Corey Stewart for Northern VA Magazine

Corey Stewart speaking to attendees and political power players at the Page County GOP Jamboree on June 25, 2016.


Recently I had the opportunity to work with Jonathan Hunley on a political story.  He and I go back several years to our days at a community paper in Woodbridge/Manassas (The Potomac News/The News & Messenger, '08-'12).  This was our first time in 4 years to get the band back together, so to speak.



In March, Jon and I were munching Tex-Mex at Bar-J in Occoquan when he talked about wanting to do a political profile story on Corey Stewart.  Stewart was gearing up for his run for Governor of VA and had a schedule of appearances throughout VA.  He also happens to be the Virginia State Chairman, Donald Trump for President.


After a few weeks and several emails pitching the story to various publications, Northern Virginia Magazine said "yes".  Pick up the issue, if you have a chance.  Jon did a great job putting it together. Jonathan attended a rally in Norfolk, did a sit-down dinner interview, and finally we both attended the Page County GOP Jamboree where Stewart would be, along with every other GOP Gubernatorial candidate.

Corey Stewart talks with Vance Wilkins, a long-time political player in VA.  Wilkins was a Republican delegate from 1978-2002 and served as the 53rd Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2000 leading the shift from Democrat led legislature to the current state in which the GOP holds a healthy lead.
Corey's signature Caiman boots
Attendees listened as Corey worked the crowd at the Page County GOP Jamboree

Corey Stewart had his chance to make his case as a GOP Gubernatorial candidate.
I went ahead and scheduled a meeting with Stewart to do a more formal portrait in his Prince William County office a few days later, which is ultimately what ran in the magazine...

Corey Stewart in his office as Chairman, Prince William County Board of Supervisors.  This ran in NVMag. 

This all happened in June just a couple weeks before the GOP convention, and it finally ran in this month's Northern VA magazine.  I would've loved to see more pictures, of course, but I'm satisfied with putting others up here, and NoVA Mag was very easy and nice to work with, so hopefully I'll get a chance to do something for them again in the future.




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