Susan Stimpson

It’s not unusual for those with tax-and-spend records to run from them at re-nomination time – particularly when they are facing formidable challengers.[read_more] But in the case of Bill Howell in the 28th House District and Mark Dudenhefer in the 2nd House District, the subterfuge…

Bill Howell sold out the Republican Party and doesn’t even get his 30 pieces of silver.[read_more] As previously reported, Speaker Bill Howell last month secured a rules change from the State Board of Elections that allowed him to pour significant resources into 100% electronic absentee…

That should tell you all you need to know about the race in House District 28

It’s about fairness, but it’s also about overstepping the Board’s authority.

And in the process, he’s throwing the rest of the Republican Party under the bus.[read_more] News has been percolating over the last couple of days about a scheme Speaker Howell hatched to get the State Board of Elections to change their rules for requirements to…

We know Bill: our “higher-tax” Bill![read_more] Republicans have enjoyed a large majority in the Virginia House of Delegates the entire time Bill Howell has served as Speaker. Today, 68 out of 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates have an (R) next to their…

There’s nothing more fun than making campaign mountains out of personnel mole hills.[read_more] Matt Hall at Bearing Drift reprinted a post from Fredericks this morning which Mr. Fredericks had offered as a guest post to The Bull Elephant yesterday.  We chose not to run it…