Virginia Politics Blog Archive: Jody Wagner
On eve of health care vote, Virginia Democrats urged to have 'no fear'
A full minute. That's how long Democrats attending their party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner at the Richmond Convention Center on Saturday evening stood cheering and shouting after U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D) made the evening's first reference to Sunday's big vote in Washington on the health care reform package. With no statewide race on the ballot in November and no president or former president on the speaking card, there were fewer attendees at this year's annual dinner than at past events. But because of an unexpected quirk in the schedule, the dinner took place the on the eve of Sunday's final showdown vote in the House of Representatives, and the participants had an air of defiant excitement. Again and again Connolly and fellow Rep. Tom Perriello urged the Democratic activists not to let Republican "tea-partiers" and Fox TV personalities shape the debate on the issue. The Democrats insisted they are not...
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Rosalind Helderman
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March 21, 2010; 10:47 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
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January 1, 2010; 8:00 AM ET |
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Ten House races top $1 million mark
Despite the recession, this year's election cycle had four of the five most expensive delegate races in Virginia history, including a $1.71 million battle between Del. Dave Albo (R) and challenger Greg Werkheiser in Fairfax that gets the award for most expensive ever. That's according to the Virginia Public Access Project, a nonpartisan tracker of money in politics, which has been doing number crunching on finance reports submitted by campaigns last week. The second most expensive race in state history was the contest between newly elected Del. Chris Stolle and incumbent Democrat Joe Bouchard in Virginia Beach, who jointly spent $1.53 million on the race....
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Rosalind Helderman
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December 7, 2009; 11:21 AM ET |
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Democrats speak of a broken "streak" in Virginia
The losing Democratic candidates and their supporters in Virginia had a common theme in their concession speeches moments ago: The party has had a good run in the state, and despite the loss, their work goes on. "We lose an election but we don't give up," said defeated gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds to a crescendo of applause. "We still have fight, we still have spirit, we still have things to say. There's still people that need a voice!...This chapter is closed but the next chapter is yet to be written." Former Gov. Mark Warner and Gov. Tim Kaine both played on the theme that Democrats have gotten "used" to winning in a state that was once reliably Republican. "Eight years ago we started a streak in this state--in a state where Democrats didn't control either house of the legislature, any statewide office, and we turned Virginia around," Warner said....
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Anne Bartlett
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November 3, 2009; 10:25 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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November 3, 2009; 11:50 AM ET |
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First Click -- Virginia
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 Good morning everyone. Here's what's happening in politics around the state today. This is it! Election Day has finally arrived. Check back frequently for all of our election coverage throughout the day and night. In the meantime, here's some morning reading to start your day: Republican Bob McDonnell will vote outside Richmond this morning, before greeting voters at his childhood precinct in Fairfax County and at a Virginia Beach precint he represented in the House of Delegates. Democrat Creigh Deeds will vote in Bath County this morning before greeting voters in Charlottesville, which he represents in the state Senate. Both men will spend election night in the capital city. McDonnell will be at the Marriott downtown with Bill Bolling and Ken Cuccinelli, candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general. Deeds will be at the Westin Hotel in Richmond's West End with Gov. Tim Kaine and Jody...
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November 3, 2009; 8:00 AM ET |
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