Faith issues front and center in governor’s race

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham Tim Kaine doesn’t hide the fact that he is a Roman Catholic. “I am a Catholic, and I’m very serious about my faith,” said Kaine, Virginia’s lieutenant governor and the presumptive Democratic Party nominee to run for governor in the Commonwealth in the fall. “I took a year off…

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.

Kaine, Kilgore on opposite sides of Tech-UVa. rivalry

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham   Jerry Kilgore was getting ready to talk hard politics. Which makes sense, given the stakes. There’s a state to be run, after all, not to mention a gubernatorial election – Kilgore, the attorney general in Virginia, is the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination to run for governor…

A Kerry (Vanessa) stumps the Valley

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham The presidential campaign trail is a long, winding, unforgiving road. Indeed, if it weren’t for the letters DQ, Vanessa Kerry might have a hard time staying in between the white lines. “When I think of the words campaign trail, my mind immediately goes to little sleep, lots of coffee and cravings…

Tweaking NCLB: Republican delegation to ask feds to ‘back off’

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham When Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, brought up his concerns with respect to the No Child Left Behind education-accountability initiative during the news conference in 2003 in which he announced his candidacy for re-election to the Virginia General Assembly, it didn’t take long for fellow Republicans to paint a…