Boucher holds steady lead over Griffith in Ninth

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Democratic incumbent Rick Boucher has a double-digit lead over Republican Morgan Griffith in their race for the Ninth District seat, according to two recent polls. A SurveyUSA poll released on Friday has Boucher with a 50 percent-40 percent lead over Griffith, the majority leader in the Virginia House of Delegates. internal polling conducted for Boucher…

Armstrong: AG ‘reading off talking points’ on utility increases

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Facing a question on GOP-sponsored state legislation pushing electricity rates up pretty dramatically in Southwest Virginia, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli deflected at a town-hall meeting in Rocky Mount Thursday to a discussion of cap-and-trade legislation that has been stalled in Congress for a year. “Cap-and-trade legislation failed in the U.S. Congress. It didn’t pass. For…

UVa. releases men’s hoops schedule

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A 17-game home schedule, featuring eight games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and including games against Iowa State, LSU and Oregon, highlights the Virginia men’s basketball team’s 2010-11 schedule released Thursdayby the ACC. The Cavaliers are also scheduled to participate in the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational (Nov. 22-24) and play at Minnesota in the ACC/Big…

UVa. releases men's hoops schedule

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A 17-game home schedule, featuring eight games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and including games against Iowa State, LSU and Oregon, highlights the Virginia men’s basketball team’s 2010-11 schedule released Thursdayby the ACC. The Cavaliers are also scheduled to participate in the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational (Nov. 22-24) and play at Minnesota in the ACC/Big…

Perriello-Hurt: Either a blowout or a close race

Chris Graham

A new SurveyUSA poll has Republican Robert Hurt comfortably ahead of Democratic incumbent Tom Perriello in their race for the Fifth District seat in Congress, though the numbers are vastly different than those in another poll released recently by a Republican-leaning outfit. SurveyUSA has Hurt ahead of Perriello by a 61 percent-35 percent margin, ahead…