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Virginia parties gear for collision course

The News Virginian - Wed Dec 2, 12:06 am ET

A year ago, Virginia Democrats were celebrating the first statewide victory by a presidential candidate in 44 years with Barack Obama ’s win in Old Dominion.

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Top Republican lawmakers not attending State Dinner
The Washington Times - Tue Nov 24, 6:02 am ET
While the White House is mum about who will be among the 300 or so lucky invitees to President Obama's first state dinner Tuesday night, word is already leaking out about who's not going to be there. Chief among the non-attendees: top Republican lawmakers. House Minority Leader John A. Boehner was invited but won't be there; he's on Thanksgiving break and home in Ohio. His deputy, Rep. Eric ...
Job fair draws hundreds
Culpeper Star-Exponent - Tue Nov 24, 3:33 am ET
Cantor blasts stimulus; Dems call him a hypocrite
At VCU, march honors women’s suffrage pioneers
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Sat Nov 21, 12:10 am ET
Aprocession of women marched down Franklin Street yesterday morning to a spot where 100 years ago, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia was born. Led by a trio of accordionists and a drummer, two granddaughters of one of the voting-rights group’s founders walked with more than 100 cheering women and supporters. “Recognition of this whole situation and for our grandmother was a long time coming ...
GOP governors are upbeat about 2010
The Washington Times - Thu Nov 19, 6:59 am ET
AUSTIN, Texas | Republican governors are in a buoyant mood at their annual gathering here, with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour arguing his party's Nov. 3 gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey presage a repeat of the historic 1994 Republican congressional elections sweep. "Everybody is focusing on 2012. It's 2010 that's going to be the key," said Mr. Barbour, chairman of the ...
Kaine to set Jan. 12 date for crucial special election
The Washington DC Examiner - Sat Nov 21, 9:06 pm ET
Gov. Tim Kaine plans to set a Jan. 12 special election to replace Virginia Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, setting the stage for a key contest that will help determine the makeup of the state's only Democrat-controlled chamber.
Friday Line: Ranking Republican leaders
Washington Post - Fri Nov 20, 1:14 pm ET
The Republican Governors Association held its annual meeting earlier this week in Austin, Texas, a gathering where -- for the first time in recent memory -- the GOP had something to celebrate: the twin victories of Govs.-elect Chris Christie (N.J.) and Bob McDonnell (Va.) earlier this month. Of the gathering, the Post's Dan Balz wrote: "Republican governors wrapped up a two-day pep rally on ...
Political Notebook: Candidate Kyle takes jab at McWherter
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Sat Nov 21, 8:03 pm ET
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike McWherter, son of former Gov. Ned McWherter, was unable to make it to the Hamilton County Democratic Party's Estes Kefauver Dinner on Monday, and at least one of his primary opponents commented on his absence.
Senate candidates emulate Cuccinelli
The Washington Times - Fri Nov 20, 6:03 am ET
Three staunchly conservative Republican candidates are vying to replace Virginia Attorney General-elect Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II in a Northern Virginia state Senate district that had trended Democratic in recent years but came out solidly for Republicans this month. Fairfax County's 37th District supported President George W. Bush in 2004 but went Democratic for governor, lieutenant governor and ...
Health-bill foes protest at Richmond offices of Warner, Webb
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Sat Nov 21, 12:03 am ET
Both of Virginia’s U.S. senators say they will vote to allow debate on the Senate version of health-care overhaul legislation, but neither has committed to voting for the actual bill. Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., got an earful on the subject from a group of small-business owners in Carytown yesterday while protesters rallied outside Warner and Sen. Jim Webb’s Richmond offices.
Kaine asked to restore felons' rights
The Washington Times - Fri Nov 20, 6:02 am ET
RICHMOND | Civil rights organizations are asking Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to sign an executive order restoring the rights of nearly 300,000 felons before he leaves office in January. Virginia and Kentucky are the only two states that permanently strip felons of their civil rights, such as voting, serving on juries or holding public office. In Virginia, the power to restore those rights lies ...