Vote August 23 for Lopez, Stamos, and Others
Tuesday, August 23 is primary day – four General Assembly seats (three of which include Arlington) are up, as well as local offices, including the… Read More »Vote August 23 for Lopez, Stamos, and Others
Tuesday, August 23 is primary day – four General Assembly seats (three of which include Arlington) are up, as well as local offices, including the… Read More »Vote August 23 for Lopez, Stamos, and Others
To be honest, I really don’t care that much. I’ve always thought it was important for Democrats to nominate the best candidate, and not worry… Read More »GOP Presidential Candidate in 2012?
I have had the pleasure of knowing Alfonso Lopez, and working with him to elect Democratic candidates and advance progressive causes, for many years. He is… Read More »Vote for Alfonso Lopez, Now
The Democratic Party of Virginia, in cooperation with Organizing for America and the Virginia Young Democrats, will be holding the first Virginia Summit on July 15th-16th at… Read More »DPVA Virginia Summit Details – July 15 & 16, 2011
Rock the Vote recently issued its Voting System Scorecard, which serves as a national benchmark that measures state laws and policies in three key areas:… Read More »Virginia NOT Rocking the Vote
Join me at the Virigina Partisans PAC 2011 event on July 14, 2011 7-9:00 pm, (program begins at 7:30 pm) at the home of Arlington… Read More »Virginia LGBT Democrats Fundraiser
Here’s my recent Letter to the Editor of the Northern Virginia Sun Gazette. It is definitely not my headline though – my point was the race is about experience, not the death penalty.Read More »Stamos for Commonwealth’s Attorney
Cool, although I can think of a lot of other Virginia Democrats who could have been included. http://www.campaignsandelections.com/media/pdf/784cbebdcacd309c743e1bff825659ed.pdf
1. Get Social: Social media is one of the easiest ways for Democratic activists to communicate with people in their own communities about our Democratic values of justice, fairness and equality of opportunity. “Like” the DPVA Facebook page and follow the Twitter feed and simply click ‘share’ or ‘retweet’ to put that information directly in front of the Virginians who look to you as a source of political information.Read More »Five Ways to Advance the Democratic Message
Please join me on May 22nd at the beautiful home of Robert Christie and Kevin Ceckowski to Launch Delegate Bob Brink’s Re-Election Campaign. Enjoy drinks… Read More »Brink for Delegate Kick-Off
No, not that one. This one:
The Post reports that the General Assembly will consider a congressional redistricting plan on monday. Republican delegate Janis has introduced a bill that looks a… Read More »Virginia Congressional Redistricting
But we will miss him at the DNC. Tom Periello would make a great DNC Chair, by the way. Here is Gov. Kaine’s email to DNC members:Read More »Kaine’s In!
has been posted (finally), here. It looks similar to the draft released on friday. It seems like it’s too late to have an impact on… Read More »Bipartisan Redistricting Commission Final Report
Among the good things that DPVA Chairman Brian Moran is doing is providing regular updates on his travels, the party’s activities, and important issues. The DPVA’s new leadership is active and open. Below is the Chairman’s Update, which makes the point that the DPVA favors bipartisan redistricting, but not unilateral action which will undermine the Senate’s ability to protect the Commonwealth from Republican extremism.Read More »DPVA Chairman’s Update – 4/1/2011
Important issue – for the next decade in Virginia and also for our draft 2012 national convention delegate selection plan, which should be out for… Read More »Virginia Congressional Redistricting
Washington, DC – Last night, without public notice, Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate used extraordinary parliamentary maneuvers to separate a bill that takes away public workers’ bargaining rights in that state from related budgetary measures, enabling them to pass that bill solely with Republican votes. The GOP-dominated Wisconsin Assembly followed suit today, sending the purely partisan bill, which eliminates rights that public employees in Wisconsin have had for decades without addressing Wisconsin’s fiscal issues, to Republican Governor Scott Walker’s desk.Read More »DNC Chair Kaine on the Wisconsin Legislature’s Vote to Take Away Public Workers’ Collective Bargaining Rights
Arlington has two open state senate seats, and might have up to three open house seats as well, which would be huge change. Fortunately, it being… Read More »Arlington – off to the races
This week PPP released two polls of Virginia – in the presidential poll, Obama leads Romney, Huckabee, Gingrich and Palin by 8-19 points. The 2012… Read More »New Virginia Polls – Good News for Obama/Kaine
Just saying – if Tim Kaine were to run for Senate and leave the DNC, Tom Periello would be a good choice as the new… Read More »Periello for DNC Chair?
As reported from State Party: “The Jefferson Jackson dinner is this Saturday, and time is running short to reserve your space. The Honorable Martin O’Malley,… Read More »JJ Dinner this Saturday
Jim Webb is just the kind of thoughtful and reasoned voice we need in the Senate – but we look forward to his continued contributions to public life. See below for Sen. Webb’s retirement statement, Chairman Moran’s statementand DPVA’s statement on Senator Webb’s record.Read More »Thanks, Senator Webb
I’ll take the pledge.
In 1982, George Allen beat incumbent Jim Murry for the new Albemarle County House of Delegates single member district seat by 17 votes. The guy… Read More »George Allen – Not Again; I’ll Stick with Jim Webb
In case you missed it, here’s the story of Gov. Barbor’s recollections of his local Citizens Council.
At the recent Democratic Party of Virginia State Central Committee meeting, we recognized retiring Chair Richard Cranwell for his service to the Party. He spoke of the need to… Read More »Looking in the Rear-View Mirror
In fact, a Public Policy Poll released today of Virginia shows that President “Obama leads all four current Republican frontrunners by healthy margins, and has… Read More »Wow – turns out the 2012 Election isn’t over yet.
is either too stupid to know the date of an iconic moment in 20th century history or he is lying and insulting Pres Obama &… Read More »Glenn Beck
The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee met today to finalize the 2012 Democratic National Convention Call and Delegate Selection Rules. They will be voted on… Read More »DNC Rules and Bylaws Meeting – 8/19/2010 – Part 1 – Convention Call