Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Virginia's lieutenant governor made the announcement Wednesday morning.
Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced Wednesday morning that he is hanging his hat up in the race for governor, likely to clear the way for Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s attorney general, to win the Republican nomination. “For the past seven years I have had the honor of serving as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor and it had been my intention to seek the Republican Party’s nomination for Governor in 2013,” he said in a statement Wednesday morning. “However, not everything we want in life is meant to be.” Bolling cited a change in the nomination process as his reason for dropping out. In the past, nominees were chosen in a statewide primary, but the 2013 candidates will be chosen at a party convention. “I reluctantly concluded that the decision to …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Warner says he wants to continue his work in the U.S. Senate.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., announced Tuesday that he will not run for governor in 2013, saying that he wants to continue the work he was sent to do in Washington. Warner, in a statement issued shortly after 3 p.m., said Virginians of all political stripes have approached him over the past year to make the bid — which he said he would consider and then make a decision after the November election. "I’ve talked to a lot of Virginians I respect, and I’ve talked about it with my family," Warner said in a statement. "But when I asked Virginians to hire me as their Senator, I made a promise to come to Washington to try to be a problem solver. I have to admit, it’s been tougher than I expected. But I’ve tried to keep at it." Warner's decision…
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Senator tells Associated Press he'll announce decision before Thanksgiving.
Sen. Mark Warner plans to announce before Thanksgiving whether he'll run for governor again, according to the Associated Press. The former governor, a Democrat, served as the Commonwealth's chief executive from 2002 to 2006. Virginia is the only state in the country where a governor cannot succeed himself. Former DNC chair Terry McAuliffe has already thrown his hat in the ring and will face Republicans Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. If Warner walks away from another run for governor, he'll be teaming up in the Senate with the state's soon to be junior senator, Senator-elect Tim Kaine, who served as Warner's lieutenant governor and is himself a former governor of Virginia. In a poll conducted Nov. 8-12 by …
Friday, January 6, 2012
Albo among eight state co-chairs
Republican presidential candidate front-runner Mitt Romney has named Del. Dave Albo (R-42nd District) to a state leadership team to lay the groundwork for the Romney campaign in Virginia. “The team Mitt Romney has assembled in Virginia has been working hard to spread his pro-growth message, reaching out to voters and laying the groundwork for victory in November," said Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, chairman of Romney for President Virginia, in a news release from the Romney campaign. "These additional members of our team will strengthen our efforts in the state," Bolling said. "Virginians expect our next president to reverse the failed policies of Barack Obama and enact policies that will get our economy growing again. Mitt Romney has …
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Senate is split 20-20
Virginia Democrats will sue to keep their majority in the Virginia Senate. The Nov. 8 election split the Republicans and Democrats in the state Senate at 20-20, and gives Republican Lt. Gov Bill Bolling a tie-breaking vote. The suit would determine whether he has the power to break ties in Senate votes. Democratic Senate Leader Dick Saslaw (D-Fairfax), said that Bolling does not have the constitutional right to break ties in cases of "re-organizing the Senate, the budget, or appointing judges," he said. "Further, the Republicans are ignoring the will of the people. Just two weeks ago, the citizens of Virginia elected 20 Democrats and 20 Republicans to the Senate. They have called for divided government and not one-party rule.” Last week…
T Ailshire
1:44 pm on Friday, November 30, 2012
Agreed, but please be precise in language. Cuccinelli is a theocratic conservative. The Republican Party of Virginia (and America, for that matter) has left us libertarian conservatives out in the cold. They're alienating us further by using a convention process, where the good old boys can get together and make their decisions. At his rate, I'll have to vote write-in again -- NONE OF THE ABOVE. more ›