Virginia Government News

Part of the quickly congealing convention wisdom of Tuesday's election is that turnout was down dramatically in Virginia.

"After losing Virginia's governorship for the first time in eight years, some Democrats are trying to console themselves that Virginia is at its core a "red" state.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has created a committee to help ensure that all Virginians are counted in the 2010 census.

In his victory speech Tuesday night, Virginia's conservative Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell spoke of the Founding Fathers, the American dream, free enterprise, liberty, hard work and opportunity.

A record number of people this year will lose their drivers licenses because they can't afford to pay driving fines.

Republicans swept Virginia's statewide races and grew in number in the House. The question now is what good they'll do for the commonwealth.

Some Democrats take a hit, but it's not necessarily a trend. November 06, 2009 6:44 AM ODESSA AMERICAN Tuesday's election results may not signal that the Republicans are back as a party capable of putting together a winning national coalition, and the result in New York's 23rd congressional district might presage a bitter intraparty squabble.

"Today, voters made their choice for the next Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and I congratulate Bob McDonnell on his successful campaign.

A tractor-trailer car carrier struck a vehicle and came apart Thursday afternoon on Interstate 64 east on the Peninsula, backing up traffic in both directions, authorities said.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 2,200 Virginia taxpayers whose federal income tax refund checks, totaling more than $1.9 million were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors.

So, last night, Republican Bob McDonnell cruised to victory for governor of Virginia over Democrat Creigh Deeds in a purple state that went for Barack Obama last year.

As the final votes were being counted, it was possible to draw some lessons from Republican Bob McDonnell's victory in Virginia and the close, three-way governor's race in New Jersey, never mind that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has taken to saying that the elections don't mean much.

On the home page ofA the Washington Post website this morning, the headline for liberal columnist Ruth Marcus is "Ignore the hype." Inside the newspaper, it's "As for Virginia goes, not so much." Marcus advises that this GOP landslide is all some meaningless fairy tale: Advice to readers about the coming orgy of analysis about the New Jersey and ...

Republicans swept the night's two big prizes. Bob McDonnell won easily in Virginia, promising as Governor to create jobs.

The Rt. Rev. C. Charles Vach, Bishop of Southern Virginia from 1978 to 1991, died early on All Saints' Day.

With Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell leading by double-digits in the polls and a Republican statewide sweep a possibility, the GOP is enthusiastic about Election Day in Virginia.

Virginians heading to the polls early Tuesday to elect a new governor. Also on the ballot are races for lieutenant governor, attorney general and the ...

Sarah Palin helped bring national attention to the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district earlier this month, and now the former Alaska governor is jumping into the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia.

Sarah Palin isna t staying out of the Virginia governora s race after all. Less than 48 hours before voters head to the polls to elect a new governor, several Virginians reported receiving robocalls on Sunday from the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, urging them to a oevote for Saraha s principlesa on Tuesday.

The new governor elected Tuesday will be brimming with ideas on how to move Virginia forward, but one of his first jobs will likely be proposing deep cuts in state spending to deal with a budget shortfall of at least $1 billion.