Virginia

There are no contests for senator or governor this year, but Virginia has one of the nation's most closely watched House races on its ballot. Freshman Democrat Tom Perriello's 727-vote margin of victory over six-term GOP incumbent Virgil Goode in 2008 was the smallest of any House race in the country. Now he faces Republican Robert Hurt in the conservative 5th Congressional District. Hurt survived a primary battle against six opponents, including several tea party activists who charged that he isn't conservative enough.Virginia's other tossup House contest is in the 2nd District, where freshman Democrat Glenn Nye is fighting to keep the GOP from recapturing his seat. Obama won Virginia in 2008.

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The Democratic Debacle -- and What It Means

By Walter Shapiro

America has seen tidal wave off-year elections before (three, in fact, in the past 16 years). But what was epic about the glub-glub election of 2010 is that even with months of warning most imperiled ...

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Republicans Sweep the House

By Patricia Murphy

Two years after the historic election of Barack Obama, Republicans rebounded Tuesday night and gained control of the House of Representatives with a dominant showing in the 2010 midterm elections. A ...

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Republican Robert Hurt Defeats Tom Perriello in Virginia's 5th District

By Linda Killian

In Virginia's 5th Congressional District, incumbent freshman Democrat Tom Perriello, elected in 2008 as part of the Barack Obama wave, was defeated by Virginia state Sen. Robert Hurt whose campaign ...

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GOP Wave of Change Hits House; Republicans Also Gain Governorships

By Jill Lawrence

Republicans catapulted back into relevance and power Tuesday, taking majority control of the House and winning governorships all over the country. Democrats fell in dozens of House races as voters ...

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Virginia House: Krystal Ball's Longshot Run Against GOP Rep. Rob Wittman

By Annie Groer

STAFFORD, Va. -- In the final week of a U.S. House race he is expected to win in a walk, Rep. Rob Wittman spent some time greeting voters in his Yorktown campaign office. Not to be confused with the ...

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Virginia Candidate Krystal Ball Angry Over Posting of Racy Photos

By Politics Daily Staff

Memo to would-be candidates for public office: beware of costume parties, especially when cameras are snapping away. Krystal Ball (yes, her real name), a Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia, ...

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NRA Backs Pro-Gun-Rights Democrats Over Republicans in Some Key Races

By Tom Diemer

Help for some imperiled Democrats is coming from a place where many of the party faithful might least expect it -- the National Rifle Association, sworn foe of the gun-control cause. The NRA, a ...

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May 23, 2013

Senate immigration bill faces critics on 2 fronts

Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA

A decision by Senate Democrats not to add protections for same-sex couples to a landmark immigration overhaul has angered gay-rights advocates and put the White House on the defensive.

May 23, 2013

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray's abrupt resignation Wednesday leaves a big hole, not just in the Patrick administration but in Team SouthCoast, where Murray participated almost as though he lived here.

Source: The Standard-Times - New Bedford MA

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray's abrupt resignation Wednesday leaves a big hole, not just in the Patrick administration but in Team SouthCoast, where Murray participated almost as though he lived here.

May 23, 2013

Bill aims to allow drilling offshore, get Va. a share

Source: Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk VA

Virginia's two U.S. senators on Wednesday joined a renewed effort to lift a federal moratorium on gas and oil drilling in the commonwealth's coastal waters.

May 23, 2013

Key House chairman: Senate immigration bill repeats mistakes of 1986

Source: The Weekly Standard - Washington DC

Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will be one of the most important men on Capitol Hill in the fight to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

May 23, 2013

Forecaster furloughs a concern for Wolf

Source: Northern Virginia Daily - Strasburg VA

A letter from U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-10, to a top administrator at the Department of Commerce signals growing concern about planned furloughs of meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Sterling and elsewhere.