Delegates News

Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount, by a scant 727 votes in 2008 - is widely anticipated to be atop the national Republican Party's list of targets in next year's mid-term congressional races.

The election is over. [Insert massive sighs of relief and inner 'high-fives' here from a grateful nation and Loudoun]. A little political, clinical 'post-mortem' is in order focused on Loudoun.

Denial is not a river; it is a state of mind. It's inhabited by Democrats and liberal-leaning journalists who blame Virginia state Sen.

Virginians are heading to the polls to elect a new governor. Also on Tuesday's ballot are races for lieutenant governor, attorney general and the House of Delegates.

Political pundits looking beyond the state's GOP sweep warn that Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District is on shaky ground in 2010 because the district's constituents are unhappy with national policies.

We've already linked to Jim Geraghty's snapshot of Virginia as the polls closed, but here's more on tonight's races.

In polling places across the Virginia, voters will decide the state's direction as they cast ballots for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and all 100 seats in the House of Delegates.

Virginia Democrats thought incumbent Delegate Dan C. Bowling had a safe seat. That was before Republican James W. Morefield successfully turned the discussion in their Southwest Virginia coal-producing region into the negative effects of proposed federal cap-and-trade legislation, which would limit companies' carbon emissions.

Central Virginia covers about 15 districts in the House of Delegates. Over the years, few have proved competitive.

Newly named state GOP Executive Director Troy Berman is excited about the possibilities for Republican expansion throughout West Virginia, but especially in the Eastern Panhandle.

POCAHONTAS, Va. - Don't look now, but it appears as though a two-party political system is returning to Tazewell County, Va.

Bob McDonnell, a Republican now running for governor, wrote in a graduate school thesis 20 years ago that Republicans must shield traditional, heterosexual two-parent families from the effects of abortion, feminism, welfare, "cohabitators, homosexuals or fornicators." The paper, first reported today by The Washington Post, could shake up his race ...

The 14th District, which includes the city of Danville and parts of Pittsylvania and Henry counties, is one of 71 contested races for the Virginia House of Delegates in November.

Federal New Democrats are hoping that provincial success in Nova Scotia and Manitoba - as well as a possible name change - can boost the party's electoral prospects as delegates gather for their annual convention beginning Friday in Halifax.

Democrat Creigh Deeds took his campaign for governor through parts of Southwest and Southside Virginia on Tuesday, vowing to lead another fight next year to accept federal stimulus money for unemployment benefits.

Democrat Creigh Deeds took his campaign for governor through parts of Southwest and Southside Virginia on Tuesday, vowing to lead another fight next year to accept federal stimulus money for unemployment benefits.

Among the last acts of the American Bar Association's annual meeting , the ABA House of Delegates adopted several resolutions of importance to the intellectual property bar, including one that will allow the ABA to file an amicus brief in what's expected to be a landmark case before the Supreme Court.

Democrat Creigh Deeds took his campaign for governor through parts of Southwest and Southside Virginia on Tuesday, vowing to lead another fight next year to accept federal stimulus money for unemployment benefits.

The Kiwanis Club of Roanoke has hosted two statewide candidates in eight days. Last week the club heard from Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell.