Alicia Knight is a local woman (she actually ran against Del. Howell in 1995) who’s struggled with health care costs ever since her husband passed away in 2004.

The ‘09 Democratic ticket of Creigh Deeds, Jody Wagner, and Steve Shannon have all called on Del. Phil Hamilton to resign for his involvement in the recent ODU ethics controversy. In the House of Delegates, Speaker Bill Howell has called on the House Ethics Advisory Panel to find out what went on. Those investigations would […]

I said a long time ago that Catherine Crabill’s entire candidacy is a sham. She’s a teabagger using a local House race as a platform to spout her nonsensical beliefs that our President is a domestic terrorist (what’s next, a candidate for school board warning us about our increasing dependence on foreign oil?!). On her […]

Big news, not only because it’s another big name Republican to denounce Catherine Crabill, but because Rob Wittman actually held this seat for a single term between Albert Pollard’s two stints representing the 99th.
FLS:
Rep. Rob Wittman has joined other top Republican leaders in the state who are shunning Catherine T. Crabill, a controversial candidate […]

Rep. Rob Wittman will be tough to beat next year in this still gerrymandered congressional district, but Democrats are off to a surprisingly strong start. Krystal Ball has been very active, appearing at events like Netroots Nation in Pittsburgh, PA and The Young Turks.
Meanwhile, Scott Robinson announced several key endorsements this weekend from up and […]

Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Bill Howell released the following statement regarding Del. Phil Hamilton:
“I am deeply disappointed by what I have learned this week about past actions by Delegate Hamilton regarding the creation and funding of a teacher center at Old Dominion University, which ultimately ended up hiring him. I believe he certainly did […]

Virginia continued to far outpace the rest of the country last month, when the national unemployment rate dropped to 9.4%.
Creigh Deeds:
“I am glad to see today’s reports that Virginia’s unemployment rate in Virginia dropped from 7.1% to 6.9% in July. I hope that this is the beginning of a long-term recovery, but with nearly 286,000 […]

Click here to read Sen. Deeds’ remarks today from George Mason University.

In 2002 Del. Bob McDonnell introduced HR 158: Requesting the Board of Education to incorporate the “American Citizens Handbook” into the public school curricula for grades kindergarten through twelve.
What is the American Citizens Handbook? This is from a book review from the ultra-conservative Eagle Forum:
It contains a rather embarrassing endorsement of eugenics as a goal […]