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33. More details for non-Virginians

Fri May 8, 2026, 01:10 PM

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Rural Tazewell County is in SW Virginia -- coal country, central Appalachia.

SW VA localities voted 75% - 85% for Trump.

Circuit Judge Jack Hurley Jr. is a local boy, comes from a long line of moonshiners and bootleggers.

Standing in front of the Tazewell County Courthouse where Judge Hurley holds forth is the statue of a Confederate soldier. The Confederate Monument in Tazewell County, Virginia, a white bronze "Common Soldier" statue erected in 1903, stands in front of the county courthouse at 101 Main Street. In November 2020, over 87% of voters rejected a proposal to relocate the statue, deciding to keep it in place.

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