by MCDC | Sep 19, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R) hosted a “Constitution Day” rally with right-wing shock jock Mark Levin on Tuesday, in support of his campaign to be Virginia’s next governor. But his campaign struggled to respond when a prominent Republican district chairman...
by MCDC | Sep 18, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wants to be the state’s next governor. But he has been dogged by an ethics scandal involving gifts he received from the head of a company that has sued the state. So last week, Cuccinelli tried to put the issue to rest...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
An out-of-state oil company, CONSOL Energy, is trying to wriggle out of its commitment to Virginia landowners. And Ken Cuccinelli might be helping them do it. Thousands of our neighbors in Southwest Virginia are suing CONSOL for nearly $28 million in owed royalties...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2013 | Farm Bill, Issues, Madison County, Minimum Wage
People getting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits don’t just face the prospect of House Republicans slashing $40 billion from the program over the next 10 years, they face the immediate, certain prospect of losing an average of nearly $30 a month...
by MCDC | Sep 14, 2013 | Ethics, Health Care, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Image via the ACLU Endorsed By Rick Santorum for his cowardly escalation of the GOP’s ongoing war on women, Tea Party candidate Ken Cuccinelli is currently down by 18 points among women voters in his bid to succeed scandal-plagued Bob McDonnell as Virginia...