Griffith will challenge Rep. Boucher in ‘Fightin’ Ninth’

Herring to seek Dems’ nod for Attorney General

By Paul Fletcher
Published: July 25, 2012
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Elections

Sen. Mark Herring, D-Loudoun, has announced that he has filed paperwork to seek the Democratic nomination for Attorney General in 2013. Herring has served in the Senate since 2006; he has practiced law in Leesburg for 22 years. In declaring his candidacy, Herring blasted the incumbent AG, Ken Cuccinelli. “It’s time to get politics out [...]

Perry asks judge to order slot on Virginia ballot

By The Associated Press
Published: December 29, 2011
Tags: Elections, Federal Courts

(AP) Texas Gov. Rick Perry filed an emergency motion last Wednesday in federal court seeking to require Virginia’s Board of Elections to place his name on the ballot for the state Republican presidential primary. Perry failed last week to meet Virginia’s requirements that each candidate receive 10,000 signatures of registered voters, with 400 from each [...]

Ken Cuccinelli to run for governor in 2013

By Paul Fletcher
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Elections, Gov. Bob McDonnell

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has announced he will run for governor instead of for reelection. Cuccinelli’s declaration upsets an orderly succession of the GOP ticket that swept all three statewide offices in 2009 and could prompt a nasty intraparty fight. Gov. Bob McDonnell made it clear he is behind Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling for governor. [...]

Senate candidate sues for inclusion in debate

By The Associated Press
Published: November 17, 2011
Tags: Elections, Federal Courts

ALEXANDRIA–A U.S. Senate candidate in Virginia has sued media organizations for the right to take part in a debate scheduled for next month. Businessman Julien Modica, a Democrat from Reston, wants a federal judge to force the organizers to cancel the event or allow him to field questions alongside former Virginia governors George Allen and [...]