It was the day of the 2007 elections, but Tom Perriello was working to win votes for 2008. "Wherever people are suffering, we can do better," he said on November 6 to a group of 25 seniors in the back of the Pantops Ponderosa. In between campaigning for State Senate candidate Connie Brennan, he was […]
It was the day of the 2007 elections, but Tom Perriello was working to win votes for 2008. "Wherever people are suffering, we can do better," he said on November 6 to a group of 25 seniors in the back of the Pantops Ponderosa. In between campaigning for State Senate candidate Connie Brennan, he was […]
Where do 400-some odd write-in votes from Tuesday’s county election go to, well, die? The answer, I found out, is a cardboard box full of meticulously paper-clipped voting machine tickers (think glorified grocery receipts) in the warehouse of the County Office Building on Fifth Street Extended. That’s where I found the names of people whom […]
More election features: One seat could make all the difference High turnout key to Mallek victory over Wyant PAC-men pump coins into local races Candidates get $48,900 from Monticello Business Alliance, $21,000 from Democratic Road Back Democrats retake the state Senate Shift looks to have most meaning for 2011 redistricting Challenging Dems for City Council: […]
More election features: One seat could make all the difference High turnout key to Mallek victory over Wyant PAC-men pump coins into local races Candidates get $48,900 from Monticello Business Alliance, $21,000 from Democratic Road Back Democrats retake the state Senate Shift looks to have most meaning for 2011 redistricting Challenging Dems for City Council: […]
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule over the country November 3, suspending the constitution and shutting down all independent media outlets. While some critics from around the globe have called this the desperate act of a weakened leader, Musharraf affirms that he is doing what is necessary to save his country from inner conflict […]
The 100 block of E. Main Street on the Downtown Mall is losing another tenant, as the…
Albemarle County – Board of Supervisors Candidate Votes Percentage Ann Huckle Mallek (D) 2,953 56% David C. Wyant (R) 2,350 44% Candidate Votes Percentage Ken C. Boyd (R) 2,408 52% Marcia E. Joseph (D) 2,259 48% Candidate Votes Percentage Lindsay G. Dorrier, Jr. (D) 2,096 56% Dennis L. King (I) 898 24% C. Kevin Fletcher […]
The victory by Ann Mallek who handily beat Republican David Wyant for a seat on the Board of Supervisors, is but one of the significant Democratic shifts across the state. Democrats picked up four seats to regain control of the State Senate for the first time since 1995.
More election features: One seat could make all the difference High turnout key to Mallek victory over Wyant PAC-men pump coins into local races Candidates get $48,900 from Monticello Business Alliance, $21,000 from Democratic Road Back Democrats retake the state Senate Shift looks to have most meaning for 2011 redistricting Challenging Dems for City Council: […]
After more relaxed guidelines for federal sentencing for future crack cocaine offenders were put in place last spring…