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Saturday, December 15, 2012

NBC's Todd Talks Fiscal Cliff, Elections at Chamber's Annual Meeting

Todd predicts 2013 Virginia gubernatorial race between Cuccinelli and McAuliffe will be 'nasty.'

Arlington resident and NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd said Friday that he wasn't looking forward to Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe dominating Virginia's airwaves next year. He predicted the 2013 gubernatorial race would be "nasty." It'll likely be between Cuccinelli, a Republican and Virginia Attorney General, and McAuliffe, a McLean businessman and former Democratic National Committee chairman. "They're both going to see their path to victory as not being that other guy. And you know what kind of rhetoric" the two are capable of, Todd said. Todd, speaking at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce's 88th Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Pentagon City, analyzed the recent presidential election and dissected the debate …

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Arlington Voters Find Long Lines at the Polls

Arlington voters found long lines at precincts Tuesday morning.

Arlington voters were met with long lines this morning, followed by an afternoon lull that still left many waiting an hour to vote.   “It’s impossible,” said Marcela Ayon, who was voting at the James at Riverhouse apartment building and polling station for the day in Pentagon City.  “I live in the building so I thought I could get in and go.” The lines at the Riverhouse location went through the building’s basement level and wrapped around the facilities parking lot just after 8 this morning and continued through the early afternoon. Just before 11:30 a.m., a woman waiting in line to vote at the Pentagon City location collapsed and was taken away by stretcher by the Arlington County firefighters to a nearby hospital. She was awake and …

Pj Davis

3:39 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

I voted @GMU on Fairfax drive. Very long lines, 150-200 people, but it only took ~90 mins b4 I got to vote. everyone wanted to use the machines, but there were only five (5) available.   more ›

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