by MCDC | Sep 25, 2013 | Events, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
The Associated Press said: Democratic state Sen. Ralph Northam was generally the aggressor in the evening’s debate at George Mason University’s Arlington campus, hammering Republican E.W. Jackson, a conservative Chesapeake minister, over what he...
by MCDC | Sep 25, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
State Senator A. Donald McEachin (D-Henrico) has gone to court to compel the attorney general’s office to release communications involving a businessman who is at the center of a political scandal. Sen. Donald McEachin said Tuesday he filed the lawsuit in...
by MCDC | Sep 24, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
RICHMOND — Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s approval rating has plummeted to a new low amid a gifts scandal that has bled into the race to succeed him and left Virginians hungry for ethics reform, according to a new Washington Post/Abt-SRBI poll. Fewer than half of the...
by MCDC | Sep 24, 2013 | Events, Madison County, Virginia Election 2013
The Madison County Democratic Committee is pleased to invite you to meet and greet the next First Lady of Virginia, Dorothy McAuliffe, at the Madison Inn this Thursday, September 26th at 12:30 PM. Dorothy has been criss-crossing the Commonwealth, campaigning on her...
by MCDC | Sep 23, 2013 | Action Alerts, Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
As Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli is responsible for providing advice to the state Board of Elections on legal issues relating to campaigns and elections — including his own campaign for governor. Tell Ken Cuccinelli: Recuse yourself and your office from election...
by MCDC | Sep 23, 2013 | Ethics, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
An analysis of Ken Cuccinelli II’s economic plan for Virginia says the Republican gubernatorial candidate would cut a $1.4 billion hole in the state’s budget to shave $6,391 off a millionaire’s tax bill, all at a time when the state economy seems less able to...