by MCDC | Jan 7, 2014 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Democrat wins first of two special elections to decide Senate chamber control WASHINGTON-Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) Executive Director Michael Sargeant released the following statement on tonight’s Democratic victories in the special...
by MCDC | Dec 28, 2013 | Gun Reform, Health Care, Issues, Minimum Wage, News
In politics, as in sports, you can’t win ‘em all. With a divided government and a House of Representatives firmly in the control of tea partiers, it was a tough year for progressives in Washington – one marked by the painful cuts of sequestration…...
by MCDC | Dec 18, 2013 | History, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
UPDATE: RICHMOND — State Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R) conceded the race for Virginia attorney general to Democrat Mark R. Herring on Wednesday, saying his “vigorous and hard-fought fight” is over. Obenshain’s announcement put an end to a drawn-out contest that, on...
by MCDC | Dec 11, 2013 | Issues, Virginia
By Mike Ludwig The point of carpooling is to save some gas money while reducing traffic congestion and air pollution, but in Virginia, taxpayers could be on the hook when commuters try to do just that. The Australian company Transurban recently teamed up with a...
by MCDC | Dec 11, 2013 | Action Alerts, Coal, Environment, Issues, Virginia
by Mary Anne Hitt Today, Appalachian community leaders are in Washington, D.C., to protest a Virginia coal boondoggle that has set its sights on $2 billion of your federal tax dollars. Mountaintop removal coal mining is already a shocking, devastating, and destructive...
by MCDC | Dec 11, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Lynwood Lewis, a lawyer and Democratic state delegate from Accomack County, makes an economic pitch in his television spot that begins airing Wednesday in Hampton Roads. The ad highlights his work with lawmakers in both parties to promote space launches from...
