Is Fitch ready to challenge Kilgore?

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham A George Fitch for governor campaign wouldn’t necessarily surprise Republican Party insiders who have been talking for months about the Warrenton mayor’s interest in mounting a challenge to Attorney General Jerry Kilgore. But a Fitch candidacy might shake up the 2005 gubernatorial race nonetheless.

Are the Dems scared of Nader? Something’s going on behind the scenes of the ballot-access controversy

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham What are Virginia Democrats afraid of? Rick Johnson thinks he knows the answer. “They’re scared, and they’re resorting to every trick in the book to keep Ralph Nader off the ballot wherever they can get away with it,” said Johnson, the media coordinator for Nader’s Virginia presidential campaign.

To the beat of their own drums: Leaders discuss nonpartisan nature of city-council elections in Staunton, Waynesboro

Chris Graham

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…

Focused on ’05: Virginia Beach Republican stumps for AG job

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Del. Bob McDonnell, R-Virginia Beach, is unopposed this year – technically speaking. But then, McDonnell, a former prosecutor who has represented the Tidewater area in the Virginia General Assembly for the past 12 years, is more focused on an election two years down the road than he is on the one…