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Story by Chris Graham The six Queen City residents vying for the four open seats on Staunton City Council were on one dais Tuesday night … eventually. “Maybe I can even be on time next time,” incumbent City Councilman Dickie Bell said after arriving 45 minutes late for the candidates’ forum sponsored by the Staunton…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham City-council elections in Staunton and Waynesboro are not strictly nonpartisan – but they are so nonetheless. It might not matter to most people one way or the other – after all, most people won’t be voting in today’s elections. For the one in three who will be, though, there…
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Story by Chris Graham Steve Sisson is quietly, patiently building a state Senate campaign. The Elkton Democrat is meeting practically every night with voters in different parts of the 24th Senate District – which stretches from Rockingham County to Greene, Albemarle, Highland and Rockbridge in addition to Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro. And he has…
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The Staunton Democratic Committee’s candidates forum Tuesday evening allowed audience members to ask questions in a town-hall-style platform.
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On Thursday, Aug. 4, the Staunton Democratic Committee will celebrate President Barack Obama’s birthday in Gypsy Hill Park at 6 p.m. This gathering will take the place of the committee’s August meeting, usually held on the second Tuesday. Please call or e-mail Connie Birch with any questions or comments: 540.885.3973 or [email protected].
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Is Terry McAuliffe running for something? Well, not technically, but he is traveling with the former executive director of the Democratic Party of Virginia, Levar Stoney, who now works for him in a sort of nebulous role that doesn’t have Stoney as a political aide, per se, but … And McAuliffe didn’t begin his talk…
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You ask Terry McAuliffe why he lost last year’s Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination, and he has a ready answer: Republicans. “A significant number of Republicans showed up in our primary. I was 10 points up in my polling data, but I wasn’t polling Republicans,” McAuliffe said during a visit with the Staunton Democratic Committee Tuesday….
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Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum marked Tax Day with a speaker series talk by UVA Professor of History and Economics Mark Thomas.
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Ken Mitchell is the kind of Democrat who actually has a Tom Perriello ‘08 longshot chance of winning in November.
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Sharon VanName has launched a write-in campaign for a seat on the Headwaters Soil & Water Conservation District representing the City of Waynesboro.
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