McDonnell sticks up for Romney's 'binders' comment
(O'Brien, incidentally, said that unspecified polling conducted before this week's debate had Romney up 15 percent in Virginia. That was news to McDonnell and, frankly, those of us covering politics in the key swing state; every poll we're aware of ...www.washingtonpost.com
Senate candidates in Virginia prepare for final debate
RICHMOND - George Allen held no public events Wednesday, instead hunkering down to prepare for his fifth Senate debate against Timothy M. Kaine and their final one before Election Day.www.washingtonpost.com
Romney stumps in Virginia highlighting debate, women's suffering
CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Mitt Romney on Wednesday basked in his debate with President Obama the night before, saying that the testy clash showed that his rival has no plans for a second term and spent all his time attacking the GOP nominee's proposals.www.latimes.com
Romney campaigns in Virginia
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Martire says MWAA was 'pure politics'
Labor official Dennis Martire said Tuesday that Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell's campaign to oust him from the board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority was "pure politics at play." On the eve of his departure from the board charged ...www.washingtonpost.com
Ex-mayor's spouse was partner in love and politics
Roger Oberndorf, the spirited and fiercely protective husband of former Virginia Beach Mayor Meyera Oberndorf, and adviser to a generation of city politicians, died Wednesday. He was 75. He died of complications from a brain injury. He had fallen on ...hamptonroads.com
GOP super PAC in Virginia Senate race rakes it in
New Virginia PAC, created to back Kaine, has taken in less than $70,000, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, a nonpartisan tracker of money in politics. When both super PACs were getting underway in March, an organizer of the pro-Kaine ...www.washingtonpost.com
Va. House race pits political veteran, business leader
Voters who show up for a little-noticed Democratic primary tonight will nominate either a political veteran looking for another act in public office or a relative newcomer to politics for a Norfolk-based General Assembly seat. Whichever of those two ...hamptonroads.com
Immigration Issue High on Latino Voters' Agenda
Michael McDonald, (left) a GMU professor and political analyst, moderated a panel discussion Monday, Oct. 13 on the impact of Latino voters in Virginia. The panel included Vanessa Cárdenas, executive director of Progress 2050 Action, Center for ...www.connectionnewspapers.com
Survey: Wisconsin in play for Romney
Mitt Romney's recent surge in the polls has put Wisconsin within the Republican challenger's reach, political forecasters at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics said in their latest breakdown of the presidential race, making it, by their ...www.washingtontimes.com
Romney returns to Va.
Political analysts have said Romney is pushing to boost voting in rural and small-town Virginia, as well as such conservative bastions as Chesapeake, a Norfolk suburb that is home to many military retirees.www.newsleader.com
Virginia: A study in swing
Virginia: A study in swing. In 2008, Barack Obama won eight states that had voted for former president George W. Bush in 2004.www.washingtonpost.com
Schapiro: Politicians duck details of Virginia's economy
Because there are few coincidences in politics, the Virginia economy was teed up as a talking point for Mitt Romney two times in as many days ahead of the Republican presidential nominee's latest visit to this battleground state.www2.timesdispatch.com
Presidential Election Polls 2012: Latino Voters May Turn Virginia Blue
A new report released by Latino Decisions revealed that Latino voters might lean the state in favor of President Barack Obama in next month's presidential election.www.latinospost.com
Romney leads in early newspaper endorsements
Endorsement Week encourages West Virginia newspapers to announce their national, congressional and statewide political endorsements the week prior to the state's early voting period. The WVPA effort focuses on giving voters the opportunity to read all ...www.herald-dispatch.com
Political ads blitz viewers, risk voter turnoff
Is there any escape from all those political ads in the most hotly contested states in the three weeks before the presidential election?www2.timesdispatch.com
Virginia Democrats pushing 'women's issues'
"It's clear Democrats' Washington playbook calls for using women's issues as political tools to run from their inability to hold a conversation on jobs and the economy," Allen spokeswoman Emily Davis said via e-mail.www.washingtonpost.com
Peeping Tom and petty politics
Three months later, a Chesapeake General District Court judge dismissed the assault charge against Woodfin and found Buxton guilty of both the trespassing and the spying counts at an Aug. 9 hearing.hamptonroads.com
Democrats banking on gender gap in Va. races for president, Senate; abortion ...
RICHMOND, Va. - Heading into the 2012 campaign, Virginia Democrats knew they had to do well among female voters if President Barack Obama and U.S.www.washingtonpost.com
Voter registrars report a rush to register
Any identification card issued by a government agency of Virginia, one of its political subdivisions or the United States.www2.timesdispatch.com
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