Virginia Politics Blog Archive: 2009 Lieutenant Governor's Race
Senator Stuart votes in a county where he does not live
For more than two years, State Sen. Richard Stuart (R) has been voting in a county in which he does not live. State law says Virginians must vote where they reside except in rare cases when a person moves temporarily and is allowed to maintain a previous address for voting until the next general election for federal office but only if he remains in the same congressional district and has notified electon officials at a polling place. Stuart, elected in 2007, lived in the Montross area of Westmoreland County, but moved to Stafford County soon after he sworn into office in January 2008. Both counties are in his senatorial district. Voting records obtained by The Washington Post show Stuart voted in Montross in both 2008 and 2009. Stuart acknowledged in an interview last week that he did not change his voter registration because he voted in Montross for years, and...
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Anita Kumar
| October 20, 2010; 8:00 AM ET |
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Democrats accuse Bolling of hypocrisy on federal stimulus funds
You have to hand it to Democrats. When they start a line of attack, they stick with it. For months, they've been singling out Republicans across the nation who opposed the federal stimulus legislation but then welcomed the money. Their latest target? Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling. For well over a year, Bolling has been critical of the stimulus bills, calling them "massive federal spending bills that would result in the largest expansion of government in 40 years." He said last year that the package "will balloon the size of the federal government and increase the federal debt dramatically, and it will do little to stimulate economic growth." But last week, Bolling -- on behalf of Gov. Bob McDonnell -- touted $13.2 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that will be spent on 39 energy conservation projects proposed by local governments. "Jobs will be the first dividend from...
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Anita Kumar
| March 31, 2010; 11:00 AM ET |
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Winners & Losers of 2009
Here at the Virginia Politics blog, we thought we would take one last look at 2009 before officially welcoming in the new year. And what a year it was in Virginia politics. We had a nationally watched race for the state's top job, a sitting governor who became a national figure and a divided legislature that struggled with a multibillion budget shortfall. Virginia became the first state in the nation to reject federal stimulus money for the unemployed and the last one to ask for federal stimulus money for transportation. Democrats started the year out on top and ended the year in disarray. Republicans are on the cusp of a resurgence they could not have imagined 12 months ago. We know Bob McDonnell had a tremendous year, and Creigh Deeds not so much. Ditto for their campaign managers, Phil Cox and Joe Abbey. Who else had a great or lousy...
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Anita Kumar
| January 1, 2010; 8:00 AM ET |
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2009 Attorney General's Race, 2009 Governor's Race, 2009 Lieutenant Governor's Race, 2010 Virginia Congressional Races, Anita Kumar, Creigh Deeds, Election 2009, Election 2010, General Assembly 2010, George F. Allen, House of Delegates, Jody Wagner, Ken Cuccinelli, Robert F. McDonnell, State Senate, Terry McAuliffe, Timothy M. Kaine, Tom Perriello, Winners and Losers
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McDonnell to announce Bolling, Sledd to head economic team
Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell will announce tomorrow morning that Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling will take on a newly created, high-ranking role as Chief Jobs Creation Officer, Republican sources tell us. The move is not surprising considering McDonnell and Bolling, both Republicans, ran as a team during the campaign, and McDonnell vowed to make Bolling his administration's jobs leader if they won, though he never exlained what form that would take. Now we hear that Bolling's job will come with a new title, duties and office. McDonnell also will announce that respected businessman Robert Sledd will serve as Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Republican sources say. Sledd, of Richmond, was formerly a top-ranking executive with Peformance Food Group, a food distribution company. (He has donated more than $100,000 to Virginia politicians in the last dozen years, including McDonnell, Bolling, other Republicans and a handful of Democrats, according to the Virginia Public Access...
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Anita Kumar
| December 9, 2009; 11:03 PM ET |
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Say hello to the McBollinelli sweep broom
Yes, that's right. During his election night speech, attorney general-elect Ken Cuccinelli brought out a broom to signify the Republican Party's sweep of the top three statewide posts. The blue-colored broom (oddly not red) was emblazoned with the name amalgam: McBollinelli. Minutes later, a "Don't Tread On Me" flag -- a frequent presence in Cuccinelli's campaign -- was unfurled. It's a symbol, Cuccinelli said, of a "limited government that respects constitutional boundaries." It also got the core conservative crowd hollering....
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Derek Kravitz
| November 3, 2009; 9:09 PM ET |
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Lieutenant Governor candidates vote
Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling tallied at least one vote for himself, and probably two more, as he, his wife, Jean Ann, and his 26-year-old son Matt cast ballots about 10 a.m. in their hometown precinct in Mechanicsville, a suburb of Richmond. Bolling, who is seeking a second term as lieutenant governor, voted at the Washington Henry Elementary School in the Shady Grove precinct, campaign spokeswoman Ibbie Hedrick said. She said the Bollings' other adult son, Kevin, 22, plans to vote after his classes end at James Madison Unversity. Afterwards, Bolling began dialing for votes. Later this evening, Bolling will join his running mates -- Robert F. McDonnell, the former attorney general who is at the top of the ticket, and state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, who is running for Attorney General this year--at the Marriott in Richmond. Farther east, Democratic challenger Jody M. Wagner went to the polls at 6:50 a.m....
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Anne Bartlett
| November 3, 2009; 11:50 AM ET |
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2009 Lieutenant Governor's Race, Bill Bolling, Election 2009, Fredrick Kunkle, Jody Wagner
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