Elections have consequences. Today, I'm pretty upset with both parties. A big fail for not doing more to make the elections in Virginia more competitive. Only seven of the 26 contested Senate races were decided by 10 points or less. I haven't pulled the numbers on the House side, but my guess is it is … Continue reading Not happy
With about an hour before the polls close, I guess it's a good a time as any to start predicting the results. I'm going with a 20-20 tie. What about you?
In case you missed them, videos of the candidate forums hosted by the local League of Women Voters are below. Take the time to review. And don't forget to vote Tuesday. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Thank goodness! Remember to turn your clocks back tonight. We get an extra hour. Of course, at least for the next few weeks, it means it will be getting dark really early. It would have been easier to adjust if DST had ended when it used to but I guess it's better than not ending … Continue reading The end of DST
Connie Brennan of Nelson County, the Democratic nominee for the House of Delegates seat in District 59, has gained the endorsement of the News-Advance newspaper based in Lynchburg. Brennan, who was also a candidate 4 years ago for the same seat, is finishing her campaign with a flourish in the shrunken district. The News-Advance editorial … Continue reading Connie Brennan gains News-Advance endorsement (HD-59)
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
With the endorsement today of Curtis Edmonds for Portsmouth City Council, I'm 5 out of 6 in my predictions.Not too shabby 😉 ~ Just a reminder to email subscribers: if you are receiving a daily email and cannot tell who the author of each post is, please sign up for the newer email service, which … Continue reading Pilot predictions: 5 of 6
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
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