Sunday, December 16, 2012
U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly will speak with 11th District residents.
Want to tell Rep. Gerry Connolly what is on your mind? Connolly will hold a telephone town hall at 8 p.m. Monday for residents of Virginia’s 11th congressional District residing in Fairfax and Prince William Counties and the City of Fairfax. Those residing in the 11th who want to guarantee they receive a call and participate in the telephone town hall may sign up on Connolly’s official Web site: http://connolly.house.gov/sign-up-for-a-telephone-town-hall/. Connolly (D) was recently elected to his third term in Congress. He was first elected in 2008, was re-elected in 2010 and re-elected again Nov. 6 for a third term. Since Connolly started the telephone town halls shortly after he took office in January 2009, more than 190,000 district …
Monday, November 5, 2012
The Independent Green candidate for Virginia's 11th congressional District seat talks about why he's running, and how the U.S. government should work.
(Editor's note: One of the greatest powers Americans have is their right to vote. Patch respects that, and wants our readership to be as informed as possible before walking into that voting booth on Tuesday. With that in mind, this is the sixth and final in a series of in-depth interviews with candidates vying for Virginia’s 11th congressional District seat.) Disgust with Congress, ridding America of it's dependence on foreign oil and the importance of third-party candidacies were just a few of the topics discussed recently between Patch and Peter Marchetti, the Independent Green candidate for Virginia's 11th congressional District seat. Marchetti spoke with Patch from the Starbucks coffee shop at the Bradlick Shopping Center in Annandale…
The Green Party candidate for Virginia's 11th congressional District is fed up with politics in Washington. How would he change things up?
(Editor's note: One of the greatest powers Americans have is their right to vote. Patch respects that, and wants our readership to be as informed as possible before walking into that voting booth on Tuesday. With that in mind, this is the fifth in a series of in-depth interviews with candidates vying for Virginia’s 11th congressional District seat.) Playing hardball with China, reforming America's two-party political system and running as a third-party candidate were discussed this week in an interview with Joe Galdo, the Green Party candidate for Virginia's 11th congressional District seat. Galdo spoke with Patch from his home in Fairfax. Galdo, 66, has less than $10,000 campaign cash on-hand, and faces incumbent Democrat Rep. Gerry …
Friday, October 19, 2012
Former military man, Republican talks about why he's running in Virginia's 11th congressional District
(Editor's note: One of the greatest powers Americans have is their right to vote. Patch respects that, and wants our readership to be as informed as possible before walking into that voting booth on Nov. 6. This is the second in a series of in-depth interviews with candidates vying for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District seat.) Sequestration, the role of government and ending partisan gridlock in Congress were a few of the topics discussed this week between Patch and Chris Perkins, Republican candidate for Virginia’s 11th District seat. Perkins spoke with Patch from Panera Bread in Springfield. Perkins has $56,026 cash on-hand, versus the $1.5 million war chest of his rival, Democratic incumbent Rep. Gerry Connolly. He also faces …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
What issues do you want him to hear about?
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-11th) will hold his 15th telephone town hall Tuesday shortly before 8 p.m. for residents of Virginia’s 11th congressional district. More than 170,000 11th District residents have participated in a tele-town hall call with Connolly since he took office in January 2009, according to his office. On one call in 2010, more than 30,000 people participated. Burke credits the turnout to a convenient format that allows constituents to participate from home. Click here to sign up for the town hall. Once a constituent has signed up for the call, they will be called shortly before the meeting begins at 8 p.m., Connolly's office noted. Connolly will give a brief rundown of the top issues in Congress and issues he is …
Beau Dure
8:00 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
He explains why he isn't voting for the Libertarian for president. Why isn't he voting for the Green candidate? Fascinating interview. more ›