Virginia Abortion Restriction Is Upheld

U.S. Appeals Court Votes 6-5 to Back 'Partial Birth' Ban

Thursday, June 25, 2009

A sharply divided federal appeals court ruled constitutional yesterday a Virginia law banning "partial birth" abortion that was overturned four years ago, bringing the state in line with a federal ban on the controversial procedure. Read story and 2 comments »

Va. Is Last State to Request Stimulus Funds for Roads

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

For a state that has struggled for years to find road and transit money, Virginia would seem the least likely candidate to be the last one to ask for federal stimulus money for transportation. Read story »

McDonnell, Deeds Hit Ground Running

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, the newly minted Democratic nominee for governor, stood with his party's elite, Mark Warner and Timothy M. Kaine, Saturday at an outdoor rally as he pledged to follow in their footsteps if he wins in November. Read story »

Recession's Pains Dull Attention to Campaigns

Monday, June 15, 2009

Mary Wood was first in line at Seldens Landing Elementary School in Leesburg on Tuesday afternoon, waiting for the bell to ring and her granddaughter to come bounding down the sidewalk. Jammed into the grass next to her were a hodgepodge of blue campaign signs, but Wood would not be voting in the gubernatorial primary that day. Read story »

McDonnell, Deeds Hit Ground Running

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, the newly minted Democratic nominee for governor, stood with his party's elite, Mark Warner and Timothy M. Kaine, Saturday at an outdoor rally as he pledged to follow in their footsteps if he wins in November. Read story »

4 Races Key To Shaping Fight for Legislature

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

They were the undercards on Virginia's ballots yesterday, but the hard-fought primaries in four Northern Virginia House of Delegates districts will help shape the fight this summer and fall over who wields power in the General Assembly. Read story »

Deeds Surges to Stunning Win in Va.

Rural Legislator Is Democrats' Pick in Governor's Race

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

R. Creigh Deeds, a longtime state legislator from rural Bath County, won a stunning come-from-behind victory in the Democratic primary for Virginia governor last night, overwhelming a pair of better-funded and better-positioned opponents. Read story and 1 comment »

Governor's Race Will Play Out on a National Stage

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

When they last ran against each other four years ago, Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Republican Robert F. McDonnell were little-known local politicians who battled to within 323 votes of each other out of 2 million cast in a race for attorney general. Read story and 1 comment »

Severe Weather Meddles in Tight Virginia Contest

Officials Report Low Turnout for Democratic Primary Election

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Voters across Virginia braved thunder, wind and heavy rain to head for the polls today in a Democratic primary election that, as expected, appeared to be drawing few voters, adding to a sense of unpredictability in a wide-open, three-way gubernatorial race. Read story »

Primary Hinges On Voter Turnout

Democrats Hoping To Be Governor Going Full Throttle

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Virginia voters go to the polls today to select the Democratic standard-bearer for governor against Republican Robert F. McDonnell, an outcome that is likely to rest with a few hundred thousand voters but could chart the course of the Democratic Party in the once solidly conservative state. Read story »

Va. Candidates Enter Homestretch of Tight Primary Race

Monday, June 8, 2009

The three men seeking the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia continued their final push across the state today in the sprint before tomorrow's primary. Read story »

Candidates Recognize Dental Care Needs in Rural Areas

Sunday, June 7, 2009

It's a problem that has been documented over the past decade by state researchers, volunteers and reporters, and experienced with excruciating clarity in rural communities across Virginia: Many people can't find or afford a dentist. Read story »

Frenetic Finish in Virginia Primary

Ads Multiplying, Strategies Shifting To Woo Undecideds

Sunday, June 7, 2009

The three Democrats seeking their party's nod for governor of Virginia have launched a final, frenetic push for support in advance of Tuesday's primary, a contest that remains remarkably fluid because vast numbers of undecided voters are only just tuning in now. Read story »

Parties Focus on Control Of House

GOP Aims to Keep It, Democrats to Gain It

Sunday, June 7, 2009

The political geography of the Washington region for years offered a convenient, balanced shorthand for politics beyond the nation's capital: Maryland was solidly Democratic, Virginia reliably Republican. Read story »