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Op-Ed by Seth Thatcher As of late, my mailbox has been filled with political mailings from state-senate candidates Democrat Karen Schultz and Republican Jill Vogel. As is her style, Jill Vogel is running a positive campaign based on important issues that face the 27th District. Jill Vogel stands up for protecting life, keeping taxes low,…
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Story by Chris Graham State delegates Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, and Clay Athey, R-Warren, are calling on House Democratic Caucus chair Brian Moran to disclose what role, if any, he played in the appointment of the controversial leader of the Muslim American Society to the Virginia Commission on Immigration. The what role, if any part relating…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The 27th Senate District promised to be a wide-open affair even before moderate Republican Sen. Russ Potts announced his retirement plans. But now with Potts out of the picture, the battle between his successor as the Republican standard-bearer in the district that stretches from Winchester in the Shenandoah Valley…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham He had to fend off perhaps the fight of his political life in June with a party-primary challenge from Rockbridge County businessman Scott Sayre. With the change of seasons from summer to fall, 24th District Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger would seem to have if not the second-biggest fight of…
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Column by Chris Graham So I’m walking down the streets of Buena Vista the other day, when out of the blue came a guy running for … something. “You still hang around with the mainstream media?” Mark Warner asked me as he made his way toward another handshake at the annual Labor Day parade in…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham So I’m walking down the streets of Buena Vista the other day, when out of the blue came a guy running for … something. “You still hang around with the mainstream media?” Mark Warner asked me as he made his way toward another handshake at the annual Labor…
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Story by Chris Graham Conservative activist John Taylor noted with interest the story in The Daily Progress about Central Virginia Republican Del. Bill Janis coming out in support of changes to the controversial abusive-driver fees that have had GOP lawmakers on the defensive the past couple of months. “Now it’s almost a daily event that…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I just wrote a story this week about “The Republican Valley,” and now I’m going to write about how that’s changing. And nope, I’m not confused. Because the Valley is a-changin’, and I suppose it’s time for me to read the writin’ on the wall. How can I…
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Story by Chris Graham Valley Republicans have been at odds with each other this year. George Allen is trying to do his part to mend the fences between the warring parties. “I’d like to try to get everyone united after these intrasquad scrimmages – and we’ve had a heck of a one around here, the…
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Column by Chris Graham Divided as Shenandoah Valley Republicans might be, the local GOP is still the hegemon on the Valley political scene. “Republicans in the Valley, north to south, have virtually a stranglehold on the electorate,” Bridgewater College political-science professor David McQuilkin said. But that’s only part of the equation explaining why Valley Republicans…
