(U.S. Rep. Robert C.) Scott to chair Howard Dean's Va. campaign

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has decided to tap U.S. Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Newport News, to head his Democratic presidential campaign in Virginia, campaign aides confirmed Saturday.

Dean, considered the presumptive frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, is scheduled to make a brief appearance in Virginia Beach tonight to accept an endorsement from Scott, although a state chairmanship announcement will come later.

The decision to elevate Scott's role in the campaign underscores Dean's strategy to target urban and minority voters in a conservative state that likely favors President Bush next fall. Scott, Virginia's only black congressman, represents an urban district from Richmond to Norfolk.

"That would be a very powerful statement," said Donald S. Beyer Jr., a former Virginia lieutenant governor who now serves as national treasurer of Dean's campaign.

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[Gin]

1. Bobby Scott makes sense when he speaks., I like this man.

He has cosponsored HR 2239

[DesignGirl]

2. Very Good

He was my representative until a rezoning last year. He is great. What is happening with the Dean event in Tidewater Today Sunday Dec.7?

[msanger]

3. VA goes dem

for the first time since LBJ!