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AFP editor Chris Graham walked the Buena Vista Labor Day Parade route and got a few choice snapshots of the candidates in action. Follow Democratic Party candidates Creigh Deeds, Jody Wagner and Steve Shannon and Gov. Tim Kaine on the parade route.
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Two new polls are out on the Virginia governor’s race, and both still have Republican Bob McDonnell in the lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds, though the gap is clearly narrowing, to the point that one pollster is suggesting that Deeds could be surging into the lead. Deeds actually led in the two days of polling…
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Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds delivered an address today at George Mason University outlining his vision for the future of Virginia and delineating key policy differences between himself and Republican candidate Bob McDonnell.
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How about that ringing endorsement of 25th District Republican Del. Steve Landes’ effort to inject partisan politics into the special session of the Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday? The Republican-majority House of Delegates voted 82-7 to limit the legislation to come before the session to the matter at hand cited by Gov. Tim Kaine in…
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Four years ago, I squared off with Bill Bolling to become Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor. After running one of the most negative campaigns in recent memory, Bill edged us by less than 25,000 votes – less than 1 percent of the total votes cast. I’m writing to you today because we simply cannot let that happen…
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“Which one of your candidates is the one that fired his campaign manager?” I happened to be standing at the Staunton-Augusta Democratic Party booth at the Augusta County Fair last week when that question was directed at a volunteer. The reference was to a report from University of Virginia politics professor Larry Sabato from earlier…
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Tim Kaine went Mark Warner to win the 2005 governor’s race. Creigh Deeds is channeling his inner Barack Obama. “This evening, President Barack Obama will join Creigh Deeds and Governor Tim Kaine as we work to kick this campaign into overdrive – and in conjunction with his visit, we’re launching a full scale organizing campaign,…
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The Creigh Deeds campaign released two new campaign radio spots today – one featuring information on how voters can sign up to receive campaign-news updates on their mobile phones, the second featuring Gov. Tim Kaine in Spanish reaching out to Spanish-language voters. You can listen to both spots below.
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Today begins and ends with the Barack Obama-Creigh Deeds events in Tysons Corner. The president will appear on behalf of the Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee at a fundraiser at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner this afternoon, then deliver remarks at a rally for Deeds at the Hilton with Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine also in attendance…
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It started for me when I got the e-mail from the Erik Curren House campaign last week pushing back a self-imposed campaign-fundraising deadline. The questions. The Curren camp had wanted to raise $20,000 following the announcement that Republican incumbent Chris Saxman was dropping out of the race to show viability and support at the home…
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