During an interview at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference, Virginia Republican Senate candidate Jamie Radtke told The Daily Caller that she thinks Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over the growing Operation Fast and Furious scandal. (more)
Virginia’s March 6 Republican primary will be a two-man race. (more)
Legislation (HB940, SB323) that would overturn Virginia’s One Gun A Month law has already passed the Virginia House of Delegates and is slated to be voted on in the State Senate as early as today. Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has said he will sign it into law should it pass. (more)
Richmond, VA – The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry – is applauding the passage of legislation (SB 464) to end the ban on Sunday hunting in the Old Dominion. Yesterday, the Virginia State Senate overwhelming voted (29-11) to allow Sunday hunting on private lands. Companion legislation will now move to the House of Delegates for a vote. (more)
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell endorsed Mitt Romney on Thursday and will be campaigning with the GOP presidential candidate in South Carolina just a day before the state’s primary. (more)
Nothing says “Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day” quite like raffling off a .50-caliber rifle in front of the Virginia state legislature. (more)
Promoting the merits of “small government” may be all the rage for national Republican figures, but in Virginia a GOP politician collecting signatures for a U.S. Senate campaign is proposing something slightly different. (more)
Virginia Tech running back David Wilson said Friday he’ll skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft. (more)
NEW ORLEANS — A magical ending to a magical season. (more)
Having failed to meet Virginia’s onerous ballot requirements, the campaigns of Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Gov. Jon Huntsman, and former Sen. Rick Santorum are joining Gov. Rick Perry’s lawsuit against Virginia’s board of elections. (more)
After failing to provide enough voter signatures to make it on to the primary ballot in Virginia, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry is resorting to suing the state. (more)
Newt Gingrich’s campaign director said the candidate is viewing the setback in Virginia, in which he failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for the state’s primary, as an “unexpected setback” similar to the attack on Pearl Harbor. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich’s campaign attacked Virginia’s GOP primary election system on Saturday for keeping him off the state’s March 6 Super Tuesday ballot. It was a significant setback for a candidate who has surged in popularity but struggled to organize his campaign. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry have failed to qualify for Virginia’s March 6 Republican primary, a setback in their bids for the Republican presidential nomination. (more)
A Virginia politician found guilty of committing a vicious assault in 1999 may be angling to become the state’s next attorney general. (more)
President Barack Obama has begun trying to reach military voters from the campaign trail, praising soldiers’ accomplishments and scaling back his portrayal of soldiers as wounded warriors dependent on government services. (more)
Virginia Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will reportedly announce his candidacy for governor of Virginia next week. (more)
One tea party chapter in Virginia is fighting back against what it has called a double standard for tea partiers and members of Occupy Wall Street, and, it alleges, the capital city of Richmond has punished the group for lodging complaints. (more)
Clearwire Corp. (CLWR)’s warning that it could skip a debt payment coming due on Dec. 1 may be a “ploy” to win financial support from partner Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) or another company. (more)
Seven-term Virginia State Senator Edd Houck conceded defeat Thursday night, handing over complete control of the government in Richmond to the Republican Party. (more)
