Tag: Ed Gillespie
Virginia Tech expert: Stewart endorsement more important than Trump for Gillespie
As Virginia’s race for governor enters the final weeks, a Virginia Tech political expert points out the risk facing Republican Ed Gillespie.
Mark Kelly, Virginia gun safety advocates call on Ed Gillespie to release NRA questionnaire
Captain Mark Kelly joined with gun safety advocates today in Alexandria today to call on NRA-endorsed candidate Ed Gillespie to release his NRA questionnaire.
Poll: Northam with sizable lead on Gillespie in Virginia governor race
Democrat Ralph Northam has an eight-point lead on Republican Ed Gillespie in an early summer rendering of the Virginia governor race.
Northam, Perriello announce debates, joint appearances
Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam and former congressman Tom Perriello announced a schedule of five debates and three joint appearances.
Christopher Newport polls: Democrat race a tossup, as is November
Ralph Northam and Tom Perriello are in a dead heat in the race for the 2017 Democratic Party governor nomination.
Poll: Northam leads GOP field in 2017 matchups
Democrat Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam has leads on each of the four 2017 Republican governor contenders, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.
Poll: 2017 Virginia governor race wide open
Virginia Republican voters don’t know who they want to run for governor next year, and voters in general are undecided on who should win in the fall race.
Cuccinelli out: Former AG rules out 2017 Virginia governor run
Ken Cuccinelli said Saturday that he will not run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2017.
Ed Gillespie confirms plans to run for governor in 2017
Ed Gillespie confirmed in an email to The Washington Post on Friday that he plans to run for governor in 2017.
Mark Obenshain not running for governor in 2017
Mark Obenshain isn’t “going anywhere,” but he’s also not running for governor. The Harrisonburg state senator confirmed via Twitter reports from earlier in the day on Monday that he will not be running for governor in 2017.
Veteran Virginia Republican campaign consultant Chris Leavitt has been tapped to lead Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Virginia presidential campaign effort.
Veteran Virginia Republican campaign consultant Chris Leavitt has been tapped to lead Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Virginia presidential campaign effort.
Mark Obenshain: Ed Gillespie ran a strong campaign
Shortly after noon today Ed Gillespie told supporters that while close, the margin in his race for the United States Senate is not quite close enough.
Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham talks politics on WREL
Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham joins host Jim Bresnahan on WREL-1450AM in Lexington, Va., to talk news and politics.
Planned Parenthood congratulates Mark Warner on Senate victory
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia publicly congratulated Senator Mark Warner on his victory over Ed Gillespie in Tuesday’s election.
House Speaker Bill Howell on Ed Gillespie Senate campaign
Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell issued the following statement Friday on Ed Gillespie.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner on Senate election outcome, Ed Gillespie
Statement from U.S. Sen. Mark Warner on the final outcome in the 2014 Senate election and the concession in the race from his opponent, Republican Ed Gillespie.
Ed Gillespie concedes U.S. Senate race
Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie has formally conceded the Virginia U.S. Senate race to Democrat Mark Warner, saying in a Friday news conference that a recount, permissible under state law due to the race’s tight margin, would not make a difference.
Tooclosetocall? Seriously? It’s over, Mark Warner won already
There is one precinct left to count of the 2,557 spread across Virginia, the University Hall precinct in Albemarle County, and Mark Warner has a 16,540-vote lead over Ed Gillespie.
Crunching the numbers: Should Ed Gillespie have been favorite all along?
Give credit to the Ed Gillespie team for one thing: getting its voters energized and then to the polls. The comparisons to 2008 and 2012 show that victory was more possible than it even seems today knowing what we know now.
Why are AP, State Board numbers in the Warner-Gillespie race different?
The Associated Press is showing Mark Warner with a 12,300-vote winning margin in the Virginia U.S. Senate race on Tuesday. The State Board of Elections has it at Warner by 16,500 votes.
Winners and Losers Special Edition: Toocloseforcomfort U.S. Senate race
WINNER: Ed Gillespie OK, he lost, sure. But we expected him to lose. Just not by 18,000 votes. (Maybe 18 points, but not 18,000 votes.) Now Gillespie is the odds-on favorite to be the Republican nominee for governor in 2017.
Toocloseforcomfort: Mark Warner wins Senate re-election by razor-thin margin
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner didn’t run like an incumbent upon 25 points in the polls in the early summer. He must have seen something that the rest of us couldn’t see.
