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Special elections for two open seats in the Virginia Senate will be held on January 12. The seats are currently occupied by Republicans—Sen. Kenneth Cuccinelli of Fairfax who serves the 37th Senatorial District and Kenneth W. Stolle, of Virginia Beach, who represents the 8th Senatorial District. Cuccinelli last month convincingly won election as Virginia’s Attorney General; Stolle, a former law ...
As Republicans swept the top three offices in Democratic-leaning Virginia last week, Rep. Eric Cantor was in Richmond, shaking hands with supporters and rallying GOP troops as he proclaimed, "The Republican resurgence begins tonight."
Attorney General Eric Holder Is Being Accused Of Risking Americans' Security By Deciding To Try Five Suspected 9/11 Terrorists In Civilian Court In New York City.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Bob McDonnell wooed Virginia's independent voters Tuesday to win a landslide election for governor just a year after the state bucked tradition and voted for Barack Obama.
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Fresh off major Election Day victories in Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans got another boost Wednesday with a new Gallup poll that shows registered voters favoring the GOP over Democrats if the 2010 congressional election were held today. The Gal...
Bob McDonnell won election as governor on the promise of digging Virginia out of its transportation mess, without raising a cent of new taxes. But the Republican governor-elect's plan to fund a languishing road and rail network has done little to spark optimism that his administration will succeed where others have failed.
He will hold a White House summit next month and says he's open to 'any demonstrably good idea.' President Obama will convene a White House summit early next month to explore ways to reverse the soaring unemployment rate -- and there won't be any shortage of ideas.
Yangon - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi filed an appeal Friday with the country's highest court against her 18-month house arrest sentence. Her detention in her Yangon family home was extended by a special Insein prison court in August af...
CHARLOTTESVILLE — The University of Virginia's Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership offers two political training programs to those interested in becoming more active in public service in Virginia – be they Republicans, Democrats or independents.
With daughters Michal and Virginia, wife Kathi and Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland looking on, City Council member Kevin Hyde makes his mayoral run official Tuesday by filing the necessary paperwork.
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