Interview Series: Andy Schmookler

Andy Schmookler is running uphill, perhaps, but he’s running just the same. The Mount Jackson Democrat is challenging likely Republican nominee Bob Goodlatte, a 20-year incumbent, in the Sixth District congressional race. It’s not easy to be a Democrat in the heavily Republican Sixth, which stretches from Shenandoah County in the north to Roanoke to [...]

Posted February 22, 2012  

Andy Schmookler: You’re all invited

This coming Wednesday, Feb. 15, I will be speaking at the University of Virginia. The talk will be entitled “What’s Gone Wrong in American Politics (and How It Can Be Set Right),” and will be followed with a Q&A. The event begins at 6 PM, will be over by 7:15, and will take place in [...]

Posted February 13, 2012  

Vanke gives Waynesboro a first impression

Jeff Vanke was a one-man campaign team at Sunday’s Summer Extravaganza in Waynesboro. It’s called retail politicking – giving people what one voter who Vanke, an independent candidate for the Sixth District congressional seat currently held by Republican Bob Goodlatte, met recently called a “horseback view.” “It’s just a brief impression, but it speaks volumes,” [...]

Posted July 12, 2010