I have to say that the race in the 64th House of Delegates district isn't one that I've been watching closely. But then I ran across this article and it made me curious about the challenger in the race. I was aware, from their endorsements Sunday, that he had not met with The Virginian-Pilot editorial … Continue reading Mr. Phantom →

The Virginia Peninsula MAL League of Women Voters in conjunction with The Daily Press hosted a forum on October 28 for the candidates in the 2nd Senate district.

With its endorsement today of Mickey Chohany in the 1st Senate district, The Virginian-Pilot editorial board is done for this cycle, the result being that I was correct with five of my seven predictions. I won't make any excuses for being wrong in the 1st except to say that my predictions were done prior to … Continue reading Pilot predictions final tally: 5 of 7 →

Yesterday was the filing deadline for campaign finance disclosure reports for candidates on the ballot in November. The data below covers the period October 1 to October 26 and was taken from the Virginia Public Access Project, better known as VPAP. As of this writing, the information on VPAP is just the raw data from … Continue reading 10/31/11 financial reports – local races →

The Virginian-Pilot rolled out its House and Senate endorsements Sunday and its Virginia Beach endorsement today. Of the General Assembly races in which they endorsed, I correctly predicted all four: incumbent senators Locke and Northam and incumbent delegates Villanueva and Barlow. Incumbency is very difficult to overcome, particularly at this level. The paper did not … Continue reading Pilot predictions: 4 of 5 (or is that 6?) →

The Virginia Peninsula MAL League of Women Voters in conjunction with The Daily Press hosted a forum on October 21 for the candidates in the 94th House of Delegates district.

As a courtesy to the League of Women Voters of South Hampton Roads, of which I am a member, I recorded the 21st House of Delegates forum which was held on October 28, 2011 with candidates Adrianne Bennett, the challenger, and Ron Villanueva, the incumbent. Here is the video in its entirety.

As a courtesy to the League of Women Voters of South Hampton Roads, of which I am a member, I recorded the 6th Senate District forum which featured incumbent Ralph Northam and challenger Ben Loyola. The forum was held on October 26, 2011. Here is the video in its entirety.