August 01, 2011
Tags: Assembly, Bill, Ceiling, Circuit, Congressional, court, debt, general, Janis, Judges, Lock, Mamie, politics, redistricting, Virginia
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Virginia’s Capitol is beginning to feel a bit like Capitol Hill, as Republican and Democratic legislators remain at an impasse over how to draw new congressional voting districts with no compromise in sight.
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July 28, 2011
Tags: appointments, Assembly, Circuit, Congressional, courts, general, Gilber, judicial, Mark, Obenshain, redistricting, Todd, Winchester
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Lawmakers are expected to vote Friday on two appointments to the state Supreme Court, but they will not be filling vacancies on a few local courts.
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July 22, 2011
Tags: appointments, Assembly, Congressional, court, die, general, judicial, redistricting, sine, Supreme, Virginia
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — If legislators cannot agree on appointees to fill two vacancies on the Virginia Supreme Court, then Gov. Bob McDonnell says he will.
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March 08, 2011
Tags: bipartisan, commission, Congressional, Independent, McDonnell, redistricting, Senate, State
By Alissa Smith
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Members of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s commission on redistricting on Tuesday saw maps for both congressional and state Senate districts that grapple with protecting minority districts.
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October 28, 2010
Tags: Barack, Congressional, Elections, Hurt, Obama, Perriello, Robert, Tom, Virginia
By Stephen Groves
ALEXANDRIA, Va.- President Barack Obama will be lending a hand in Virginia's fifth congressional district, traveling to Charlottesville on Friday to make a campaign appearance for fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello.
The freshman incumbent is in a tight race with state lawmaker Sen.
Robert Hurt, R- Chatham. The two campaigns have been trading punches the past month, and if the race wasn’t wild enough with independent candidate Jeff Clark, the president is now paying a visit.
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September 08, 2010
Tags: 11, 2, 5, 9, Congressional, Elections, Races, Va, Virginia
By Stephen Groves
With 60 days until the elections, Virginia’s congressional campaigns are heating up.
While University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato released a prediction on Thursday that Republicans would gain 47 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, the status of Virginia’s close elections – the second, fifth, ninth, and 11th districts – did not change. The second and fifth are still toss-ups, and the ninth and 11th lean Democratic. But that doesn't mean the campaigns aren't creating any clamor.
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August 19, 2010
Tags: 2nd, 5th, candidates, Congressional, District, Elections, Independent
By Stephen Groves Virginia Statehouse News
In several close elections around the Commonwealth, independent candidates are causing a headache to Republicans who are challenging Democratic incumbents.
Republican candidates in the second and fifth Congressional districts,
Scott Rigell and Sen.
Robert Hurt, both have independent candidates in their campaign. Both have tried to avoid debating the independents, and both their Democratic opponents, Reps.
Glenn Nye and
Tom Perriello, have taken them to task for it.
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July 27, 2010
Tags: campaign, Congressional, election, finances, fundraising, race, Virginia
By Stephen Groves
With fewer than 100 days before voters head to the polls, Democrats hope their big war chests will help them fend off the anti-incumbent momentum that Republicans hope will propel them into control of at least one chamber of Congress.
But whether or not big dollars turn into votes on Election Day remains to be seen.
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July 22, 2010
Tags: 9th, Arizona, Boucher, Brewer, Congressional, District, Griffith, Immigration, Jan, Morgan, Rick, Virginia
By Ann Kaiser
The two candidates running for the 9th Congressional district seat in Virginia have found something they can agree on: the controversial Arizona law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration.
U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, the Democrat incumbent, and state Del. Morgan Griffith, the Republican challenger, both oppose the federal government’s decision to file a lawsuit against the state to prevent the law from taking effect.
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July 22, 2010
Tags: Congressional, Hurt, Independent, Mark, of, Party, Perriello, race, Robert, Tea, Tom, University, Virginia, Warner
By Ann Kaiser
Heading into the summer, political pundits and political wonks suggested the midterm elections this fall would prove a test for the strength of the Tea Party.
On the one hand, the anti-government movement seemed to have enough grassroots energy to decide the contested congressional races and swing the balance of power in Washington, D.C. One the other hand, the group seemed destined to splinter into various factions rather than unite behind a single message.
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