Virginia’s incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling helped Democrat Terry McAuliffe narrowly defeat Republican Ken Cuccinelli in several ways. Not only did Bolling refuse to endorse Cuccinelli, he also transferred $446,674 remaining in his gubernatorial campaign committee to his newly
In 2009, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell raised $24 million in a winning campaign that outspent his Democratic opponent by $7 million. Four years later in 2013, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli raised $20.9 million in a losing campaign in which
Breitbart News has confirmed that much of the credit for Terry McAuliffe’s narrow 47.9 percent to 45.5 percent victory over Republican Ken Cuccinelli in Tuesday’s election is attributable to a $4 million donation the McAuliffe campaign gave to the Democratic Party
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Tuesday, Wes Benedict, co-founder and President of the Libertarian Booster PAC that spent $11,454 to circulate petitions necessary to get Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Robert Sarvis on the ballot in Virginia said “[w]e
The 5.2 million voters registered and eligible to vote in Virginia’s gubernatorial election on Tuesday between Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Republican Ken Cuccinelli, and Libertarian Robert Sarvis represents an increase of 5 percent from the 4.9 million who were registered and eligible
On Sunday the Danville Register & Bee, a small market daily newspaper in Virginia owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire-Hathaway, surprised political observers when it endorsed Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis for governor in Tuesday’s election. Noting that it was “the first
According to the Virginia Public Access Project, author John Grisham donated an additional $25,000 to Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe’s campaign on October 29. This new donation brings the total of Grisham’s contributions to McAuliffe’s 2013 campaign to $75,000.
Politico reported on Saturday that Doug Smith, the Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary, who exchanged a series of emails with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe about GreenTech Automotive, has landed a new job with MWW, a high powered Washington D.C. public
Add Big Labor to the ever growing list of left wing special interest groups spending heavily to elect Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe governor of Virginia governor in the election that will be held on Tuesday. According to financial documents of
On Wednesday, CNN reported that the Obama administration has pressured insurance industry executives to keep quiet about Obamacare’s failures. Drew Griffin of the CNN Special Investigations Unit reported that “what’s going on is [a] behind-the-scenes attempt by the White House to at
On Friday, Watchdog reported that Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidateTerry McAuliffe was involved in a previously unknown Chinese investment that turned sour. This represents a second failed China venture promoted by McAuliffe since 2010, in addition to the stalled GreenTech Automotive automobile
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that Terry McAuliffe’s 2010 personal trade mission to Cuba to promote the sale of apples and wine produced in Virginia was the sort of unplanned disaster–heavy on personal bluster, low on preparation and planning–that is
The Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) released campaign donation results Wednesday that show last-minute money in the Virginia gubernatorial race is flooding into the campaign of Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe. According to VPAP, McAuliffe’s campaign reported last-minute donations in excess of $5,000 totaling
The Hill reported on Tuesday that Hollywood “A-list” stars are donating to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) likely Democratic challenger in droves. According to a third quarter report filed with Federal Election Commission, Alison Lundergan Grimes, the presumptive Democratic nominee
Best selling author John Grisham, who lives part of the year in the exclusive residential area of North Garden in the outskirts of Charlottesville, Virginia, donated $50,000 to Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe’s Virginia gubernatorial campaign, according to campaign financial records
On Saturday, the Washington Post revealed further details on a scheme investing in the pending deaths of terminally ill patients which attracted the capital of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. Earlier this month, Breitbart News reported that McAuliffe admitted he was
On Tuesday, 79-year old Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), now serving his seventh term in the Senate, signaled that he and other members of the Republican establishment are likely to encourage a primary challenge to first term Senator Mike Lee (R-UT).
Rasmussen Reports released a poll on Tuesday that shows Democrat Terry McAuliffe leads Republican Ken Cuccinelli by 17 points, 50% to 33%, in the race to become Virginia’s next governor. Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis is in third place with 8%.
The recent debt limit deal negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) included only one earmark for a major public works project–an additional $2.1 billion authorization for the Olmsted Dam Project in
On October 12, the editorial board of the Washington Post endorsed Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe for governor of Virginia. Calling the endorsement a clear choice between “pragmatic and moderate or polarizing and provocative,” the editorial board acknowledged that “many Virginia voters
Newark’s Democratic mayor, Cory Booker, won the special election to succeed the late Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) in the United States Senate on Wednesday when Booker’s Republican opponent, Steve Lonegan, conceded at 9:50 pm. The Associated Press called the race for Booker
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is using her star power and communication skills to bolster the political chances of her long time ally, Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, at a “Women for Terry” event in Northern Virginia this Saturday.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus will campaign tonight at a get-out-the vote rally in Morristown, New Jersey with Steve Lonegan, the GOP candidate in tomorrow’s special election to replace the late Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) in the United States Senate.
On Sunday RNC Chairman Reince Priebus called on Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, and the Democratic National Committee to return political contributions made to their political campaign committees by Joseph Caramadre, a friend and business associate of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate
Less than a year after the Obama campaign’s mastery of technology helped him to a re-election victory, his administration spent $634 million on the Healthcare.gov website. Its fiasco of a launch on October 1 is already considered by experts to
