slating

Local Republicans overlook new Party rule in not electing all qualified delegate candidates

This weekend the Republican Party of Virginia’s governing body took steps to ensure smooth party elections next year by adopting provisions to make the divisive practice of slating difficult to implement.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective) Virginia’s political scene of late has seen a lot of action in court. Here’s a brief round-up of where various actions stand.

An article in the Washington Post yesterday about the perceived troubles of the Republican Party of Virginia gets most of the facts right, but only scratches the surface on the truth about GOP unity.[read_more] The gist of the article by Paul Schwartzman is that there…

On Saturday, January 3, over 200 Campbell County Republicans crowded into the Timberlake Christian School gym.  The enthusiastic New Year’s weekend crowd elected stalwart conservative county supervisor Eric Zehr as GOP chairman, and a record county GOP committee of 106.  Zehr’s election closes the book…

2014 has been a very productive time for us here at The Bull Elephant. This was just our first full year, after opening shop late in the 2013 campaign season, but what a remarkable year it has been! Slating. Cantor. Medicaid Expansion. The meteoric campaign…

Readers of The Bull Elephant may recall last spring when, like other areas in Virginia, the 5th Congressional district was wracked by slating scandals.