Bad news for Ben Cline: per Louise Lucas, the 10-1 congressional map is the only one that the State Senate has the votes to pass.
Tag Archives: Election 2026
What is Ben Cline trying to say here about a proposed Augusta County ICE facility?
Our MAGA Sixth District congressman, good ol’ Ben Cline, commented on the proposed Augusta County ICE detention facility at something called a City Elders town hall in Staunton last week.
Abigail Spanberger, no surprise at all, endorses Beth Macy for Congress
It would have surprised me if Abigail Spanberger hadn’t signed on to back Beth Macy’s run for a seat in Congress in our part of the state.
Cline, McGuire mum on shooting of Alex Pretti: Silence is complicity
Our local Republican congressmen, Ben Cline and John McGuire, have yet to utter a word publicly, either way, addressing the shooting of an ICU nurse by ICE thugs in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Jack Smith pantsed Ben Cline in front of Congress and the TV-viewing world
Ben Cline, who fancies himself a bulldog lawyer, had his bits snipped by actual bulldog lawyer Jack Smith, but we knew that was going to happen, the second the TV cameras panned to Cline.
Ben Cline thinks he’s going to be a top congressional MAGA next year: Who gets to tell him?
Ben Cline, landslided in his 2024 bid for the chair post in the Republican Study Committee, thinks he has the inside track to being named the chair next year.
Ken Mitchell: A military veteran’s perspective on U.S. action in Venezuela
The Trump administration’s recent seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has left me shocked and disappointed.
Virginia moving forward with redistricting: What it means for us locally
The Virginia House of Delegates voted 62-33 on Wednesday to advance a resolution that would allow state leaders to redraw our congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Lisa Vedernikova Khanna drops out of First District Democratic race
Lisa Vedernikova Khanna announced Monday that she is dropping out of the race for the Democratic congressional nomination in the First District.
Election 2026: Beth Macy campaign shows strength with impressive money numbers
I don’t know Beth Macy, but what I know of Beth Macy would have me believing that she isn’t comfortable having to brag about her political fundraising prowess.