Del. Harvey Morgan to Retire

Delegate Harvey Morgan (R-98) has announced that he will not seek a 17th term to the Virginia House.  Morgan, a retired pharmacist, was first elected to the House in 1979.  He succeeded retiring House Speaker John Warren Cooke.

I realize that most SbyNEWS readers have never even heard of Harvey.  That is unfortunate.  Harvey represents a breed of public servant that we see less and less of today.  Right-of-center, but not ideological, Morgan was able to work for his constituents when the GOP was in the minority and when we won the majority in the 1990’s.  A solid Republican but never fiercely partisan, he put the people of his district, and of the Commonwealth, ahead of party or partisanship.

In 2003 rural Tidewater Virginians lost one great champion when Del. Bob Bloxom (R-100) chose to retire (and later become Virginia’s first Secretary of Agriculture.  Now another has chosen to retire.  At age 80, Harvey has earned a rest.  We can only hope that his successor will continue in the same tradition.

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