Hampton Roads’ own Joel Rubin, former host of On the Record, will be hosting a series of interviews with the six statewide candidates.
Called Virginia Votes 2009, the series features three half hour shows, each including interviews with the nominees for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General.

Virginia Votes 2009 – The Candidates for Governor: Bob [...]

I wish I could say I have an answer for Virginia’s transportation woes but I don’t. People with far more knowledge and experience than I have yet to come up with a reasonable solution. By “reasonable,” I, of course, mean one that is politically palatable. Our elected officials have failed to make the hard decisions [...]

In recent days, we have heard about the hiring of many fine people for Creigh Deeds campaign. Several of them are veterans of political campaigns in Virginia and elsewhere. Some, however, are top-level officials with the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA). This is troubling to me for several reasons.
When the never-ending election season turned to [...]

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 [...]

If you live in Virginia, please vote tomorrow.  For any number of entirely uninteresting reasons, I’ve pretty much skipped covering the primary season in Virginia politics.  People like Mike@Blueweeds, Waldo, Vivian, and Steve have given you pretty much all you need to know, though.
I’ll be voting for Brian Moran for Democratic nominee for Governor, Michael [...]