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Virginia Politics

Tea Party Favorite Officially Nominated In Contentious Race

AP | BOB LEWIS | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia's activist conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation. At the GOP...

McDonnell Embroiled In Bizarre Scandal, Involving Eggs

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Jim Nolan and Olympia Meola | Posted 04.24.2013 | DC

Discovery motions filed by lawyers representing former Executive Mansion chef Todd Schneider in his felony embezzlement case seek information on wheth...

John Celock

'State Is Screwed' If Tea Party Candidate Wins

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics

One of Virginia's top Democrats is painting a picture of a sharp right turn should Republican Ken Cuccinelli win the governor's race this year. St...

Jason Linkins

Virginia Gubernatorial Race Already Awash In Fear, Loathing

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.11.2013 | Politics

This year's gubernatorial race in the Commonwealth of Virginia may offer a pitiable set of conditions for actual Virginia voters (of which I am one .....

McDonnell's Bizarre Wedding Gift Scandal Takes New Turn

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Jim Nolan and Olympia Meola | Posted 04.11.2013 | DC

Gov. Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, under scrutiny for their ties to Star Scientific, said Wednesday they would be open to legisla...

Republicans Face Mess As Potential Scandals Emerge

Daily Beast | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics

Over the weekend, The Washington Post published a pair of stories revealing questionable relationships between Star Scientific, a dietary and tobacco ...

McDonnell Ties To Major Donor Examined

Washington Post | Posted 03.31.2013 | Politics

Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, had about 200 guests to Virginia’s historic Executive Mansion for their daughter Cailin’s wedding ...

Cuccinelli And McAuliffe In A Statistical Dead Heat In Virginia Governor's Race

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Jim Nolan | Posted 03.28.2013 | DC

Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat businessman Terry McAuliffe remain in a statistical tie in the race for governor, according to...

Cuccinelli's Extreme Rhetoric Intensifies Debate Roiling GOP

AP | BOB LEWIS and CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is conducting nothing short of a grand political experiment in 2013, testing whether a tea party favorite can carry a c...

Howard Dean Announces New Move

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) announced Tuesday that the political action committee he founded would launch a campaign to flip state legislature...

Make Your Voice Heard on Reproductive Rights

Mark Herring | Posted 03.26.2013 | DC
Mark Herring

Our position is very simple and widely supported outside the extremist circles that dominate our state government: Personal medical decisions should be left to a woman and her doctor. But the laws being pushed by Ken Cuccinelli and his backers reject that fundamental premise.

John Celock

Virginia Republican: Dem Running 'Mainstream Campaign'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.22.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Virginia's Republican lieutenant governor is not planning an endorsement in the governor's race right now, he said, but praised the Demo...

Republican Decides Against Big Switch

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 03.12.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Citing fundraising difficulties and the current partisan political environment, Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) announced Tuesday tha...

Lawmakers Receive Suspicious Letters

AP | Posted 02.23.2013 | Politics

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Officials say the offices of two Virginia congressmen received letters with a suspicious powder inside, though the material doe...

Paul Blumenthal

Extra Freedom For Super PACs In Key Race This Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 02.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The general understanding of super PACs and other outside groups with political goals is that they must operate independently of candida...

Lawmakers Pass Controversial Money Bill

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics

The Republican-controlled Virginia House of Delegates on Monday advanced legislation that could lead to the establishment of a state-issued currency. ...

Republican-Backed Electoral College Scheme Advances

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Jim Nolan | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics

Legislation that would apportion Virginia's electoral votes by the winner of each congressional district, instead of the current winner-take-all syste...

Ryan J. Reilly

Virginia's 'Shameful' Redistricting Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 01.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A key Democratic lawmaker said Tuesday it was "shameful" for Virginia Republicans to take advantage of his absence to push a redistrict...

John Celock

GOP Lawmakers Look To Ban 'Radical Plan'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.17.2013 | Politics

Two Republican members of the Virginia House of Delegates have introduced legislation opposing the United Nations' Agenda 21, the international organi...

John Celock

GOP Lawmaker Opposes 'Very Dangerous' Gun Ban

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.15.2013 | Politics

A Republican state senator in Virginia has proposed a resolution opposing a United Nations arms trade treaty that has not been finalized yet. Sta...

Gay Judge's Controversial Appointment Back Before Virginia Legislators

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Jim Nolan | Posted 03.16.2013 | DC

The General Assembly's judicial appointment subcommittees meet today to consider the full-time appointment of Richmond's Manchester General District J...

North Carolina Democrat: Arm School Teachers

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 12.19.2012 | Politics

Two more state lawmakers - including a Democrat - are proposing that teachers be allowed to carry guns into schools. Lawmakers in Virginia and Nor...

'TOTAL CRAP'

Arlington Patch | Jason Spencer | Posted 11.16.2012 | Politics

Conservative groups like Crossroads GPS, Americans for Prosperity and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce began running negative ads against Tim Kaine in Nov...

Virginia GOP Official Predicts Obama 'Goes To Hell'

The Huffington Post | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.19.2012 | Politics

Bob FitzSimmonds, an official in the Virginia Republican Party and close ally of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, posted a comment on ...

'Virginia Curse' May Hurt Terry McAuliffe

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Jim Nolan | Posted 01.10.2013 | DC

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Republicans did not have a lot to cheer about on Election Day when it came to the presidential election and the race for U.S...