Tuesday, May 14, 2013
As the GOP heads into a convention to select its candidates for statewide office, primaries remain a month off.
Absentee voting recently began for the June 11, 2013 primaries, which include four races for which at least some Loudoun residents are eligible. Voters typically vote at their local polling places for primaries, while party conventions – the method state Republicans have chosen to select their candidates for attorney general and lieutenant governor – require voters to gather at one central location. Absentee voting is not an option for the May 17-18 convention. The June 11 primaries include the statewide Democratic Party primary for lieutenant governor and attorney general. In addition, there will a Republican primary for the 33rd House of Delegates District and a Democratic primary for the 86 House of Delegates District. In the 33rd …
Friday, April 19, 2013
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 be…
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. …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Reality show star and alleged White House crasher launches gubernatorial campaign website.
Tareq Salahi, the former cast member of The Real Housewives of DC who earned star status when he and then-wife Michaele allegedly crashed a White House state dinner, launched a "Crash the Vote" website Tuesday for his bid for the Virginia governor's mansion. Salahi announced in October he will seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2013. Salahi is not seen as a serious threat, but he is the only contender to go against Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli since Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced last week he would not seek the GOP nomination. Salahi said in October he will call his campaign “Crash the Vote,” a reference to the stunt he allegedly pulled in 2009 at the White House dinner for India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Salahi,…
Monday, November 26, 2012
The election may be three years away, but one candidate is starting early.
A Sterling man last week issued a press release announcing plans to run against Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling) in 2015, getting a jump on a the far-off race. Tony Barney sent the following message to local media outlets: Dear Friends, As you know, in the past 13 years, since the first election of Sterling Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio, the Sterling District has been put in the spotlight in a very public, disrespectful and negative way. During this time, Delgaudio has used Sterling as a pawn for his own personal and political agendas. As the Executive Director of a hate group, his real day job, Delgaudio has repeatedly and publicly misrepresented Sterling as a "cesspool," overrun with illegal immigrant criminals and predatory …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Swept by Republicans last year, Loudoun County turns out to be purple after all.
Tuesday’s election provided a sharp reminder to the all-Republican Loudoun County Board of Supervisors that this is not an all-Republican county. Loudoun County may have looked scarlet to them a year ago, when Republicans won not only every seat on the board, but also every constitutional office on the ballot as well as most Virginia General Assembly seats representing Loudoun residents. But the county that has now voted twice for Barack Obama for president remains undeniably purple. Obama not only won Loudoun again, he won it handily, with 51.4 percent of the vote to 47 percent for Mitt Romney. The president’s margin was slightly wider in Loudoun County than in Virginia as a whole. Some of the supervisors have at times conducted …
Friday, October 12, 2012
U.S. Senate candidate responds to 10 questions posed by Patch readers in Northern Virginia.
A few weeks ago, we asked Patch readers in Northern Virginia to throw out some questions for George Allen and Tim Kaine, both vying for the U.S. Senate seat in Virginia. So you asked and the candidates answered. Read George Allen's responses here. Tim Kaine's answers, published below, are unedited. 1. There is considerable reporting in the popular media that Social Security and Medicare are in financial ruin and in need of a fix, but every time one person dares to speak-up and suggest constructive measures to save the system, the other candidate attacks that person for being insensitive to the needs of seniors and claims the proponent of modifications wants to dismantle the programs. How would you address these issues knowing full well …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
U.S. Senate candidates answer questions posed by our Northern Virginia readers.
Last month, Patch asked our readers in Northern Virginia for a favor. We wanted to submit questionnaires to both U.S. Senate candidates in Virginia and we wanted our readers to come up with the questions. You all delivered. Patch posed a list of 10 questions to former governors and U.S. Senate candidates Tim Kaine (D) and George Allen (R), ranging in topics from Social Security to drug abuse in high schools. The candidates responded and we've published their answers online.
U.S. Senate candidate responds to 10 questions posed by Patch readers in Northern Virginia.
A few weeks ago, we asked Patch readers in Northern Virginia to throw out some questions for George Allen and Tim Kaine, both vying for the open U.S. Senate seat in Virginia. So you asked and the candidates answered. Read Tim Kaine's responses here. George Allen's answers, published below, are unedited. 1. There is considerable reporting in the popular media that Social Security and Medicare are in financial ruin and in need of a fix, but every time one person dares to speak-up and suggest constructive measures to save the system, the other candidate attacks that person for being insensitive to the needs of seniors and claim the proponent of modifications wants to dismantle the programs. How would you address these issues knowing full …
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
The former Loudoun school board member ponders economic prospects of fall presidential campaign.
Now that the opposing presidential tickets are established, let's take a minute and try to prognosticate how either group prevailing may affect our savings. This article is intended to trigger thought, not convince anyone to act or emphasize one party over another. Any conclusion also depends on the type of bonds or stocks one holds. Municipals rooted in state revenues from bridges and tunnels are much less risky than a local town-built overpass, for example. If the concept that it is actually good for the economy for the government to spend more than $1 trillion per year over revenue levels, the dollar will continue to be weak, which is good for global firms who sell substantial amounts of their goods overseas balanced by what this takes …
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