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Virginia Gov. Candidate Cuccinelli Investigated "Sextravaganza"

By Tim Murphy (Mother Jones) Controversial Virginia Republican lieutenant governor candidate E.W. Jackson, as I reported last week, began his career as a social conservative crusader as an anti-anti-AIDS activist in Boston, where he fought against public health initiatives that promoted condom use and sterilized needles. And Jackson’s extreme views on such issues as LGBT…

Cuccinelli's Extreme Dream Team

Already running as one of the most conservative gubernatorial candidates in recent history, Ken Cuccinelli recently completed his statewide ticket with an extreme Republican Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General candidate to match Cuccinelli’s own record. The Virginia GOP ticket now consists of candidates who compared Planned Parenthood to the KKK, wants to ban common forms…

Virginia GOP launches extreme tea party ticket

By JONATHAN MARTIN RICHMOND, Va. – Rejuvenated by a Democratic scandal in Washington and a tea party conservative atop their ticket, Virginia Republicans Saturday nominated a trio of statewide candidates whose fate will be closely watched as an indicator of the health of the national GOP. Crusading state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, facing no intra-party opposition,…

The 8 craziest things about Tea Party hero Ken Cuccinelli

Dave Catanese posted a profile of Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli for the The New Republic aptly titled, “Ken Cuccinelli’s Crazy Ambition.” Here are the 8 craziest parts: 8. Right wing gadflies are already promoting Cuccinelli as the greatest thing since Pat Buchanan. “Bob Vander Plaats, an influential social conservative who heads Iowa’s Family…

Cuccinelli's Priority? Regulating What's Happening in Your Bedroom

By: Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones Last month, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond deemed a Virginia anti-sodomy law unconstitutional. The provision, part of the state’s “Crimes Against Nature” law, has been moot since the 2003 US Supreme Court decision overruled state laws barring consensual gay sex. The law prohibits consensual straight anal and oral sex as well, lest ye heteros…

Top Dem Governor: Ken Cuccinelli Makes Romney's 47 Percent Tape Look Moderate

By: Ruby Cramer, Buzzfeed The chair of the Democratic Governors Association, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, called Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate a Tea Party radical who makes “Mitt Romney and his ’47 percent’ comment look moderate.” Shumlin, whose role at the DGA has made him a player in this year’s two governor’s races in Virginia and…

Virginia Voters Know Little About VA-Gov Candidates, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds

Virginia State Attorney General Ken 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 Quinnipiac University poll…

Statement on the 2013 Virginia Governor’s Race

Washington, DC – Colm O’Comartun, the Executive Director of the Democratic Governors Association, released the following statement today on the 2013 Virginia governor’s race: “Ken Cuccinelli would be the most extreme major party nominee for governor in Virginia’s history. He has spent the last four years launching anti-science, anti-equality, and fringe partisan crusades at the…

Virginia Governor’s Race: Showdown Takes Shape

By Danny Yadron Virginia’s election for governor, which takes place the year after every presidential election, is sometimes viewed as a bellwether of national trends. In 2009, for example, the victory of Republican Bob McDonnell was seen as an early sign of the tea party ferment that developed in opposition to President Barack Obama’s election and policies. (The…

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