Let's see: NC - voter ID, an end to early voting, Sunday voting and same-day registration. Plus kicking people off unemployment and reducing the benefits for those who remain. TX - a second special session to consider an abortion bill that would close nearly all of the clinics in the state. Plus implementation of a … Continue reading NC, TX, and, of course, VA: All Politics is Local
All 100 seats in the House of Delegates will be on the ballot this fall. Here are the Hampton Roads candidates. * = incumbent 21st District (Parts of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach) Susan Hippen (D) Ron Villanueva* (R) Virginian-Pilot endorsement 64th District (Parts of Suffolk, Franklin as well as the counties of Prince George, Surry, … Continue reading Who’s running: House of Delegates
Republican Mark Obenshain and Democrat Mark Herring met in the first debate of the election this morning in Virginia Beach. The event was a part of The Virginia State Bar's Young Lawyers Conference and Cathy Lewis, of WHRO, served as moderator. The hour-long debate gives an early glimpse into the tone that this contest will … Continue reading First AG debate
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. (Those who subscribe to VPAP's VaNews also got a chance to read it yesterday. So good to be back in!) Although the statewide results were important, it was the Norfolk results that I watched the closest, for a couple of reasons. Of course, I wanted … Continue reading ICYMI: What Tuesday’s primary showed us
Before we get too far afield of Tuesday's primary results, I think it's important to look at what happened yesterday. Northam wins LG nod I have to say that I'm surprised that my Senator pulled it off. (I'm anxious to get inside the numbers but that will have to wait until I have more time.) … Continue reading Election aftermath
Pretty sure the readers of this blog know that today is Election Day 🙂 The polls are open until 7pm tonight. Vote at your normal voting location. You can find a candidate's list here or use the SBE's "What's on my ballot?" tool here.
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. Although there was an overflow crowd for last night's candidates' forum, at 200+ folks, it was just a fraction of the number of people who will be voting. (Which is why I spent way too much time getting the video of it posted.) Lots of folks will … Continue reading Candidate forums, mail & straw polls (or ICYMI: Don’t rely on negative advertising)
The four Democrats who will be on the ballot were in Virginia Beach last night for a candidates' forum. The video, in two parts, is below. Somehow, my battery ran out. Here's part 2
The press conference held by AG Ken Cuccinelli yesterday afternoon prompted articles all over the commonwealth. Within hours, reports were updated to reflect that the Treasury Department, of which the Internal Revenue Service is a part, had issued a letter regarding the money. Virginia is due to receive in excess of $100 million from a … Continue reading Not so fast, Mr. Cuccinelli
I had my head down working yesterday when the news broke that my Congressman, Scott Rigell, will not endorse the Republican nominee for LG, E.W. Jackson. I applauded him on my Facebook page for having the courage to do this. But I was quickly disappointed to learn that the lack of endorsement didn't mean a … Continue reading Rigell on Jackson: no endorsement but will vote for
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