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The wait is over. Tom Perriello was confirmed the winner of the Fifth District congressional race yesterday at the end of a recount process that saw the Democrat outpolling Virgil Goode by 727 votes. “I’m gratified that after an exhaustive democratic process, we now can say with certainty that this election is over, and the…
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There was no way, I told people, often, that Sam Rasoul doesn’t get at least 40 percent in his Sixth District race with Bob Goodlatte. The kid plain outworked Goodlatte from start to finish, and then, hey, wasn’t Goodlatte running commercials at the end, and telling audiences what he would do “if” he was re-elected…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Wednesday’s canvassing in the Fifth District left Democrat Tom Perriello ahead of Republican incumbent Virgil Goode by a scant 31-vote margin in their congressional race, with a recount certainly looming. “We are clearly seeing a very close election with vote totals from different counties changing rapidly, and Tom Perriello remains…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Danville Register and Bee endorsement editorial put it well, I think. Noting that the paper hadn’t endorsed a Democrat since Virgil Goode was a Democrat, the editorial board relayed that it is changing course not because it is leaving Virgil Goode. “Virgil Goode,” the Register and Bee said, “has…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Tim Kaine on Monday announced that the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has designated 11 Virginia counties primary natural-disaster areas due to the spring and summer drought, including on that list Nelson County, and that 24 contiguous counties including Rockbridge and Augusta had also received contiguous disaster status, making farmers…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s bad enough that it gets the facts of Tom Perriello’s record wrong. That happens every minute of every day anywhere in America where political ads run on TV. But you have to cast the net out far and wide to find a campaign that puts a white candidate in…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A former Monticello High School student will be among the contestants on the next cycle of “America’s Next Top Model,” the reality-TV show hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks. Lauren Brie Harding, the daughter of Albemarle County Sheriff Chip Harding, will be one of the 14 contestants on the show. The…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] An Albemarle County winery will hold a special opening on Aug. 2 and Aug. 3 to introduce itself to the Virginia wine community. Virginia Wineworks has set up shop at the former Montdomaine winery 12 miles south of Charlottesville. Partners Michael Shaps and Philip Stafford will offer complimentary tastings at…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Money is a sign of strength in a political strength. Tom Perriello’s congressional bid continues to show fiscal strength. The Fifth District Democratic Party nominee raised more than $300,000 in the second fundraising quarter of 2008 and has raised more than $900,000 all told, the campaign announced on Tuesday.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A project initiated by students, teachers and parents in the J.P. Burley Middle School community to design and place a new sign, plaque and garden on the school grounds has come to fruition.
