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A Democrat played a starring role at this weekend's GOP Advance in Williamsburg. The Republican Party of Virginia, which organized the annual retreat, prominently featured a video at today's luncheon attended by 600 activists poking fun of state Sen. Creigh Deeds, the Democrats' unsuccessful ...
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Businessman Jeff McWaters easily won the Republican nomination In Virginia Beach's soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat today. "I am so humbled at the fantastic turnout Virginia Beach delivered today,'' McWaters said in a statement. "Despite the horrible weather conditions, Virginia Beach voters have ...
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Hundreds of Republican activists braved the rainy, cold weather to spend Saturday in Williamsburg on the second and final day of the 25th annual GOP Advance. The event -- sort of a pep rally for the party's faithful -- included training sessions about social media, female votes and fundraising ...
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State Sen. Creigh Deeds, the Democratic nominee for governor defeated by more than 17 points last month, made a surprise visit to the quarterly meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee this morning in Staunton, just over the mountain from Deeds' Bath County home. Looking rested and ...
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It's snowing already this morning in Staunton, where state Democrats are gathering for their quarterly central committee meeting, the first since gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds was defeated by almost 18 points by Republican Bob McDonnell Nov. 3. So is it the winter of the donkeys' ...
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The GOP Advance kicked off tonight with plenty of congratulations, laughter and, of course, drinks. Republican activists and elected leaders gathered tonight at the Williamsburg Marriott for their first gathering since their huge victories in last month's election. Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell was ...
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Oh, those Salahis. What have they done now to warrant the the top Republican in the Virginia Senate to call for Tareq Salahi to be removed from the Virginia Tourism Board? It turns out it's way more than just crashing last week's White House state dinner. Sen. Tommy Norment said he first met the ...
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Gov. Tim Kaine said today at a news conference that he was convinced that the Virginia Tech report on the 2007 mass shootings needed to be changed to correct the record but that many facts of the crime will never be understood. "The questions will never go away about this day,'' he said. "The ...
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This is a big weekend in Virginia politics. Republican activists and elected leaders will gather in Williamsburg for their annual retreat, known as the Advance. They'll be setting out their their party's agenda now that they've returned to the governor's mansion. And they're likely to party ...
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Virginia Governor/Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning to talk national politics and spar with former Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan. But what he got was several questions about ... who else? ... those infamous White House ...
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Her father's campaign may be over, but Jeanine McDonnell, the well-spoken daughter of Governor-elect Robert F. McDonnell, seems to have enjoyed the campaign trail so much that she's not taking a break. This week, Republican Scott Rigell, who hopes to challenge Democrat Glenn Nye in Virginia ...
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In the final days of Virginia's gubernatorial campaign, Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell spent more than twice as much as Democrat Creigh Deeds, according to reports each campaign filed to the state board of elections today. In just a little bit, we're expecting some analysis of the numbers from the ...
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We know that Bob McDonnell has met the infamous White House party crashers several times and we know that they have given money to his campaign. So how well does Virginia's incoming governor know the Salahis? "I've been friendly with them,'' McDonnell said at a news conference today at the ...
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As expected, Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell announced today that deputy attorney general Martin Kent will be his chief of staff and that Secretary of Finance Ric Brown will continue to serve in his current job for an undertermined period of time while the state continues to wrestle with a ...
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Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell will announce that Ric Brown, who has been serving as secretary of finance under Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine, will remain in the job after he takes office Jan. 16, a source close to the transition says. The announcement will come at McDonnell's news conference this morning ...
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In Virginia Beach's soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat, all the buzz in recent days has been about Jeff McWaters. The businessman vying for the Republican nomination in Saturday's firehouse primary received the backing of his hometown newspaper, the Virginian Pilot and the National Rifle ...
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Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity said tonight he's "leaning against" running for Congress in Northern Virginia's 11th Congressional District because he thinks he can do more for residents if he tries instead in 2011 for chairman of the county board. Herrity said he will make a final ...
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Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell has scheduled a news conference for Thursday to announce the first round of appointments to his administration. With former campaign manager and transition director Phil Cox on his way to McDonnell's new political action committee--the first release under Cox's name ...
