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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner didn’t rule out a run for governor in 2013 in an interview with NBC12 in Richmond on Friday. Asked by “First at 4” anchor Ryan Nobles to address speculation that he is considering a run for governor next year, Warner conceded that “it’s no news flash that sometimes the Senate frustrates me.”
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President Barack Obama (46 percent) clings to a 2-point lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney (44 percent), in a swing-state nail-biter, according to a Suffolk University/NBC12 (WWBT-Richmond) poll of likely general-election voters in Virginia. Seven percent were undecided.
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A new TV ad from the Tim Kaine Senate campaign aims to reaffirm the Democratic Party nominee’s commitment to strengthening programs that ensure a healthy and secure retirement for Virginia seniors, including Social Security and Medicare.
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Barack Obama and Tim Kaine are looking good in Virginia in 2012. And then you look ahead to 2013, and it looks again like Republicans have the inside track to a statewide sweep.
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Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) on Thursday chaired a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs hearing where he called on the Administration to use American influence to discourage the use of military force or the unilateral expansion of sovereignty claims in East Asia, and to employ the “creative energy of our leadership” to seek the resolution of escalating maritime territorial disputes.
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Well, here we go again. It’s the 10th anniversary year for Augusta Free Press, and the occasion has had me at various times this year reminiscing about the good old days. Back in 2002, when we first threw the AFP up online, it was hard to explain to people what we were exactly.
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Brian Moran’s father was a successful high-school football coach, and Moran, the chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party, remembers what his dad had to say about what it took to win high-stakes games on the gridiron
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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced on Wednesday the hiring of Matt Wells as deputy manager of his 2013 gubernatorial campaign. Wells will join the Bolling for Governor campaign on Aug. 23
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George Allen took his Virginia Voices tour to Dale City on Saturday to hear directly from veterans whose voices are being ignored in Washington
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Susan Allen welcomed former Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao to the Virginia Voices Tour on Tuesday
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