Kilgore, GOP reaching out to African-Americans

Posted May 26, 2005  

The Top Story by Chris Graham

The magic number for Republicans to reach is mighty, mighty low.

“Dating back to 1981, no Republican gubernatorial candidate who has received less than 10 percent of the African-American vote has won the general election,” University of Virginia politics analyst Matt Smyth said. Read more

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Kaine talks regional growth, I-81

Posted May 26, 2005  

Story by Chris Graham

Tim Kaine spent a good part of his day on Wednesday talking about how he wants to take steps to strengthen regional economies in Virginia.

So … what would the presumptive Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee do to improve the lifeblood of Western Virginia’s regional economy that is Interstate 81? Read more

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Fitch waging solo campaign for GOP nod

Posted May 12, 2005  

Story by Chris Graham

Somebody forgot to tell George Fitch that he was supposed to have given up on his bid for the Republican Party gubernatorial nomination a long time ago.

“I’ve got another 10,000 miles between now and the primary,” said Fitch, the Warrenton mayor, who is waging the most grassroots of campaigns for the party nod.

He has already rung up 7,500 miles on Virginia’s highways and byways in his self-described “unconventional” run at the governor’s mansion – which he has been forced to wage solo. Read more

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Kilgore offers L-word label for Kaine

Posted May 5, 2005  

Story by Chris Graham

The rhetoric does it. So do the newspaper and radio ads.

The Jerry Kilgore Republican gubernatorial campaign has cleary made referring to Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine as a liberal a point of emphasis. Read more

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