Some folks have nothing better to do than to make mountains out of molehills, especially when it comes to honest mistakes made by first-time candidates. Such is the case here. Bobby Mathieson's career in law enforcement spans 30 years - he served as a Virginia Beach police officer for 26 years, nine months, to be … Continue reading Keep on doing what you’re doing, Bobby
Category: 2007 General Assemby races
Bouchard can win
The drama of the "will he/won't he" run of 83rd House district Delegate Leo Wardup played out earlier this year, with the result being the latter. A shortened primary race between ultimate winner Chris Stolle and Carolyn Weems and the subsequent time off taken by Stolle has caused this race to kinda fly below the … Continue reading Bouchard can win
Northam: Crossover appeal
Check out the bumper stickers 🙂 And the only thing I did to this photo was smudge out the license plate.
Coming up this week
Wednesday, August 15 83 days for the 83rd. Help Joe Bouchard win! Open house/phone banking from 12 noon to 9pm; canvassing beginning at 4pm. Combined Campaign offices, 5101 Cleveland St. Ste. 302. Call 227-3347 for additional info. Thursday, August 16 Just a note: the HRCC Candidates' Forum for the 83rd House district candidates has been … Continue reading Coming up this week
Welch proposes changes to HRTA
The Virginian Pilot is reporting that Del. John Welch, a non-voting member of the Hampton Roads Transportation Authority and the General Assembly liason, is going to introduce a bill in the upcoming session to "to change the taxes and fees." Sounds a little like campaign season politicking to me. Welch, if you recall, said he … Continue reading Welch proposes changes to HRTA
Miller office opening
Some 200 supporters turned out last night for the official office opening of John Miller, Democratic candidate in the 1st Senate district. On hand to offer remarks was Senator Creigh Deeds. Announced at the event last night was the endorsement of Miller by the Virginia Education Association. VEA President Princess Moss was on hand to … Continue reading Miller office opening
DPVA Grassroots training Saturday
It's not too late to sign up for the DPVA Grassroots training coming up this Saturday. The cost is just $10, which covers lunch. The schedule has been set and is available here (doc).
Northam campaign update
First thing: the Ralph Northam / Paula Miller headquarters opening mentioned in the post below is on Saturday, August 18 at 10:30am. The Northam campaign will have a similar headquarters opening for the Eastern Shore office this coming Saturday, August 11. Secondly: the campaign reports that things are going quite well. Fundraising, in which Northam … Continue reading Northam campaign update
New page: volunteer opportunities
I've set up a new page (click on tab above) for volunteer opportunities for the campaigns in the Hampton Roads area. As I get more information, I'll be updating the page. So if you have a few hours and want to help out these campaigns, I've tried to make it easy for you to do … Continue reading New page: volunteer opportunities
The Week Ahead
Some things happening this week you may be interested in: Thursday, August 9 Senate candidate in the 1st district John Miller is having a campaign office open house. 4:30pm - 7:30pm, 2 Hidenwood Shopping Center (corner of Warwick Blvd. & Hiden Blvd.) RSVP to Jennifer at (757) 594-0911 Food and fun with Joe Bouchard 6:00pm … Continue reading The Week Ahead
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