Tonight marks the last debate between gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli. Unfortunately for most of us, the debate at Virginia Tech will not be televised. It’s being sponsored and broadcast by CBS affiliate WDBJ 7 in Roanoke. According to information from the station, NewsChannel 8 in Northern Virginia will also broadcast the debate, … Continue reading Last chance
Endorsements for Peninsula House of Delegates contests are handled by The Daily Press. Today, the editorial board published its endorsements of incumbents Mike Watson (93rd) and Mayme BaCote (95th), along with challenger Rob Farinholt (94th). The endorsements are thoughtful and worth a read, particularly since the ed board has, in the past, leaned right. ~ … Continue reading DP endorses Watson, BaCote, Farinholt
While The Virginian-Pilot was early in endorsing statewide candidates, other newspapers around the state have been rolling theirs out using a more traditional time frame. The Washington Post endorsed Democrat Terry McAuliffe for governor along with Democrats Ralph Northam and Mark Herring for LG and AG, respectively. The Daily Press endorsed McAulliffe and Northam as … Continue reading Statewide endorsements, RTD comes out
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday, prompted by the release of a second CNU poll in as many weeks. CNU has been releasing its poll data over two days, with the horse race numbers the first day - and, of course, every body loves a race - and more detail on … Continue reading ICYMI: A changing electorate in the Old Dominion?
Campaign finance disclosures covering the month of September were due at 5pm Tuesday. By now, I'm sure everyone has seen the numbers for the statewide candidates, so I won't reproduce them here. (If not, check out VPAP.) Here are the numbers for Hampton Roads contested house races: Total receipts In-kind Loans received # donors Cash … Continue reading 10/15/13 Financial Reports
I have no idea when The Virginian-Pilot, which covers the southside of Hampton Roads, will print its endorsements. But I don't want to be caught off-guard, like I was with the statewide endorsements. So I figured I'd get a jump-start on this. I don't know whether the entire board has embraced editorial page editor Don … Continue reading Predictions on Pilot endorsements 2013 edition
The Virginian-Pilot's Julian Walker reports today on the race behind the race in the 6th Senate district. The jockeying began almost from the time that current occupant, Ralph Northam, announced his run for lieutenant governor. (Some of the potential candidates had started even earlier.) From the article (paywall): Potential candidates on the GOP side include … Continue reading Jockeying in the 6th Senate underway
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-PIlot Thursday. I was reading part 2 of the CNU poll (pdf), which was released Wednesday morning, which included this graph. How often do 70% of us agree on anything? My first reaction was: wow. If the majority agrees, why do we keep electing folks that don't look … Continue reading ICYMI: Partisanship ahead of the public good?
With just 26 days remaining before Election Day, another poll shows Democrat Terry McAuliffe leading Republican Ken Cuccinelli. But that's not what caught my eye. Really? 21% of likely voters haven't heard enough about Governor Bob McDonnell to form an opinion of him? They are planning to vote? But it gets worse. The majority of … Continue reading Really, likely voters?
Pilot editorial writer Shawn Day had a blistering column in today's paper about the candidates that are being interviewed for the paper's endorsements. Several House candidates, when asked their views on certain issues, have told me and other members of The Pilot's Editorial Board that they lacked information to offer an informed opinion. These aren't … Continue reading Day: A parade of ill-prepared candidates
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