With the election of Ralph Northam, the 6th Senate seat becomes available. The race started Wednesday, even though the date for the election has not been set. Both parties held meetings Wednesday evening. Democrats chose November 16 as the date of its unassembled caucus (aka firehouse primary) while the Republicans chose November 21 for its … Continue reading 6th Senate race info
With the AG's race so close, there's a lot of stuff floating around out there about recounts. A quick summary of the rules can be found in this document (pdf) from the State Board of Elections. The high points: What's happening right now is NOT a recount. Right now, electoral boards across the state are conducting … Continue reading Virginia’s recount process
Congratulations to the winners, condolences to the non-winners. Thanks to all who ran. And thanks to all who voted.
Election Day is tomorrow - Tuesday, November 5. Despite the polls, we all know that the only poll that counts is the one on Election Day, when we cast our ballots. So make time tomorrow to get out and vote. The candidates (listed in the order on which they will appear on the ballot - … Continue reading Who’s on your ballot
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. Of course, the two candidates the title refers to are Ken Cuccinelli and Mark Obenshain. It seems illogical that the polls show Cuccinelli losing while Obenshain is keeping the race close. As I said in the article, Obenshain is Cuccinelli 2.0. I guess the voters … Continue reading ICYMI: Two inseparable candidates
Calling all political junkies 🙂 VPAP has an elections predictions contest going on covering next week's elections. And not just the three statewide races. They've included several of the highly contested races in the House of Delegates. Head on over and participate 😉
The deadline for filing the last financial reports, covering 10/1-10/23/13, was 5pm yesterday. The quick and dirty on the statewide candidates can be found here. As before, below are the numbers on the contested House of Delegates races in Hampton Roads: Total receipts In-kind Loans received # donors Cash on hand Outstanding loans 21st District … Continue reading 10/28/13 Financial Reports
I did pretty well with my predictions on who The Virginian-Pilot would endorse this cycle, including the one statewide contest that I managed to get in before they endorsed. I missed one - the Portsmouth sheriff's race. And it appears that there will not be an endorsement in one race - the 100th House. It … Continue reading Pilot endorsements roundup: 13/14
Perennial candidate Sherry Battle-Edmonds, formerly known as Sherry White Battle, is up to old tricks again. First, she tried to use photos of herself with Rep. Bobby Scott and State Senator Henry Marsh on her website. The pictures were taken at Scott's Labor Day picnic. Both Scott and Marsh deny endorsing Battle-Edmonds, who is running … Continue reading Battle is at it again
Bacon's Rebellion has an interesting post about the temperament of Virginia: Social scientists have divided the United States into three distinct regions based upon the preponderant personality type: friendly/conventional, relaxed/creative and temperamental/ uninhibited. [...] Virginia and North Carolina represent an isolated, East Coast bastion of the relaxed and creative personality type. The Tarheel state is … Continue reading Friday fun: what’s your temperament?
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