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McDonnell Proposes Drug Courts, Lifetime Sex Offender Tracking

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell released a lengthy proposal Wednesday designed to curb crime in Virginia, including lifetime monitoring for sexual predators through the Global Positioning System and other technology. Read story »

From Where in Virginia Is Candidate McDonnell?

Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009

In campaign literature mailed recently to Northern Virginia residents, Robert F. McDonnell touts himself as a “governor that Fairfax County families can be proud to call their own.” In another mailer sent to Hampton Roads residents, he touts himself as “a governor Virginia Beach can be proud to call our own.” Read story and 3 comments »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Hot-Button Topic on Back Burner

Saturday, June 6, 2009

After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Virginia embraced some of the nation's toughest anti-illegal immigration measures, from ramped-up driver's license requirements to a policy in Prince William County that allows police to conduct on-the-spot checks of suspected illegal immigrants. Read story and 1 comment »

Campaign Targets In-State Colleges

Candidates Offer Funding Options

Friday, June 5, 2009

As they have crossed the commonwealth, the three Democratic candidates for governor have repeatedly heard the same complaint from parents: Virginia students with impressive grades and test scores are being shut out of the state's top schools. Read story »

In Politics, Fact, Fancy Can Blur in Keystroke

Bogus Claim Linking Jail, School Raised Election After Election

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Empty desks line the dimly lit elementary classroom. A map of the United States hangs on the wall. As quiet music plays, the camera pulls back and prison bars close over the sobering scene. Read story »

On Requiring Coverage, A Mix of Support and Silence

Rivals for Governor Mostly Mum, Including on Mitigating Cost

Thursday, June 4, 2009

The debate over paying for autism treatment has forced the candidates for governor of Virginia to navigate a tricky path between offering hope to parents and reassuring the business community that the cost will not overburden it. Read story »

Personality Distinctions Define Tuesday Primary for Governor

In Fluid Race, the Three Democrats Largely Agree on Issues

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Virginians will head to the polls next week to choose a Democrat to face Republican Robert F. McDonnell in what is expected to be a fiercely contested governor's race this fall. Read story and 3 comments »

Lieutenant Governor Candidates Focus On Economy

Signer and Wagner Tout Ideas For Bringing Jobs to State

Thursday, June 4, 2009

A. Michael Signer and Jody M. Wagner have crossed the state talking about how each would boost Virginia's economy from the lieutenant governor's perch in Richmond. Read story »

Job That's a Heartbeat From the Top Isn't on Many Va. Minds

Monday, June 1, 2009

Jody Wagner co-owns a popcorn store in Virginia Beach, selling Chunky Choco Toffee Drizzle and 22 other flavors in decorated tins. She was also the state's treasurer and secretary of finance under Virginia's two most recent Democratic governors. Read story »

Underdog Has HIstory of Beating the Odds

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell unveiled a multi-part plan to address gang violence in a speech today at the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, noting a deadly gang-connected attack that occurred in Lansdowne in March. Read story »

Campaigns Cope With Voters Who Aren't Fired Up

Turnout a Concern in Governor's Race

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

After millions of dollars, hundreds of barbecues, coffees and fish fries and five debates, this is what the men running for the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia are struggling with a couple of weeks before the primary: Read story »

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