Will Hammer confirmed for Sixth District ballot
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Will Hammer was confirmed on the Sixth District congressional ballot by the Virginia State Board of Elections last week.
Search Results for Democrats
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Libertarian candidates file for November elections
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A full slate of Libertarian candidates filed to run for federal office yesterday at the State Board of Elections. Collectively, the candidates submitted well over 30,000 signatures.
How to get and keep attention, support from women
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There is a lot of talk these days about the importance of the women’s vote for the 2014 elections. Democrats and Republicans alike are courting women voters — Republicans are working as hard as they can to shed their anti-woman image stemming from the 2012 election cycle, while Democrats are working equally hard to shine as the party that fully supports women’s equality.
Chris Graham: What if McAuliffe were to veto the budget?
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With Phil Puckett’s resignation throwing control of the State Senate back to Republicans, it’s looking like the budget stalemate that has tied up local and state government since the winter will lift as soon as Thursday.
Stunner! Eric Cantor loses Republican primary, ousted from Congress
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., lost his battle with Randolph-Macon economics professor Dave Brat for re-nomination to the ballot in the Seventh Congressional District in Virginia Tuesday, a political stunner that sent shock waves down both sides of the aisle.
Warner Senate campaign releases second TV ad
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Senator Mark Warner’s re-election campaign today released its second television ad, “Insourcing,” which highlights his bipartisan efforts in the U.S. Senate to reform the tax code to provide targeted incentives to companies that bring high tech and manufacturing jobs to Virginia and the United States.
Kirk Cox: 90 days without a budget
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Terry McAuliffe and Senate Democrats have now held the budget hostage for some 90 days. Even after Secretary of Finance Ric Brown recently briefed the General Assembly Money Committees that state revenue shortfall could possibly exceed $1 billion over the next two years, there has been no urgency in the Senate to work towards a budget negotiation.
Patronage: How the great Medicaid expansion battle was lost
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State Senate Democrat Phil Puckett is resigning, and it appears to have to do with ongoing Republican efforts to block his daughter from a Circuit Court appointment. And thus the great Medicaid expansion battle was lost. Basically because of patronage.
Democratic Party response to Ed Gillespie economic plan
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Today, Ed Gillespie released a five-point “plan” for economic growth that can be summed-up like this: 1) Ed would like to continue Sen. Warner’s work in the Senate and 2) Ed is willing to flip-flop on policies he previously supported in order to get the Tea Party Republican nomination.
Warner for Virginia announces Working Together Tour
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On Wednesday, May 28, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner will kick off the “Working Together” tour, highlighting his plans for finding bipartisan solutions that ensure everyone has a fair shot at success.
