by MCDC | Jul 11, 2013 | Ethics, News, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Bob McDonnell’s Growing Scandal Could Spill Over to Ken Cuccinelli “The Republican nominee always kept his distance from the governor. Now it’s a political imperative.” MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show has obtained financial disclosure statements...
by MCDC | Jun 25, 2013 | Opinion, Virginia Election 2013
By Phyllis Randall Loudoun, VA Historians may disagree on who originally articulated the statement “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” Some credit this quote to Abraham Lincoln while others claim it was the wisdom of...
by MCDC | Jun 20, 2013 | Opinion, Virginia Election 2013
A letter to the editor of the Madison Eagle newspaper The Youth Vote: Key to Winning Elections This fall Virginia voters will go to the polls to elect a new governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. Young voters, who were a key voting constituency in 2012,...
by MCDC | Jun 18, 2013 | Madison County, News, Virginia Election 2013
A national figure in the Democratic Party has endorsed a Culpeper candidate for Virginia House of Delegates. Former presidential candidate and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean Tuesday announced his support for Democrat Traci Dippert in her bid for the Virginia House of...
by MCDC | Jun 17, 2013 | Action Alerts, Events, Issues, Virginia Election 2013
Every Child Matters in Virginia will be launching the non-partisan Strong Kids, Strong Virginia campaign this week. Please set aside 45 minutes to join us as we talk about the campaign’s goals and reveal the results of a poll conducted by Mason-Dixon on how potential...
by MCDC | Jun 14, 2013 | Ethics, Opinion, Racism, Virginia Election 2013
The most extreme ticket in Virginia history “E.W. JACKSON, the fire-breathing pastor who stunned the Republican establishment by storming the party convention in Virginia and snatching the nomination for lieutenant governor, has been roundly mocked for saying...