Sunday, May 5, 2013
The Republican Party in Virginia decided to have a primary in 2013, but later changed its mind.
Virginia’s Republican Party annual convention is set for May 17 and 18, and delegates from around the state will select nominees for Lt. Governor and Attorney General. GOP officials have gone back and forth in recent years on whether to host a convention or conduct an open primary. In 2011, GOP officials had decided to hold a primary in 2013, but a group of newly elected members of the Commonwealth's GOP central committee changed course in 2012 and switched to a closed convention. The switch to a convention saves local governments and the state money — primaries are paid for with state and local dollars, but convention costs come directly from the Virginia GOP’s funds. It was the announcement of plans for a 2013 convention that drove Lt. …
Friday, April 26, 2013
The last day to vote in person at City offices as an absentee for the upcoming Democratic Primary is June 8.
In-person Absentee Voting for the June 11th Democratic Primary begins Friday, April 26 in the City of Fairfax. Absentee voting hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, at the Sisson House, 10455 Armstrong St., next to City Hall. In addition to the City's normal absentee hours, the office will be open for in-person absentee voting on Saturday, June 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 8 is the last day to vote in-person as an absentee. You can also vote absentee by mail. The deadline to apply to vote as an absentee by mail is 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4. Applications to vote as an absentee by mail can be submitted to the City office in person, by fax, and by scanning and e-mailing the form. In order to vote…
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Seven Republican candidates are raising campaign dollars before one nominee is named in May.
Pete Snyder, one of seven candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor race, outraised his challengers in the first quarter of 2013. The seven hopefuls have less than a month before Virginia’s Republican party gathers May 17 and 18 in Richmond for its convention;one of them will be named as the party's candidate and go on to face the Democratic nominee in the Nov. 5 election. Here's a look at where the candidates stand. For information on the Democratic hopefuls, click here. Snyder, 40, is an entrepreneur and marketing executive who lives in Fairfax County with his wife. He is the founder and former chief executive officer of New Media Strategies, a social media marketing firm he launched in 1999. …
Both Democratic candidates raised just over $449,000, but Aneesh Chopra has more cash on hand.
Aneesh Chopra, one of two Democratic hopefuls for Lt. Governor of Virginia, is ahead of Ralph Northam in the race for campaign funds. Chopra began the year with a starting balance of $714,864 and then raised another $449,915 through March 31, according to finance reports on the Virginia Public Access Project. Northam began the year with a balance of $0 and raised $449,542 through March 31 — just below what Chopra raised. The two hopefuls are the only Democratic candidates gunning for Virginia's open Lt. Governor position, which will be vacated by Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) next year. A single Democratic candidate will be selected in a primary June 11. There are a also a number of candidates vying for the Republican nomination, which will …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Patrice Winter served three terms on the City Council of Fairfax City, from 2002 to 2008.
Patrice Winter filed papers to run for the Republican nomination to Virginia's House of Delagates in the 37th District Tuesday. Winter served three terms on the City Council of Fairfax City, from 2002 to 2008. Since that time she has earned a masters degree in healthcare administration and a doctorate in physical therapy. Prior to her time on the City Council, Winter worked in the healthcare industry, owning and operating a physical therapy practice in the area for 17 years. Winter currently works as a full-time faculty member at George Mason University. Winter has been active in community sports and public education as well as neighborhood, political and church organizations since moving to the area in 1978. She is a federal affairs …
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Republicans say a requirement for picture ID protects "sanctity" of the vote; Democrats argue the GOP is keeping certain voters away from the polls on purpose.
Virginia voters will need a photo ID when they're heading to the polls beginning in 2014 under new requirements signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell this week. Supporters argue that a voter registration card with no picture creates an opening for fraudulent voting. McDonnell spokesman Jeff Caldwell said in a statement to The Washington Post that the new law is about protecting "the sanctity of our democratic process.” Democratic leaders have challenged voter ID laws as a type of voter suppression. They note those without a photo ID are likely found among Democratic voters, particularly seniors and college students. The new law will need approval by the U.S. Justice Department, a requirement for any voting changes in most Southern states …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The latest Quinnipiac University poll shows residents are divided and still learning about Terry McAuliffe, Ken Cuccinelli.
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe hand-delivered 35,746 signatures Wednesday to the Virginia State Board of Elections in Richmond to help secure his place on the ballot in the governor's race. McAuliffe may face Republican Virginia State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the ballot come November. A new Quinnipiac University poll out Wednesday showed Cuccinelli is viewed as "having better experience, while voters see Terry McAuliffe as slightly less ideological, but neither is well-known to voters who are divided on who should be the next governor, with 40 percent for Republican Cuccinelli and 38 percent for Democrat McAuliffe," according to a news release about the new Quinnipiac University poll. The most …
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Chopra is running for Virginia lieutenant governor and Herring is running for attorney general.
Democratic candidates Aneesh Chopra, of Arlington (running for lieutenant governor), and Mark Herring of Leesburg (running for state attorney general) won straw polls Sunday night at Rep. Gerry Connolly's (D-11th) 19th Annual St. Patrick's Day Fete. An estimated 1,400 Northern Virginians and dozens of local politicians cast their votes at the annual event, which was held at the Kena Temple in Fairfax. Here's how they voted: Virginia Democrat for Lieutenant Governor Virginia Democrat for Attorney General Fairfax is from Annandale; Northam is from Norfolk. Who is your pick? Tell us in the comments.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Does the commonwealth need another name on the ballot?
Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling took himself out of Virginia's race for governor last week, leaving, at least for now, what's shaping up to be a two-person race. The choice for the Old Dominion's next governor, seven months before Election Day, seems to have boiled down to presumptive Republican nominee Ken Cuccinelli, the state's socially conservative attorney general, against likely Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a McLean businessman. The Republican Party of Virginia will hold its convention on May 17 and 18 in Richmond to formally select its nominee. Democrats go to the polls on June 11 to cast their ballots in several races, including governor and lieutenant governor. …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
There was speculation that Bolling planned to run as independent.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) announced Tuesday in an email to supporters that he has decided not to run for governor. Speculation had grown recently that Bolling might run as an independent in the race. That would have made it a three-way race between Bolling, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and former DNC chair Terry McAuliffe. Bolling decided not to go head to head with Cuccinelli after the Virginia Republican party decided it would choose its nominee in a state party convention rather than a primary. Cuccinelli, a social conservative, is popular among Virginia's conservative activists who are likely to attend the convention, the New York Times pointed out last fall when Bolling initially bowed out of the race. Bolling …
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6:25 pm on Saturday, May 18, 2013
... To the guy with the follow-up comment? Nailed it. Ding ding ding. You are correct sir. Somebody has to push back on these fools or else our illustrious, potentatic (look it up) gummet (use your imagination) will grow and grow and grow until we can't hold the fat slobs up any longer and we will all get crushed underneath the weight of jabba the gummet. (obtw, it would be nice if we could have … more ›