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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…

Poll: McAuliffe Leads in Race for Va. Governor

By Steven Shepard Democratic Sen. Mark Warner would be a heavy favorite if he were to launch a gubernatorial campaign in Virginia once again next year, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released early Wednesday. If Warner doesn’t run, former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe would begin with a slight advantage. He holds…

McAuliffe spreads the word he’s running for governor

By Ben Pershing The dust is barely settled on the 2012 elections in Virginia, and the positioning has already begun for next year, as Terry McAuliffe has begun calling fellow Democrats to tell them that he plans to run for governor. McAuliffe has made more than 200 calls to supporters informing them of the news…

Statement from the Democratic Governors Association on the 2013 Virginia Governor’s Race

Washington, DC – Colm O’Comartun, the Executive Director of the Democratic Governors Association, released the following statement tonight on the 2013 Virginia governor’s race: “We welcome Terry McAuliffe to the Virginia governor’s race. He has a proven record of job creation and working across the aisle in the Commonwealth.  After President Obama’s decisive victory on…

Ken Cuccinelli bullies a state board into surrender

IN THREE YEARS as Virginia’s attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli II (R) has demeaned his office by using it as a blatantly partisan bully pulpit to attack Obamacare, illegal immigrants, homosexuals and climate-change scientists. Now he has managed to bully Virginia’s Board of Health into a stance — unprecedented in state history — that could force…

Governor McDonnell: Wrong for Women's Rights

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Bob McDonnell's long 2012

A year ago, it looked like McDonnell might spend this year on a glide path to the No. 2 slot on Mitt Romney’s ticket. That was before he spent the past few months grappling with a series of state-level crises: a leadership battle at the University of Virginia, a destructive storm that knocked out power…

Voter ID bill passes Va. Senate with Bolling tiebreaker