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The Memphis City Council received backlash after voting to change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest Park , originally named for a man who was the first Grand Wizard of the KKK, a Confederate general in the Civil War and a slave trader.

Yes, you read that right. In the 2013 off-year elections, a state that once leaned solidly to the center-right has become the newest focal point in the national debate over same-sex relationships.

The G.O.P. slate of candidates for statewide office is set for November. Delegates attending the Republican Party of Virginia convention in Richmond Saturday chose Chesapeake minister E.W. Jackson for lieutenant governor from among seven candidates.

Veteran GOP operative Dick Wadhams has signed on as general consultant for the leading candidate in one of the GOP's top Senate pickup opportunities.

Nearly 8,000 Virginia Republican officeholders and activists gathered Saturday at the Greater Richmond Convention Center to select the party's candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

The University of Virginia's Board of Visitors is meeting in Charlottesville Monday and Tuesday to discuss strategies for the school's future.

Pastor and attorney E.W. Jackson won the Republican nomination to run for lieutenant governor of Virginia on Saturday, and a YouTube video he made last year with strong words against Planned Parenthood is getting attention.

Ken Cuccinelli and Virginia's Republican Party ticket heading into the state's November bellwether elections couldn't have imagined how the headlines that vexed them a week ago could unite and galvanize the party in a few short days.

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.