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VA: ‘Mudslinging’ in Democrat State Senate Primary
Last Updated on Thursday, 4 August 2011 01:34 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 4 August 2011 01:34
From Washington Post:
To one candidate, Arlington County Board member Barbara A. Favola, it’s about “bread-and-butter issues” — transportation, education and the environment. To the other, lawyer Jaime Areizaga-Soto, it’s about who will fight hardest for “Democratic values” against Republicans in Richmond.
And to longtime political observers in Northern Virginia, it’s one of the most heated, unpleasant races in recent memory.
“It’s much more negative than Arlington is used to, and it’s unfortunate that both candidates have gone down this road,” said Del. Patrick A. Hope (D-Arlington), who considered running for the 31st District seat and is staying neutral in the primary. “I wish they would focus on the issues.”
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VA Special Election Dates Set
Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 11:39 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 24 November 2010 11:39
Governor Bob McDonnell has issued a Writ for the two special elections to be held January 11, 2011.
From WPCVA.com:
On November 2 Delegate H. Morgan Griffith was elected to serve in the 9th Congressional District and Senator Robert Hurt was elected to serve in the 5th Congressional District both for the U.S. House of Representatives. The results from the November 2 elections were officially certified by the Virginia State Board of Elections on November 22. Upon receiving their resignations the Governor issued the Writ for the Special Elections.
Delegate H. Morgan Griffith served Virginia’s 8th House District which includes the County of Roanoke (part) and City of Salem, while Senator Robert Hurt served in the19th Senate District which includes Campbell County (Part); Danville City (All); Franklin County (All); Pittsylvania County (All).
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VA GOP Set to make State Senate Nominee Pick
Last Updated on Monday, 22 November 2010 01:49 Written by rslcpol Monday, 22 November 2010 01:49
From Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Just three weeks after state Sen. Robert Hurt, R-Pittsylvania, was elected to Congress, Republicans will nominate a candidate to replace him in the General Assembly.
But it’s unclear how many people are paying attention to the truncated campaign and how many will vote in tomorrow’s 19th District-wide canvass, or firehouse primary, to choose the Republican nominee. The winner will face Democrat Hank Davis of Pittsylvania County in a Jan. 11 special election.
With the congressional election barely in the rearview mirror and with the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, some of the six Republican candidates for Hurt’s seat have had difficulty persuading prospective voters to participate in the canvass.
“It really is disappointing because a lot of people are going to be away,” said Brenda Bowman of Pittsylvania, who is running for Hurt’s seat. “It’s just a matter of who can get the most people to come out.”
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VA AG Campaigns in Oklahoma for Republican AG Candidate
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 12:46 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 26 October 2010 12:46
From KOSU:
The Republican candidate for Attorney General in Oklahoma calls on the Attorney General of Virginia to help in his campaign.
Former State Senator Scott Pruitt held a press conference on Monday to bring forth Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli who is currently suing the federal government over health care legislation passed in the spring.
Cuccinelli says if he’s successful then it means the entire bill will be stopped.
“If we prevail, if any of the states prevail on the individual mandate, we have asked the court to strike the entire bill to enjoin the entire bill.”
Pruitt has repeatedly promised to join in a lawsuit if elected, but he says it’s unclear whether he will be joining the one in Virginia.
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VA AG Campaigns for Iowa Republican AG Candidate
Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 10:10 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 5 October 2010 01:56
From Radio Iowa:
Virginia’s Republican attorney general is in Iowa, campaigning with the Republican who hopes to oust Iowa’s current attorney general, a Democrat.
Virginia’s Ken Cuccinelli is among the state attorneys general who have filed lawsuits challenging the federal health care reform law. ”It’d be nice to have another ally, which we don’t really have here in Iowa now, on health care, on EPA — on any of the things that the federal government is doing that are frankly so threatening to future opportunity and the economies of every state,” Cuccinelli says.
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VA AG on Fox News to talk Health Care Suit
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:49 Written by rslcpol Friday, 10 September 2010 12:55
From the Shad Plank:
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has become a darling of FoxNews and he was on Greta Van Sustern this week to talk about the lawsuit against federal health care reform.
Cuccinelli makes the case that if the Virginia lawsuit manages to win the case and undo the mandate that people purchase health insurance coverage, then President Barack Obama’sentire reform dies. Cuccinelli’s case says that the mandate violates the commerce clause of the the U.S. Constitution.
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VA: Attorney General Vows to Keep Fighting
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:22 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 1 September 2010 12:01
From fredericksburg.com
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will continue to challenge what he calls the “utterly destructive” and “invasive, oppressive” policies of an overstepping federal government.
“States created the federal government, not the other way around,” Cuccinelli said to applause yesterday morning at a Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce breakfast event.
About 75 people, mostly business and elected leaders, came to the Fredericksburg Country Club yesterday for the Republican attorney general’s 40-minute address.
Cuccinelli has been aggressively challenging the policies of the Obama administration since being sworn in as the state’s attorney general in January.
He compared the administration to the British during the Revolutionary period and said it’s up to the states to challenge federal laws that “trample” the U.S. Constitution and impose crippling regulations on businesses. He said the lawsuits he’s filed are “exactly what the Founders intended.”
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VA Governor Talks Surplus
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:30 Written by rslcpol Friday, 20 August 2010 01:38
From Richmond Times-Dispatch:
“With a politically divided General Assembly, nothing meritorious is possible without bipartisan cooperation. The spending cuts and fiscal discipline that led to this surplus were the results of tough negotiations and agreement between a Republican House and a Democratic Senate.”
McDonnell, appearing before the assembly money committees, said that nearly all of the extra cash is obligated, including the largest share — $82.2 million for a one-time, 3 percent bonus for state employees who have gone without a raise since November 2007.
McDonnell said $103.6 million of the $174.7 million must be returned by law to agencies. He said he would decide by Nov. 1 how the balance might be spent and will include those proposals in his recommendations to the 2011 legislature.
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VA Health Care Reform Lawsuit Clears first Hurdle
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:45 Written by rslcpol Monday, 2 August 2010 01:32
From The Washington Times:
Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s health care reform law cleared its first legal hurdle Monday as a federal judge ruled the law raises a host of complex constitutional issues.
U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson’s decision stemmed from Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II’s claims that Congress exceeded its authority under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause by requiring citizens to buy health insurance or pay a penalty.
Judge Hudson’s ruling denied the Justice Department’s attempt to have the lawsuit dismissed, saying further hearings must take place before he can weigh the merits of the case. An Oct. 18 hearing previously was set in the case.
“Unquestionably, this regulation radically changes the landscape of health insurance coverage in America,” Judge Hudson wrote in his 32-page decision.
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Virginia a Leader in Creating Jobs
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:56 Written by rslcpol Friday, 16 July 2010 01:48
From GoDanRiver.com:
Virginia ranks third in the nation in the number of new jobs created since January, Gov. Bob McDonnell said yesterday.
While the state has added a net 71,500 jobs since Feb. 1, the state’s chief jobs creation officer, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, said it still has a long way to go before it catches up after the recession.
As the jobless rate climbed from 3.4 percent to 7.6 percent since 2007, the state lost 150,000 jobs, he estimated. Virginia’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate for May was 7.1 percent, the third-lowest east of the Mississippi and 13th lowest nationally.
“This is not a victory lap,“ he said. . . . “There is no question that it is a dark hole we are trying to crawl out of.“
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