Kaine takes part-time teaching job at UR
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will return to the University of Richmond to resume his teaching career in law and leadership studies after his term in office ends in January.
Kaine, a Harvard law graduate who also has served as mayor of Richmond and lieutenant governor, has accepted a joint appointment in the university’s School of Law and Jepson School of Leadership Studies. He will also have additional responsibilities in advancing the university’s strategic plan, The Richmond Promise.
Before his election to public office, Kaine taught law at Richmond, including courses in professional responsibility. Read more
InDepth | What happened to Blue Virginia?
Remember when Virginia was trending Democratic? Like, as recently as late spring, when Creigh Deeds surged to the Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination, and had the lead in the early post-primary polls, and Virginia Democrats not only seemed headed for another return trip to the Governor’s Mansion, but had a good shot at winning back a majority in the House of Delegates?
Ah, what a few months and the changing of the leaves can bring. As in, a changing of the guard, and a dramatic one at that. From that early, albeit brief, post-nomination lead, Deeds went on to lose to Republican Bob McDonnell in the governor’s race, and lose historically, paving the way for a GOP statewide sweep. Read more
Tim Kaine | Build on successes
Virginia has come a long way in the past eight years. Last night’s results may have been a disappointment but we can continue to expand upon the successes of Democratic leaders in Virginia.
As we begin to rebuild we start with a remarkable advantage that we did not have eight years ago. Virginians have elected two successive Democratic Governors, two Democratic U.S. senators, a majority in the Virginia Senate, won a majority of our U.S. House of Representatives delegation and turned Virginia blue for President Barack Obama. Elected officials who share a vision of pragmatic, commonsense solutions will always be in demand across the Commonwealth. Read more
GOP three sweep state races
The last pre-election polls had the Republican ticket of Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling and Ken Cuccinelli winning by 11-14 points.
Bad news for Virginia Democrats – it was worse than expected.
McDonnell bested Democrat Creigh Deeds in the marquee race for governor Tuesday, piling up over 1 million votes en route to garnering just shy of 60 percent of the votes cast overall.
Bolling won a second term as lieutenant governor, beating back the challenge of Democrat Jody Wagner by a 57 percent-to-43 percent margin.
Cuccinelli was elected attorney general with 57.9 percent of the vote to Steve Shannon’s 42 percent of the vote.
Cuccinelli and Shannon each, like McDonnell, received more than 1 million votes. Read more
InDepth | First draft of history: How Bob won, how Creigh lost
This just in to the AFP newsroom – Bob McDonnell can now be projected the winner in the 2009 Virginia governor’s race.
OK, most people still have yet to vote, but the writing is on the wall, clearly, with the Republican leading Democrat Creigh Deeds by at least 10 points in the pre-election polls.
The polls tell more about where Virginia is politically right now than that we’re about to elect a Republican to lead state government for the first time in 12 years. Foremost, they tell us that we’re about to make this move even while President Barack Obama and Gov. Tim Kaine, both Democrats, maintain approval ratings among Virginians over 50 percent, with Kaine near 60 percent in some polls. Read more
PPP: McDonnell up 14
A Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters released on Monday has Republican Bob McDonnell with a 56 percent-to-42 percent lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds on the eve of the 2009 Virginia governor’s election.
Downticket, GOP running mates Bill Bolling and Ken Cuccinelli also appear to be on their way to resounding victories at the polls. Bolling leads Democrat Jody Wagner in the lieutenant-governor race 54 percent to 41 percent, and Cuccinelli leads Steve Shannon 55 percent to 39 percent in the race for attorney general.
Republicans also had a 48 percent-to-39 percent advantage in a generic House of Delegates ballot. Read more
David Reynolds | Why Deeds lost
Posted by afp on November 4, 2009 · 6 Comments
First the matter of good timing and bad luck.
It was cool inside Bud Foster’s Restaurant in Blacksburg that hot August day. The Hokies’ defensive coordinator was not there. The small group of loyal supporters who gathered at Bud’s were more interested in seeing someone else. They expected that that someone would be the next governor of Virginia come one cold day in January. Read more
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