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Va. might need to cut $2.9 million more from budget by 2012

RICHMOND -- State agencies might need to cut up to $2.9 billion more from core services, such as education, law enforcement and health care, by mid-2012 to accommodate Virginia's financial crisis. The bleak forecast announced Tuesday at a House ...

From ANITA KUMAR, The Washington Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Robert F McDonnell

Virginia Republicans pledge to steer toward center

The state's Republicans have recaptured the governor's office after eight years out of power. But Gov.-elect Robert F. McDonnell made no mention Wednesday of issues that drive the party's social conservatives, such as abortion and gun rights. He said ...

From ANITA KUMAR, The Washington Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Republican National Committee,  Robert F McDonnell

McDonnell handily sweeps Virginia GOP back to power

The exclamation point on the former state attorney general's trouncing of Democratic state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds was a victory in Fairfax County, the state's most populous jurisdiction, which had delivered powerful Democratic majorities to President ...

From ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN AND ANITA KUMAR, The Washington Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Creigh Deeds,  Mark Warner

Kaine's legacy: Agenda deflated, but popularity high

But the Republican Party's sweep of statewide offices and possible gains in the House of Delegates on Tuesday night leave Kaine with a somewhat deflated political record and without a successor to complete his policy agenda. "Elections do matter, and ...

From ANITA KUMAR AND ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN, The Washington Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Virginia Tech,  U.S. Republican Party,  Democratic National Committee,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George Mason

Va. campaigns for governor strive to turn out vote

Thousands of campaign staffers and volunteers fan out across the state, knocking on doors and making phone calls to urge that voters go to the polls Tuesday and cast a ballot for Republican Robert F. McDonnell or Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the closely ...

From ANITA KUMAR AND ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN, The Washington Post,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Democratic National Committee,  Robert F McDonnell,  Creigh Deeds,  U.S. Democratic Party

GOP turns to Virginia for victory

Almost all of the Republicans considered top candidates for a 2012 presidential run have made stops this fall in Virginia, where they're hoping to help Robert F. McDonnell retake the governor's mansion and discover a winning strategy for a party that ...

From ANITA KUMAR, The Washington Post,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Robert F McDonnell,  U.S. Congress,  White House,  Bob McDonnell

Some see ideology in McDonnell's term as attorney general

RICHMOND -- In one of his first moves after being sworn in as Virginia's attorney general in 2006, Republican Robert F. McDonnell advised the newly elected Democratic governor that he had overstepped his constitutional authority when he outlawed bias ...

From ANITA KUMAR, The Washington Post,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Robert F McDonnell,  U.S. Republican Party,  Virginia Tech,  Supreme Court of the United States

Obama supports Creigh Deeds, who trails in Va. governor race

NORFOLK, OCT. 27 -- One week before Election Day, the first Democratic president to win Virginia in more than four decades told a largely college-age, African American crowd of thousands not to count out R. Creigh Deeds, despite polls that show his ...

From ANITA KUMAR, The Washington Post,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Robert F McDonnell,  White House

Va. GOP makes timely adjustment to changes in state

Democrats have taken advantage of these changes to claim nearly every major office in the state, but their decade-long run is in jeopardy this year as Republican Robert F. McDonnell appears to be making inroads among suburbanites and minorities through ...

From ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN AND ANITA KUMAR, The Washington Post,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Robert F McDonnell,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Sarah Palin

Va. attorney general candidates lob verbal grenades in debate

RICHMOND -- Stephen C. Shannon , the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general, accused Republican rival Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II Thursday of planning to fight the federal government in a way reminiscent of the state's past opposition to civil ...

From ANITA KUMAR, The Washington Post,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Supreme Court of the United States

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