Marcus Calabrese has filed to run as the Republican candidate in the 90th. When we last saw him, he was a candidate for city council in Superward 6. He finished fourth in a 4-person race. Other than not letting Joe Lindsey win this with no opposition, I can't imagine why he'd run. Surely he can … Continue reading A Republican candidate in the 90th
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. The inspiration was the short time frame for nominating contests for the open seats in the 90th and the 48th House of Delegates districts. By setting the date for the special elections for 8/19, which is less than 60 days away, the speaker relied … Continue reading ICYMI: Even the schedule is inside baseball
UPDATE: Only three candidates completed the filing. From earlier today: Four candidates have filed paperwork to be on the ballot for Saturday's firehouse primary, according to VPAP. They are: Alex Askew Rick James Terrell Kingwood Joe Lindsey Candidates have until noon today to file their declaration of candidacy and pay a $2,500 nonrefundable filing fee. … Continue reading Updated: 3 in for 90th
Details have been released for the Democratic caucus for the 90th House of Delegates district. The caucus will be held Saturday, July 5, 2014 from 10:30am to 2:30pm 2:00 pm (according to the NCDC - the VBDC has the end time as 2:30pm and neither has working links to the call). The locations for the … Continue reading Democratic caucus details: 90th HoD
With the resignation of Del. Algie Howell, the 90th House seat becomes vacant. A special election has been set for August 19, with a candidate filing deadline of next Monday, July 7 at 5pm. The short date means party nominating contests have to take place this week. Democrats have scheduled a caucus for this Saturday, … Continue reading 90th House special election
Yesterday, the campaign of Mark Warner announced the support of women from across the Commonwealth. The list includes elected and former elected officials, activists and ordinary women who support Warner's re-election. You can add your name to the list here. Warner faces Republican Ed Gillespie in November.
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. The resignation of Puckett, followed by the defeat of Cantor and then the passage of a budget all happened in one week. Today, we await the governor's action on the budget. One thing for sure: Virginia politics is never boring. Whatever the governor does is … Continue reading ICYMI: Virginia’s full week of electoral aftershocks
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. Every postmortem I've read about the defeat of Eric Cantor - and there are far too many to reference - has ultimately concluded the same thing: Cantor was no longer in touch with his district. How did that happen? As I wrote: Cantor lost … Continue reading ICYMI: The problem with candidate Cantor
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot on May 29. (Obviously, I've been a little busy in the interim.) It was the final installment of a three-part series on why I think moving local elections to November is a bad idea. (Part 1, on money, is here. Part 2, on people, is here.) … Continue reading ICYMI: Making time for elections
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. It is the second of a three-part series on why I think the move to November for local elections is a bad idea. (Part 1 is here.) In this article, I look at another important element of successful campaigns: people. There's no doubt that … Continue reading ICYMI: Limited resources for local candidates
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