On the eve of the critical 2008 Presidential election, Democrats and Republicans will choose candidates for election to the United States House of Representatives on Tuesday, June 10. The 10th includes all or parts of Clarke County, Fairfax County, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Loudoun County, Manassas City, Manassas Park City, Prince William County, Warren County, and Winchester City.

The Republicans

Incumbent Frank R. Wolf (R) of Winchester faces a challenge from Vern P. McKinley, of Ashburn.

Wolf

Frank Wolf, completing his 12th term, is the Dean of Virginia's House delegation. He sits on the House Appropriations Committee and serves as Co-chair of Congressional Human Rights Caucus. Born in Philadelphia in 1939, he attended public schools, earned a B.A. from Penn State University in 1961 and a law degree from Georgetown four years later. Before running for office in 1981, Wolf worked as a staffer at the Interior Department, and practiced law. He and his wife, Carolyn, live in Vienna. They are the parents of five grown children.

Wolf campaign website: http://www.wolfforcongress.com/

McKinley

Vern McKinley is a lawyer, legal advisor and policy expert. Since 1999 he has consulted for the U.S. government, as well as those of China, Nigeria, Indonesia, the Philippines, Yugoslavia, Kenya, Sudan, Libya, Afghanistan, Armenia, Kosovo, and Tajikistan. Born in East Chicago, Indiana, McKinley attended George Washington High School and Downers Grove South High School, earned a degree in economics and finance from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1985, and completed a law degree in the evening program at George Washington University School of Law in 1995.

In the 1980's and 1990's he worked with the FDIC, the Federal Reserve, the Resolution Trust Corporation, and the Treasury Department's Office of Thrift Supervision. He and his wife live in Ashburn with their son and daughter.

McKinley's site: http://www.mckinleyforcongress.com/

The Democrats

Judy M. Feder of McLean ran against Frank Wolf in 2006. She is running against Mike R. Turner, of Waterford, for the Democratic Party nomination.

Feder

Judy Feder is a Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University, Dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, and a member of the Institute of Medicine. Born in 1947, she earned a B.A. from Brandeis in 1968, her M.A. from Harvard in 1970, and her PhD in Political Science from Harvard in 1977.

Before taking her post as Co-Director of the Center for Health Policy Studies at Georgetown in 1984, she worked at the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. After a term of service in the Clinton administration she returned to Georgetown in 1995 as Research Professor of Public Policy.

Feder also serves as: a member of the National Academy of Public Administration; the National Academy of Social Insurance; as past-President and a board member of AcademyHealth; and a Policy Council Member of the Academy of Public Policy and Management. She lives with her husband Stan, in northern Virginia. They are the parents of two sons.

Feder's web site: http://judyfeder.com/

Turner

Colonel Mike Turner retired from the United States Air Force in 1997 after 28 years of service. Since then he has served as a fundraiser for non-profit organizations, including the American Red Cross and Junior Achievement, Inc. Until December of 2007, he was the National Director of Housing Counseling for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, the nation's largest network of nonprofit credit and housing counseling agencies. He is also a national military commentator who has appeared on most major television networks including CNN, ABC, MSNBC, and Fox, and is a periodic contributor to Newsweek.com, National Public Radio, and both Boston and San Francisco public radio.

Born in 1956, Turner earned a B.S from the United States Air Force Academy and an MBA in 1979 from Chapman University. He retired from the Air Force as a Command Pilot, with over 3,500 hours in the air as both a rescue helicopter and fighter pilot. In 1989 he was General H. Norman Schwarzkopf's personal briefing officer. He served on the Central Command staff in Riyadh and, at the outbreak of Operation Desert Storm, became one of two staff officers responsible for briefing the conduct of the air war to General Schwarzkopf and visiting senior command staff such as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense.

Turner's website: http://www.miketurnerforcongress.com/splash.php