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ination. It was unclear why he
was targeted, because he has
said he opposes civil unions.
Meub was defeated by Dwyer,
as expected.

Rep. Thomas Little, the

the law.

Milne, who represents six
small towns, was targeted by
the loose-knit Take Back
Vermont movement, which is
based in her area. She was sub-

was skeptical of the issue of
same-sex unions when the
Legislature convened this year
but, as a Republican member
of the Judiciary Committee,
became one of its most impor-

chairman of the House jected to a variety of mean-- tant backers.
Judiciary Committee and one spirited campaigning and even Edwards said he decided not
of the key architects of the civil her grandson was. to run as an independent in

unions law, also was targeted
by the campaign. He won his
primary re-election bid.

There also were telephone
calls and mailings sent by a
group from northern Virginia.
Michael McHugh, a former
Vermonter who was instru-
mental in helping to blockade
abortion clinics a decade ago,
was an instrumental player in
conducting the campaign.
McHugh now lives in Virginia
but spent a good part of the
summer in Vermont working
against civil unions supporters.

Another ugly and successful
campaign was waged in
Orange County against Rep.
Marion Milne, who said during
civil unions debate in the
House that she might lose her
seat because of her support for

Although she was defeated
in the Republican primary,
Milne decided to give all of the
voters of her district an oppor-
tunity to judge her six-year
tenure as a legislator. She will
run in November as an inde-
pendent.

In the Northeast Kingdom,
Republican Rep. Robert
Kinsey, a member of the
Legislature for more than 30
years, also was defeated in the
GOP primary. But he received
enough votes in the
Democratic primary to win
that nomination, and Kinsey
decided to accept it.

Another defeat came in the
northwest corner of the state,
where Republican Rep. John
Edwards lost. Edwards, a
retired state police lieutenant,

November and he will retire
from the Legislature.

In Burlington, Rep. James
McNamara suffered a backlash
of a different sort. A Democrat
from Burlington’s New North
End, McNamara voted against
civil unions. His challenger
seized on that vote and defeat-
ed him in the primary.

Some others who were tar-
geted, however, won their pri-
maries.- Democratic Rep.
George Cross in Winooski sur-
vived a challenge, and will
appear on the November bal-
lot. In the Morrisville-Stowe
district, Republican Reps.
Cathy Voyer and Richard
Marron also turned aside a
challenge from two civil
unions opponents. V

 

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