How Election Night will go in Virginia: Can Ed Gillespie shock the world?
If you watch the election returns tonight like you watch a football game, the first quarter of the Mark Warner-Ed Gillespie game might surprise you, when you see Gillespie get on the board with an early touchdown.
WREL: AFP editor Chris Graham talks Mark Warner poll, latest on Jesse Matthew
Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham joins host Jim Bresnahan on WREL-1450AM in Lexington, Va., to talk news and politics. The segment includes a discussion of a new Christopher Newport University poll showing Democrat Mark Warner up just seven points on Republican Ed Gillespie in his Senate re-election race.
Gap narrowing, but it is enough? New poll has Warner up only seven in Senate race
After leading in polls in the summer by as much as 25 points, Sen Mark Warner is up just seven points on Republican Ed Gillespie in a new poll out Friday from Christopher Newport University.
Smart political marketing: Dueling Senate ads invoke Redskins, Hokies
Viewers during the broadcast of the Washington-Dallas Monday Night Football game were treated to a TV spot from the Ed Gillespie campaign informing them that he is the Senate candidate who will make sure that the Redskins don’t have to change their name.
Libertarian Senate candidate Robert Sarvis on Millennials support
Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Robert Sarvis released the following statement in response to a Christopher Newport University poll finding that he has more than twice the support of Republican Ed Gillespie among Virginians between the ages of 18 and 35.
Poll: Millennials favor Warner, Sarvis, with Gillespie distant third in Senate race
Voters ages 18-35 favor incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, with a surprise in who their second choice is: Libertarian Robert Sarvis over Republican Ed Gillespie.
Live stream of Monday’s U.S. Senate debate
Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner and Republican challenger Ed Gillespie will debate tonight at 7 p.m. EDT. The candidates will meet at the WCVE PBS TV studios in Richmond, VA. The debate is co-produced by WCVE PBS and WTVR CBS 6, and co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Virginia and AARP Virginia.
Planned Parenthood continues push against GOP nominee Gillespie on women’s health
Today, Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie unveiled his long awaited alternative to the Affordable Care Act. As expected, Gillespie’s plan is nothing more than a veiled attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Mary Washington poll: Mark Warner leads Senate race by 10
All year long, Mark Warner has been such a heavy favorite in his Senate re-election race that the race has barely been polled. And then things tightened up a bit, not to a point where the Democrat should be uncomfortable, but even so.
Planned Parenthood: Gillespie continues support for misleading over-the-counter birth control plan
Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie reiterated his support for over-the-counter access to birth control during Tuesday’s debate with U.S. Senator Mark Warner. Planned Parenthood is raising issue with the proposal.
U.S. Senate candidate Robert Sarvis on gay marriage ruling
Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Robert Sarvis made the following statement following the announcement Monday by the United State Supreme Court that it would not review pending decisions by lower courts regarding same-sex marriage.
Mark Warner, Ed Gillespie take Senate squabble to TV
A new Ed Gillespie TV ad claims that Sen. Mark Warner has “Lost His Way.” Warner, the Democratic incumbent, responds with the “Truth” about Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman.
Sarvis: Gillespie’s call for next AG to ‘uphold our Constitution’ rings hollow
In response to Ed Gillespie’s call for Eric Holder’s successor as Attorney General to “impartially defend our laws and uphold our Constitution,” Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Robert Sarvis made the following statement:
Warner Senate campaign raises issue with another Gillespie attack TV ad
The Mark Warner Senate campaign raised issue with another Ed Gillespie campaign TV attack ad on Thursday.
Robert Sarvis: Gun owners should take NRA endorsement with a handful of salt
Following the announcement of the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund’s endorsement of Republican Ed Gillespie for U.S. Senate, Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis made the following statement.
Warner Senate campaign calls out Gillespie ad as misleading
Today Ed Gillespie continued his negative campaign with a desperate attack ad using made-up numbers to mislead voters on Senator Mark Warner’s record.
Senate candidate Robert Sarvis introduces Bill of Rights scorecard
Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Robert Sarvis made the following statement in observance of Constitution Day, the day honoring the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787.
Virginia Police Benevolent Association endorses Ed Gillespie for Senate
The Virginia Police Benevolent Association is endorsing Republican Ed Gillespie for the U.S. Senate.
