Virginia Right!

By the Numbers: There are 7 seats on the Hanover Board of Supervisors There are 7 Republicans running for the 7 seats. There is 1 Democrat running There are 6 Independents running. Only 1 seat is uncontested. Only 1 Democrat? A word on “Independents”. There are several reasons to run as an Independent instead of [...]

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There was one really good line in last night’s debate. Former New Mexico Governor and presidential candidate Gary Johnson quipped “My next-door neighbor’s two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration“. This was a debate jointly sponsored by Fox News and Google which is almost as odd as the TEA Party teaming [...]

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My friend JR Hoeft over at Bearing Drift has put together a really good analysis of the Virginia Senate races and the road-map to a Republican takeover of the Senate. This is a first look and early take on the races, before candidates have an opportunity to shoot themselves in the foot and end a [...]

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The recent brouhaha over the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney post has had a ripple effect into the Virginia House of Delegates. As announced yesterday, Del. Bill Janis (VA 56th) is resigning to run as an independent for the Henrico CA post and with the election two and a half months away the need for a [...]

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While we are at the just at the beginning of what is sure to be a heated GOP primary, a new poll released yesterday gives Herman Cain double digit lead, favored by 24%, over other potential GOP candidates. Coming in second is Mike Huckabee with 12%. The Iowa poll is important because, since 1972 the [...]

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Poor left wing fruitcakes. The George Soros funded Republican Bashing site Media Matters made this statement when they thought that Democratic Judge Candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court hopeful JoAnne Kloppenburg had won the race, moving the court to the left: Right-wing media reacted to news that Democrat-backed JoAnne Kloppenburg emerged from Wisconsin’s Supreme Court [...]

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There are some disturbing numbers being reported on the Public Police Polling website today. Just 4 short months after Republicans in Virginia ousted 3 incumbent democrats congressmen Obama is consider STRONG in Virgina. Here are the numbers as reported by Public Policy Polling blog, if the election were held today: Obama leads Mitt Romney by [...]

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BreakingNews: 7 Afghan security forces killed in Taliban attack on polling station during parliamentary election, police say – Reuters

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BreakingNews: Afghan election update: Polling stations formally open – AP

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The Tea Party smoked in Nevada and the Progressives smoldered in Arkansas. Blanche Lincoln (D-AK) defeated the Progressive’s choice who was backed by $10 Million in Union money. Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s massive influx of money was not enough to overcome even Democrats disdain for the Progressive failures forced on the citizens of the country.

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Patrick Murray is now the projected winner in a very close race over Matthew Berry. With 150 of 156 Precincts reporting, Murray leads by under 400 votes out of over 12,000 cast, but the remaining 6 precincts are in Fairfax County where Murray has taken 56% of the vote. Patrick Murray is the winner in [...]

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And then there was one. Scott Rigell is the projected winner in the Second Congressional District with 39% and the closest to that total is Loyola with 25%. With 63% of Precincts reporting, Scott Rigell should easily hold this lead. In the 11th Congressional District race, Keith Fimian leads 58% to 42% for Patrick Herrity [...]

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Virginia Right! Calls 1st Congressional District – Rob Whitman Projected Winner. This one was really not much of a race. With 66% of the Precincts in, Rob Whitman is winning 88% of the vote. Catherine Crabill should be getting ready to make a phone call to Congressman Whitman about now. The other Virginia Primaries are [...]

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The latest numbers for the June 8, 2010 primaries in Virginia are available as they are reported at the Virginia State Board of Elections Website. Please click the link for the latest results.

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There were a large number of winners behind the 2009 Virginia Republican sweep, but none more important than Project Virginia. Last August we published an article on the importance of the New Media and the front line work of Project Virginia.

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Finally catching up on some of the reading from last week’s election, I was amused at Ann Coulter’s November 4th post mostly on Virginia’s election, but also the others.

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#1 Winner: Conservatives and Republicans.

While a number of lefties are trying to say that the Republicans won because they ran a Moderate candidate in Bob McDonnell, that’s a bit much after months of hearing how Bob McDonnell was such a right wing monster he was going to chain women to the kitchen sink. And what about Ken Cuccinelli? And the NY-23 race sent a message to the Republican Party – No more squishy liberal Republicans. They can’t be trusted.

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The Democrat Party of Virginia spent truckloads of money in a futile attempt to defeat Republican Incumbent Delegate John O’Bannon M.D. in the 73rd House District.

The landslide victory saw Dr. O’Bannon receiving an overwhelming 62.3% of the vote while Shields received only 37%, an embarrassing total considering the massive amounts of money that the DPVA spent on totally false smear mailings. It does go to show that the voters of the 73rd are far smarter than Tom Shields and his bosses Tim Kaine and Nancy Pelosi give them credit for being.

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Virginia is poised to send a message to the White House and the Obama Administration. Your Change is not welcomed in the Commonwealth. New Jersey and New York are trying to send the same message. Despite the fact that the White House is trying to spin the losses as no big deal, Democrats will do well to pay close attention if they expect to retain their seats in D.C.

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