Bill Bolling is the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor. He is running for re-election, having  won his first term in 2005.
Bolling formerly served in the Virginia Senate, to which he was elected in 2005.  He represented the 4th District, primarily located in Hanover County.
He and his wife, Jean, have two sons.
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Bob McDonnell is the Republican candidate for Governor. He was elected as Attorney General of Virginia in 2005, a position he gave up in February 2009.
McDonnell formerly served in the House of Delegates, having been elected in 1991. He represented the 84th District in Virginia Beach.
He and wife, Maureen, have 5 children, ages 17-27.
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2nd Congressional district Rep. Glenn Nye has found himself in the hot seat with a couple of emails that contradict each other. First reported by VB Dems, the story has now been picked up by Politico.
The freshman Congressman, a member of the so-called “Blue Dog” coalition, has come under fire recently for his votes. In [...]

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Thus screamed the 2 1/2 inch high front page headline in Friday’s Virginian-Pilot. The accompanying article laid out how a simple malfunction created chaos for Hampton Roads drivers.
A severe electrical and rain storm rolled across the bridge-tunnel Wednesday night, causing power outages and power surges. Apparently the power issues damaged a water main pump and [...]

Senator Mark Warner joined Creigh Deeds today to announce the formation of “Business Leaders for Deeds,” a bipartisan group which will be lead by Ted Leonsis of McLean. Leonsis is the owner of the Washington Capitals.
The press release (below the fold) includes the names of members – so far – of this steering committee. The [...]

THE BLOGOSPHERE is all atwitter about the pending oversight of the Federal Trade Commission. New guidelines are expected late this summer and with them will come a bit of taming of the wild, wild world of the Internet.
The FTC is charged with protecting consumers. It administers a wide variety of laws. A quick check of [...]

Virginia Rep. Bobby Scott (D-3rd) along with Mike Castle (R-Del.) introduced legislation in February that aims to curtail crime by focusing on prevention. According to The Hill’s Lauren Victoria Burke, the legislation is picking up steam:
The bill … has 204 co-sponsors, including 16 Republicans. Ninety lawmakers have backed the bill since June 1.
The bill seeks [...]

In 2007, the House of Delegates picked up four seats – two of them in Hampton Roads. And in 2007, the State Senate picked up four seats – again, two of them in Hampton Roads.
How did we pick up those four seats in 2007? I believe it was a combination of things. First, we had [...]

During my time off, I celebrated my birthday by getting a new BlackBerry, the Curve 8900. While my Pearl was working just fine, I had long wanted to try a BB with a full keyboard as opposed to the two-letters-per-key that the Pearl has. RIM has been rolling out a bunch of new BBs. Among [...]