<!--more--> The debate was held at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Hall, Room 411 and was free and open to the public.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_67411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67411\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/09\/Mark-Cole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"67411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/mark-cole\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/Mark-Cole.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2581,3872\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"5\",\"credit\":\"jf photography\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 7D\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1360256747\",\"copyright\":\"(c) jf photography\",\"focal_length\":\"50\",\"iso\":\"100\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.01\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"Mark Cole\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Cole&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/Mark-Cole-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/Mark-Cole-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67411 \" alt=\"Mark Cole\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/09\/Mark-Cole-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Del. Mark Cole<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The debate presented Republican Del. Mark Cole, who has held the seat since 2001, and Democratic challenger Kathleen O&rsquo;Halloran. The 88th District includes parts of Stafford, Spotsylvania and Fauquier counties and the city of Fredericksburg.<\/p><p>O&rsquo;Halloran, who was raised in Brooklyn, came to Virginia in 1978 and held multiple civil service jobs before retiring in 2011 in Fredericksburg.<\/p><p>A former member of the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve, Cole worked for many years as a defense contractor before coming to work for Spotsylvania County as Deputy County Administrator.<\/p><p>For more information on each candidate, please visit their respective websites: <a href=\"http:\/\/ohalloranfordelegate.org\/\">ohalloranfordelegate.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/marklcole.com\/\">marklcole.com<\/a>.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_67421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67421\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/09\/Kathleen-OHalloran.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"67421\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/kathleen-ohalloran\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/Kathleen-OHalloran.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"510,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"Kathleen O&amp;#039;Halloran\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kathleen O&amp;#8217;Halloran&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/Kathleen-OHalloran-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/Kathleen-OHalloran.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67421\" alt=\"Kathleen O'Halloran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/09\/Kathleen-OHalloran-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/Kathleen-OHalloran-199x300.jpg 199w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/Kathleen-OHalloran-398x600.jpg 398w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/Kathleen-OHalloran.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathleen O&rsquo;Halloran<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, moderated the program. The candidates&nbsp; were questioned by &nbsp;Chelyen Davis, state government and politics reporter for the Free Lance-Star, Town Talk radio host Ted Schubel, and Dr. Farnsworth. The debate was co-sponsored by the Legislation Action Committee of UMW&rsquo;s Student Government Association; the UMW chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society; the university&rsquo;s Center for Leadership and Media Studies and The Free Lance-Star.<\/p><p>For more information, contact Stephen Farnsworth at <a href=\"mailto:sfarnswo@umw.edu\">sfarnswo@umw.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candidates for the 88th District of the Virginia House of Delegates participated in a debate at the University of Mary Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":67401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[709,712,704],"tags":[711,714,720],"topics":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newsletter-archived-latest-news","8":"category-events","9":"category-top-stories","10":"tag-debate","11":"tag-political-science","12":"tag-stafford","13":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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