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People had to know back in the ‘70s and ‘80s that cigarettes weren’t good for you, right?

People had to know back in the ‘70s and ‘80s that cigarettes weren’t good for you, right?

The Staunton, Augusta County & Waynesboro Democratic Committees will hold their monthly program & meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, beginning at 7 p.m. at Staunton City Hall, 116 W. Beverly Street, 1st floor City Council Meeting Room in Staunton.

The Democratic Committees of Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro will hold a first-ever Joint Social and Silent Auction Fall Benefit on Oct. 1.

AFP editor Chris Graham leads our Election Day 2016 live blog with the latest news plus commentary and analysis up and down the ballot.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine rallied thousands of Virginians in Richmond as he returned home from the Democratic National Convention and a three-day jobs tour across Pennsylvania and Ohio with Hillary Clinton.

Augusta County Democrats are urging voters to vote no on a proposed amendment adding a right to work provision to the state Constitution.

The Democratic committees of Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County are sponsoring a forum for those planning to vote in the Super Tuesday primary on March 1.

If Emmett Hanger wants a primary, Emmett Hanger gets a primary. That’s how Virginia state law is written. Backers of one of his potential Republican nomination opponents in the 24th Senate District want to change the rules to give district GOP committees the power to choose how a nominee is decided.

Just a couple of weeks ago, 24th District State Sen. Emmett Hanger was looking vulnerable, and I told him as much in what turned into a series of emails between the two of us.

Local Democrats were quite active on the political scene four years ago, and their hard work paid off
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