Terry McAuliffe led with registered voters, but Cuccinelli led with likely voters, according to a new poll from Marist.
The race between Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and businessman Terry McAuliffe is neck-at-neck, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The NBC News/Marist poll shows McAuliffe (D) getting 43 percent support from registered voters, slightly ahead of Cuccinelli’s 41 percent (R). But McAuliffe, who will make a campaign stop in Arlington Thursday, trailed Cuccinelli among likely voters 42 percent to 45 percent. The NBC/Marist poll follows a Washington Post poll, published Saturday, that showed Cuccinelli with a slender 46 to 41 percent edge over McAuliffe among all Virginia voters and a significant 51 to 41 percent lead among those who say they’re certain to cast ballots in November. Together, the polls show an early fluid race…
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The latest Quinnipiac University poll shows residents are divided and still learning about Terry McAuliffe, Ken Cuccinelli.
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe hand-delivered 35,746 signatures Wednesday to the Virginia State Board of Elections in Richmond to help secure his place on the ballot in the governor's race. McAuliffe may face Republican Virginia State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the ballot come November. A new Quinnipiac University poll out Wednesday showed Cuccinelli is viewed as "having better experience, while voters see Terry McAuliffe as slightly less ideological, but neither is well-known to voters who are divided on who should be the next governor, with 40 percent for Republican Cuccinelli and 38 percent for Democrat McAuliffe," according to a news release about the new Quinnipiac University poll. The most …
2:33 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
As far as I can tell, Mr. McAuliffe had to deliver these signatures because his party chose to operate their candidate selection process the way they did. Congratulations to him, because it must have been a lot of work. Now people should look at the policies advocated by the Gubernatorial candidates, and the track records that they have. I think it's pretty clear that Mr. Cuccinelli will win the … more ›
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. …
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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 ›
House subcommittee rejects Senate amendment to allow Virginia governors to serve two consecutive terms.
By Shelby Mertens, Capital News Service Virginia will remain a state where the governor can only serve one term. A House of Delegates subcommittee has rejected the Senate's proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed two consecutive terms for a governor beginning in 2017. Sen. Thomas Garrett, R-Lynchburg, introduced Senate Joint Resolution 276. The amendment passed in the Senate on Jan. 28 with a 25-15 bipartisan vote: 16 Democrats and nine Republicans voted for it, while 11 Republicans and four Democrats opposed it. When the Senate resolution “crossed over” to the House this wek, however, it ran into trouble. The proposed amendment was assigned to the House Committee on Privileges and Elections. This week, that panel’s …
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Virginia's Republican lieutenant governor said Wednesday he will not seek commonwealth's highest office.
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 …
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Infamous White House crasher says he will run for Virginia Governor.
Tareq Salahi, who, with his estranged wife, Michaele, infamously crashed a White House state dinner in 2009, says he will run for governor of Virginia. Salahi told The Washington Post Wednesday that he will run, as a Republican, to avenge a recent lawsuit brought against him by another GOP gubernatorial hopeful: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II. “Its not part of reality TV. It’s not a stunt,’’ Salahi said in an interview. “It’s real.” To read the entire story, click here.
10:32 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
Usually politicians don't become grifters until they are in office; this time would be different only in the sequencing. "He is what we thought he is," to paraphrase an NFL coach's statement. more ›
The next Virginia Governor's race is two years away, and he's setting himself up for a run
It's 7 a.m. on a hot July morning and Terry McAuliffe jumps into the passenger seat of his hybrid Chevy Tahoe. On this Saturday in McLean, Va., the heat index will reach 110 degrees. The country is fired up over the debt ceiling fight in Washington, and McAuliffe, 54, wide-eyed and grinning, looks like a kid who's just been told he's going to McDonald's. He pulls a map of Virginia from the glove box. It's peppered with magic marker circles (You can see a digital version of the map on his campaign-like website). "Love the map!" McAuliffe says, almost shouts, and then sips coffee from a travel mug. "It's fun going to these tiny towns. To them I'm the former chair of the DNC, and it's fun for coal miners to get to know you, to get rid of the …
3:59 pm on Wednesday, August 31, 2011
I'm late to the party with my comments on this article, however, I concur...this was an engaging read and very well-written. James Cullum did a first-rate job of accessing, humanizing and showcasing the attributes of Terry McAuliffe. If/When McAuliffe does decide to announce his run for Governor of Virginia, it would behoove him to let this article resurface and he should consider adding Cullum … more ›
McDonnell: While Washington argues on debt, commonwealth has a surplus and a lot to be happy about.
While politicians in Washington continue to hammer out an agreement on the federal debt ceiling, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) said the economic climate in the commonwealth is relatively healthy, stable and well-run. McDonnell, speaking to the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce at its annual Awards for Chamber Excellence (ACE) at the Westin Washington Dulles on Tuesday, told chamber members if they ran their own businesses the way the federal government does, they probably would be out of business. "We have a state where we are running things on a fiscally safe basis," said McDonnell. "With the federal debt ceiling, what is going to happen in the next seven or eight days will hopefully offer a resolution in the near future. There is no …
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6:59 am on Thursday, December 15, 2011
I saw Ken Cincinelli last night in Oakton and got a photo with him. Ken says the next year's ellection in Virginia will be a dozy. It's my hope that Reston will vote for Ken. I am establishing a Reston Citizens Commuity center where Reston Citizens can take dance lessons 6 for a thirty five dollars and discussd this with Ken. Ken Cincinelli will be the next goverrnor of Virgina and will continue … more ›
The BSD Guy
2:51 pm on Saturday, May 11, 2013
TEA PARTY PETE SAYS: "ONLY Cuccinelli STANDS BETWEEN US AND THE U.N. BLUE HELMETED STORM TROOPERS THAT WILL INVADE THE U.S. WITH HELP FROM OBAMA AND TURN THE U.S. INTO A SOCIALIST SLAVE STATE. I KNOW THIS IS A FACT, BECAUSE I HEARD IT ON GLEN BECK'S RADIO SHOW!" Of course, Pete is right. Americans should be living in fear over the U.N."s "blue helmeted storm troopers." I mean when I think of … more ›