Bill Stanley, a Franklin County lawyer and county Republican chairman, announced his candidacy yesterday for chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. He will oppose Pat Mullins, the Louisa County chairman who is a former chairman of the Fairfax County committee, at the state GOP convention May 29-30 in Richmond. On Saturday, Mullins was elected chairman by the party’s ruling body, the state central committee. He replaced Del. Jeffrey M. Frederick of Prince William, who was ousted by the committee last month because of fundraising and election woes that have befallen the Republican Party since Frederick became chairman.

Ousted Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick said yesterday that he will not seek to regain the post at the state convention this month, but he urged his supporters to vote against the new chairman, Pat Mullins.

Del. Jeff Frederick of Prince William County said today he would not be a candidate for chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia and asked his supporters to oppose the candidacy of the newly named chairman, Pat Mullins. Mullins was elected chairman by the state central committee Saturday. But the party must choose a chairman at the state convention May 29-30. Mullins is running for that post. So far, no one has stepped forward to run against him.

While seeking the chairmanship of the Republican Party of Virginia, Jeff Frederick said he would not run for re-election as a delegate from a district in Northern Virginia. He became chairman, announced he would not run in Prince William this year, and subsequently was ousted by the party’s central committee. Many anticipated that Frederick’s wife, Amy, would seek the delegate seat; she apparently explored a bid. Capitol Square types regard her highly. Although she would have rated a capable contender, the other day she decided against running. Her statement said a lot.

The Republican Party of Virginia’s central committee yesterday elected Pat Mullins of Louisa County, a longtime GOP activist, as the party chairman. Mullins will run again for chairman at the state convention May 29-30 in Richmond, when Republicans nominate candidates for statewide office. Mullins, the Louisa County chairman and a former chairman of the Fairfax County committee, was unopposed yesterday but is likely to have opposition at the convention.

Amy Frederick, the wife of ousted state Republican Party Chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick, has decided not to run for the Prince William County House of Delegates seat that her husband is vacating. “Today, it is with mixed emotions that I announce my withdrawal from the race to succeed Jeff in the House of Delegates,“ Amy Frederick wrote in an e-mail to supporters and news organizations.

Wife of ousted state Republican Party Chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick of Prince William lashes out at GOP moderates.

Last weekend the central committee of the Republican Party of Virginia ousted Jeff Frederick as party chairman. Although openly elected at last year’s state convention, Frederick was not the right person for the job. He was disqualified by temperament and other factors. The committee did not take this decision lightly. It made the right call.

Dethroned Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick is still undecided over whether he will run again for the chairmanship at the state party convention in late May. “Amy and I have some decisions to make,“ Frederick said in a letter e-mailed to supporters today, referring to himself and his wife. “Over the next several days, we will be talking amongst ourselves and with close friends, and praying about our next steps. We will fill you in as soon as we make those decisions.“

It’s not easy running for governor when you have to run off the head of your party. Consider Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell—who endorsed the ouster of GOP Chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick—and now is making a plea for party unity. “We must turn our attention to the November elections and work together to advance our positive, common-sense vision for bringing jobs and opportunity to every region of Virginia,“ McDonnell said in a statement. “I look forward to leading the effort to unify our party after this vote.“

The governing body of the Republican Party of Virginia dumped Prince William County Del. Jeffrey M. Frederick as chairman yesterday, potentially setting the stage for further division in party ranks during a critical election year. The vote in the central committee was 57-18, meeting the three-quarters majority required to remove a chairman.

Members of the Virginia Republican central committee have voted to remove state party chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick.

Embattled Republican Party of Virginia chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick is signaling that he will fight to regain his post at the state convention in May if the party’s leaders vote to remove him today. “I’m confident I’ll win the vote and this won’t be an issue,“ Frederick told the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “However, if a chairman is removed, the Party Plan clearly states that the next regular Republican State Convention . . . must choose a new chairman.“

Del. Jeffrey M. Frederick, the embattled chairman of Virginia’s Republican Party, has filed unusually extensive revisions to his latest House campaign finance report. The amended filing Frederick submitted to the State Board of Elections a week ago adds 138 contributions worth nearly $32,000 that did not appear in his Jan. 15 report. The revised report is unrelated to his rocky 10-month tenure as head of the state GOP and Saturday’s scheduled vote by the party’s central committee on his possible ouster.

Del. Jeffrey M. Frederick is not going down as state Republican Party chairman without a fight. The embattled Prince William County delegate, who faces an ouster vote Saturday by the party’s state central committee, hired two lawyers Sunday to represent him. Bill Stanley, chairman of the Franklin County Republican Committee, who once represented Paula Jones in a sexual-harassment case against then-Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas, and A.J. Dudley, also a Franklin County lawyer, will represent Frederick. Dudley is the son of former Del. Allen W. Dudley of Franklin County.