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Jim Gilmore is the GOP nominee for Senate. Very close vote, about 80 votes difference.
Voting is nowunderway for a U.S. Senate nominee.
This one is going to be close. The Marshall camp has an impressive showing.

In a few hours I am headed to Richmond for the RPV Convention this weekend.  I have never been to one of the conventions before, so I am anxious to see how it goes.
Virginia Republicans have important business to tend to.  We must nominate a U.S. Senate candidate and elect a Chairman for the RPV.  Both […]

I have planned a series of Republican community gatherings in Smyth County over the next couple months.  Our first gathering is planned in Chilhowie for this Saturday, May 24th starting at 5PM at the Chilhowie Town Park, Shelter #1.  It is a covered dish/potluck event. 
Any person interested in Republican or local politics in Smyth County […]

Yesterday in Smyth County General District Court, Judge M. Keith Blankenship of Wythe County was found guilty of reckless driving and refusing a blood/breath test.  Blankenship had been charged with DUI from a March 1st incident on I-81 in Smyth County.  Here is an article about the hearing.  Special Prosecutor Christopher Russell of Buena Vista […]

At the 9th District GOP Convention on Saturday, Bob Marshall’s representative inferred that Marshall was the only pro-life candidate in the Republican nomination race for U.S. Senate.  That indeed is 100% false.
As Governor of Virginia, Jim Gilmore was successful in pushing for legislation requiring a 24 hour waiting period for abortions, legislation enacting parental notification […]

TriCities.com, the online Media General presence for WJHL-TV and the Bristol Herald-Courier has re-invented its look again for like the 5th time in 2 years.  They really strike out again on this “improvement” to their web site.  I actually like the old mess site better than this one. 
Maybe they will learn one day that the […]

I really have struggled with making a choice for RPV Chair.  However, after my observations today at the 9th District Republican Convention, I have made my mind up.
 Jeff Frederick attended today’s convention and spent the whole day interacting with delegates.  His home congressional district convention and a couple others were also being held today, however he […]

Now former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia John Brownlee is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Virginia Attorney General in 2009.
Today at the 9th District Republican Convention in Fort Chiswell, Brownlee’s wife Lee Ann Necessary, who was a news reporter for WCYB in Bristol in the early 90’s and later Roanoke, made […]

In a brilliant display of arrogance and copy-catting of his mentor Mark Warner, Tim Kaine has announced another proposal to increase taxes record amounts on Virginians in these tough economic times.  Kaine’s plan to fund Virginia’s transportation needs calls for vehicle registration fee increases, vehicle sales tax increases and grantor’s tax increases.  At least he didn’t include […]

Wythe County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court judge M. Keith Blankenship has been arrested again.  Here is the latest story. 
This time he was arrested for a hit-and-run that occurred in Powhatan County on April 27.  According to the VSP news release of this incident:
Blankenship then drove into a yard beside the telephone-line box, causing “substantial […]