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Virginia Republicans have chosen firebrand conservative minister E.W. Jackson's for lieutenant governor, the first black candidate the party has nominated for statewide office since 1988.

At the GOP's statewide convention, thousands of conservatives and tea party followers who dominated the Richmond Coliseum on Saturday roared their unanimous support for Ken Cuccinelli.

Aneesh Chopra , one of two Democrats running for Virginia's Lt. Gov. seat, wants to reverse controversial legislation backed by Republican Gov.

The 22Q is an informal interview series with young conservatives, connected to LI, who are working in the public policy process.

A handful of Northern Virginia House of Delegates races are being targeted by a national Democratic group as the starting point for its ambitious plans to win back state legislatures that are now in Republican hands.

Republican Mark Sanford's victory Tuesday in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District tells us only one thing about the 2014 midterm elections - that Democrats still need to capture 17 seats to win back the House majority they lost in 2010.

Four years in the making, Virginia's far-flung tea party groups will officially plant their "Don't Tread on Me" flag not only on the Republican Party but on its nominees for the state's highest offices as well at this weekend's state GOP convention.

Seven Republican candidates are gunning to be nominated for Lt. Governor at the Virginia Republican Convention on May 17 and 18, and who will win is anybody's guess.

Republican Mark Sanford's victory Tuesday in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District tells us only one thing about the 2014 midterm elections-that Democrats still need to capture 17 seats to win back the House majority they lost in 2010.

McAuliffe, with Democratic strategist Paul Goldman and former Republican Gov. George Allen, addresses a meeting of the Richmond Crusade for Voters after the election in November 2009.

Seven Republican candidates are gunning to be nominated for Lt. Governor at the Virginia Republican Convention on May 17 and 18, and who will win is anybody's guess.

On his four-month anniversary as a U.S. senator, Democrat Tim Kaine visited Leesburg Friday to speak with a group of small business owners and entrepreneurs about legislation he supports to make the state and nation's economic environment more vibrant.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has rolled out the first TV spot of the state's race for governor.

Interested in some hot 2016 or 2020 speculation? Over at The New Republic, there's a good read from Dave Catanese breaking down the possibilities for a possible presidential run by Ken Cuccinelli, the Virginia attorney general and gubernatorial contender who apparently "wakes up in the morning ... looks in the mirror and sees a man on the road to ... (more)

New York state Sen. Greg Ball got into a fiery exchange with CNN host Piers Morgan on Monday's "Piers Morgan Tonight," over Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

One day after a viral gaffe brought rookie news anchor A.J. Clemente some short-lived fame on Twitter , the good-natured - but apparently mistake prone - reporter said he's been fired by his local station.

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.