Ted Kennedy Dead at 77
By Mason Votes Director Christian Smith According to the Associated Press, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) died of brain cancer late Tuesday night at the age of 77. He will be reposed at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, followed by a funeral mass in the same city. He will be buried...Continue reading→
Moran Holds Volatile Health Care Town Hall
By Mason Votes Correspondent Denise Baken In the hours before the Health Care Reform debate, long lines snaked around the front and back of South Lakes High School. Support and opposition forces huddled to strategize tactics in preparation of the Jim Moran- Howard Dean Town Hall on Health Care Reform. The positions ran the gambit....Continue reading→
Biography of Steve Shannon
Steve Shannon is Virginia’s democratic candidate for Attorney General. In 1993, Shannon received his undergraduate degree in 1993 from Fairfield University, a master’s in public policy from Georgetown University in 1996 and a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1999. A former, Fairfax County prosecutor, Shannon is special counsel to Odin, Feldman and...Continue reading→
Biography of Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli is Virginia’s republican candidate for Attorney General and has a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia and a law degree from George Mason University. He represented the 37th district in the Virginia Senate since 2002. He and his wife Teiro have seven children.
Biography of Jody Wagner
Jody Wagner is the democratic candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor. In 2002, she was appointed Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Virginia by then Governor Mark Warner and in 2006 she became the first woman to be appointed Secretary of Finance by Governor Tim Kaine. Wagner has a undergraduate degree in economics from Northwestern University and...Continue reading→
Biography of Bill Bolling
Bill Bolling is the republican candidate for Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor. He was the first person in his family to receive a college degree when he graduated in 1979 from the University of Charleston. Bolling was elected in 1991 to the Hanover County Board of Supervisors. Four years later, he was elected to the Virginia Senate...Continue reading→
Biography of Creigh Deeds
Website Campaign Funds Tracker Twitter Feed Creigh Deeds is the democratic candidate for Governor of Virginia. Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1958, he received his undergraduate degree in 1980 from Concord University and then received a law degree from Wake Forest University in 1984. From 1988 to 1992, he was a prosecutor in Bath County...Continue reading→
Biography of Bob McDonnell
Website Campaign Finance Tracking Twitter Feed Bob McDonnell, 55, is the republican candidate for Governor of Virginia. According to his campaign website, McDonnell was raised in Fairfax County, graduated from Notre Dame in 1976 with a degree in management on a ROTC scholarship. He entered the Army and while stationed in Germany, he earned a...Continue reading→
What is the House of Delegates?
There are two branches of the Virginia General Assembly, the Senate and the House of Delegates. The House of Delegates is a one hundred member legislative body. The entire House is up for reelection every two years and is in session during the months of January, February and April. When the Governor deems it necessary,...Continue reading→
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