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Rick Tatnall to challenge Mayor Jones
Longtime local activist and Church Hill resident Rick Tatnall is the first candidate to announce that he’ll run for Richmond mayor. Tatnall, 54, says he felt compelled to run for office because the city urgently needs to overcome its inertia and develop a long-term plan. “We can’t allow four more years of what’s going on [...]
An early look at the 2012 local elections
This year Richmonders will be voting at the local level for city council, school board, and mayor. Candidates have until summer to officially get on the ballot; here is a look at where we start off 2012…
No drama in election results
There were no surprises in yesterday’s election.
Vote Jafari, Brown on November 8
There is an election next week, sort of. None of the incumbents have major party challengers, and half of the ballot is running unopposed. This is a travesty, and I encourage you to: 1) vote for the opposition, 2) write in a challenger if none exist.
Powell to challenge Cantor
You can’t vote for him, but E. Wayne Powell, “born and raised in Church Hill“, announced recently that he will run as a Democratic Party candidate against Rep. Eric Cantor for the Virginia 7th Congressional seat.
Brown to challenge Marsh for Senate in 2011
An email sent out this morning by the Friends for Preston Brown for Senate says that Preston Brown will run for the Virginia Senate District 16 seat held by Senator Henry Marsh for almost 20 years.
Over/under on Bobby Scott?
Congressman Bobby Scott (D) faces 3 challengers in this year’s election. Since being elected to the seat in 1992, Scott has run unopposed 5 times; none of his 4 challengers have managed more than 31% of the vote. Will Scott get less than 69% of the vote on Tuesday? Will Quigley, Smith, or Kelly garner [...]
Scott leads Smith in money race
The awesome Virginia Public Access Project has added information on this season’s Congressional races. In the 3rd District, incumbent Bobby Scott has more than $100,000 more in the coffers than his Republican challenger (though much less than many of the other incumbent candidates).
Coleman does not endorse Smith for Congress
Republican candidate Chuck Smith today released a list of 12 “Third District Churches Backing Chuck Smith”, a list which includes 7th District School Board representative Don Coleman and Bishop Darryl F. Husband of Mount Olivet Church. It turns out, though, that at least Coleman has not endorsed Smith and says that he is “offended” by [...]
Scott faces 3rd challenger in Green Party’s Kelly
Joining Libertarian candidate James Quigley and Republican candidate Chuck Smith in a bid to unseat Bobby Scott in November will be John D. Kelly of the Independent Greens of Virginia.
Scott to face Libertarian, Republican challengers
There are at least 2 challengers in the running for Democrat Bobby Scott’s 3rd Congressional District seat this fall: previously announced Libertarian candidate James Quigley and Republican standard-bearer Chuck Smith.
