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Ralph Northam, Mark Herring win Democratic nominations

Published date: June 11, 2013 | 10:17 pm

State Sens. Ralph Northam and Mark Herring will complete the Democratic Party ticket for the 2013 state elections. Northam, D-Norfolk, defeated Aneesh Chopra for the lieutenant governor nomination, with 54.3 percent of the more than 140,000 votes cast. Herring, D-Leesburg, won a tighter battle with former federal prosecutor Justin Fairfax for the attorney general nomination, with 51.6 percent of the votes going to Herring.

Sen. Mark Warner urges commission to look at voting wait times

Chris Graham

Published date: June 11, 2013 | 12:18 pm

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 8:18 pm

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) today sent a letter to the chairmen of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, Robert F. Bauer and Benjamin L. Ginsberg, urging them to take strong steps to address the hours-long election lines that too many voters endured during the 2012 election.

Norm Dicks and Lynn Scarlett: Loss of open space can affect rural economies

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Published date: June 10, 2013 | 1:26 pm

Each year, an estimated 2 million acres of America’s farms, ranches, forests, wildlife habitat, and other open spaces are fragmented into smaller parcels or lost to development, according to the President’s Annual Economic Report to Congress.

Bill Bolling’s Virginia Mainstream Project announces GOP primary picks

Chris Graham

Published date: June 6, 2013 | 10:08 am

Updated: August 21, 2025 | 3:38 pm

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling today announced the Virginia Mainstream Project’s support of candidates in several contested Republican primaries this month. Bolling recently created the VMP in part to focus on electing mainstream, conservative Republicans to public office.

Sen. Tim Kaine presses Pentagon brass on sexual assaults

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Published date: June 5, 2013 | 12:55 am

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 4:12 pm

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services Committee, today pressed top military officials on the escalating crisis of sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact in the military.

Sen. Tim Kaine talks farm bill in Charlottesville, Gordonsville

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Published date: June 3, 2013 | 12:13 am

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine participated in a roundtable with local farmers in Charlottesville on Friday to discuss the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 (the Farm Bill), which was voted out of committee with bipartisan support, and how it will help Virginia farmers and local markets

Tim Kaine visits Norfolk Naval Shipyard, talks defense

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Published date: May 31, 2013 | 9:42 am

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services Committee, toured the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on Thursday and led a discussion with shipyard employees as part of a statewide effort to gather feedback ahead of the committee’s negotiations on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the coming weeks.

Sen. Tim Kaine meets with top officials at United Nations

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Published date: May 29, 2013 | 1:04 pm

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, participated in a series of meetings with top United Nations officials on Tuesday, May 28 at the organization’s headquarters in New York City.

Karen Kwiatkowski: God Bless the USA!

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Published date: May 24, 2013 | 2:44 pm

Updated: May 24, 2013 | 2:46 pm

We citizens of the USA are represented by the very best of us. The Senate, in particular the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is filled to the brim with humanitarians, deep thinking wise men, and just good folks.

Tim Kaine talks up Troop Talent Act

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Published date: May 22, 2013 | 8:59 pm

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (D-IL 8) hosted a discussion with nearly 80 veterans, business leaders and support organizations today at American Legion Post 24 in Alexandria on Kaine’s first bill, the Troop Talent Act, and next steps for the bipartisan legislation

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Ralph Northam, Mark Herring win Democratic nominations

Sen. Mark Warner urges commission to look at voting wait times

Norm Dicks and Lynn Scarlett: Loss of open space can affect rural economies

Bill Bolling’s Virginia Mainstream Project announces GOP primary picks

Sen. Tim Kaine presses Pentagon brass on sexual assaults

Sen. Tim Kaine talks farm bill in Charlottesville, Gordonsville

Tim Kaine visits Norfolk Naval Shipyard, talks defense

Sen. Tim Kaine meets with top officials at United Nations

Karen Kwiatkowski: God Bless the USA!

Tim Kaine talks up Troop Talent Act

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