Thursday, May 9, 2013
ABC News: About half as many Virginians vote in gubernatorial elections as in presidential years.
Anyone familiar with Terry McAuliffe knows he can tell a good story. The one he told Thursday in Arlington, at George Mason's campus as he was wrapping up a five-day tour of the state, was about this past November. It was Election Day. McAuliffe, at the request of the campaigns of Barack Obama and Tim Kaine, was asked to head to a polling station in Henrico County, where voters were still waiting in a long line as darkness fell. He said he went there and handed out coffee, hot chocolate and hand warmers. And everyone got to vote. And then he asked everyone in the room to mobilize for this year's election. [McAuliffe: Reform Virginia's Standards of Learning Tests] Turnout, often, is key. But now more than ever that isn't lost on Northern …
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Does the commonwealth need another name on the ballot?
Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling took himself out of Virginia's race for governor last week, leaving, at least for now, what's shaping up to be a two-person race. The choice for the Old Dominion's next governor, seven months before Election Day, seems to have boiled down to presumptive Republican nominee Ken Cuccinelli, the state's socially conservative attorney general, against likely Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a McLean businessman. The Republican Party of Virginia will hold its convention on May 17 and 18 in Richmond to formally select its nominee. Democrats go to the polls on June 11 to cast their ballots in several races, including governor and lieutenant governor. …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Terry McAuliffe said he thought supporting the compromise that passed the Senate on Saturday was crucial.
Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee Terry McAuliffe came to Arlington on Tuesday to praise the work of Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell. McAuliffe, the Democrat hoping to succeed McDonnell, said he spent hours on the phone calling members of both parties urging them to support a transportation compromise, which ultimately passed this weekend in the hours before the 2013 General Assembly session ended. "When you work on these major projects, it's not about a partisan agenda," McAuliffe told about a half-dozen reporters at a news conference on the 15th floor of the Sheraton Pentagon City. "This was a big deal. Was this a legacy item for Governor McDonnell? You bet it was." The event was designed to paint Republican Attorney …
Monday, January 21, 2013
No rest for the weary: Democrats gear up for tough 2013 state races.
An estimated 1,100 people attended the Virginia Inaugural Ball on Sunday at the Westin Arlington Gateway to celebrate the second inauguration of President Barack Obama — and gear up for key statewide elections in 2013. "Everybody is happy. Everybody is excited. It's a feel-good moment for everyone who worked on a campaign," Arlington County Democratic Chairman Mike Lieberman told Patch before speaking to the crowd. "The president is right to feel good about this weekend. You can't help but be optimistic. There's a lot of criticism of our government out there, and some of it is deserved. But there's also a lot of reason for optimism. And coming out of the last election, we see a lot of opportunities." [See photos from the Virginia Inaugural…
Saturday, December 15, 2012
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 …
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Warner says he wants to continue his work in the U.S. Senate.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., announced Tuesday that he will not run for governor in 2013, saying that he wants to continue the work he was sent to do in Washington. Warner, in a statement issued shortly after 3 p.m., said Virginians of all political stripes have approached him over the past year to make the bid — which he said he would consider and then make a decision after the November election. "I’ve talked to a lot of Virginians I respect, and I’ve talked about it with my family," Warner said in a statement. "But when I asked Virginians to hire me as their Senator, I made a promise to come to Washington to try to be a problem solver. I have to admit, it’s been tougher than I expected. But I’ve tried to keep at it." Warner's decision…
Sunday, June 3, 2012
State party convention drew more than 2,000 to the city of Fairfax this weekend.
FAIRFAX — Perhaps U.S. Sen. Mark Warner put it best: "In 2008, we changed the guard. In 2012, we need to guard the change." More than 2,000 Democrats from across the commonwealth descended on George Mason University this weekend for the Democratic Party of Virginia's State Convention. The gathering served as part pep rally, part organizational meeting as activists mobilize for November. Party leaders had similar messages, previewing what they will try to hammer home while Virginia is in the national spotlight as a battleground state for the U.S. presidency. That message, they say, is that the right-wing takeover of the Republican Party has made this country, and this state, unrecognizable and infringes on the rights of gays, women and …
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Former DNC chairman strongly hints at 2013 gubernatorial run.
FAIRFAX — Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe left little to the imagination Saturday about his potential 2013 gubernatorial bid. "Come 2013, if I run for governor, I'm going to ask a favor from everybody in this room. I'm going to need your help," said McAuliffe, who spoke to a packed house at the 2012 Democratic Party of Virginia State Convention at George Mason University. "If there's an office open, I want you to run—I don't care if it's for Soil and Water. And I promise you this: If you run, we will have the time of our life next year. We will have the resources to get your message out. And we will run as one," McAuliffe said. McAuliffe, who recently told Patch that he would wait until after the November …
Monday, April 16, 2012
McAuliffe: A year is 'long enough' to run for governor.
For former Democratic National Committee Chairman and Clinton confidant Terry McAuliffe, a second run for governor seems less like a question of “Will he?” and more like one of “When will he announce?” “We’ve got some big races first,” McAuliffe said in an interview Sunday at the opening of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign field office in Arlington. The enthusiastic McAuliffe pointed out that he’s appeared at more than 430 events in the last year and says his No. 1 focus is to make sure Obama is re-elected and former Gov. Tim Kaine wins the U.S. Senate seat he’s after. “I want everybody focused on the president and Tim Kaine,” he said. “Right after the November election, we’ll have something to say.” McAuliffe is hosting a …
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Campaign opened Arlington field office Sunday.
President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign opened field offices in Falls Church, Suffolk and Arlington this weekend, ratcheting up its presence in the critical swing state of Virginia. The campaign is gearing up its supporters for a bare-knuckle brawl to keep the commonwealth blue. “Guys, it’s game time. They’ve picked their guy. We’ve got a better guy. We just have to make sure everybody knows that,” Yohannes Abraham, the campaign’s deputy national political director, told nearly 200 people Sunday at the opening of the Arlington office. The office is located at 2408 Columbia Pike, immediately next door to Rappahannock Coffee. “We know (Republican Mitt) Romney’s playbook. We saw it during the primary. Him and his allies are going to …
Vasquez2
2:59 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
Wow, KEL, any credibility you might've had just went down the toilet with that post. more ›