General Assembly

Below is the text of the latest legislative update from the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL): 1. ACTION ITEM: Senator Stuart leads anti-gun charge against pro-gun bill 🙁 With friends like these… I was shocked when Senator Richard Stuart (King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford,…

Sen. Black Withdraws from 10th District Congressional Race. Putting his party and state first, State Senator Dick Black has made the very difficult decision to withdraw from the race for Congress in the 10th district.  His campaign was off to a great start with promises…

Yesterday, grassroots activists won a huge victory by stopping SB 507 from being reported out of a Senate committee.

Polls will close at 7:00 pm in the 33rd Senate district.  The results from the state board of elections can be found here.   More locally, Loudoun results will be posted here and Fairfax County results will be found here.   I have heard turnout estimates to be between…

Virginia Senate Privileges and Elections Committee Dashes Hopes of Anti-Convention Forces Just a short while before 5:00 PM today, the Senate P&E Committee voted unanimously, 15-0, to “Pass By Indefinitely” SB 504, the Senate version of the legislation designed to ban nomination methods other than…

Yesterday, a strong majority of the members of the Republican Party of Virginia’s State Central Committee–including Chairman Pat Mullins–sent a letter to GOP lawmakers urging them to reject SB 507 and HB 194. They are joined by a growing chorus of Republican leaders from around…

UPDATE on snowfall accumulations, predictions are now 7″ to 11″  with bitterly cold temperatures.  Get to the polls early today! Fairfax County and Loudoun County have announced their schools will be close tomorrow, January 21st.  Even though the schools will be closed due to the…