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State Party Offers Neighborhood Leader Program

Friends,
This is an exciting time to be a Virginia Democrat. To help organize for November, the Party is encouraging folks to commit to talking with voters in their own community.
Starting this spring with the Neighborhood Leader Program, the Party will offer online tools to help communicate with your neighbors in your own voice. You will [...]

Critical redistricting, election bills to be taken up in House subcommittee

The subcommittee meets to consider bills recently passed by the Senate on bipartisan redistricting, recounts of close elections, audits of election machines, and absentee voting, among others. This subcommittee has killed similar bills in past years on unrecorded voice votes, preventing these popular bills from reaching the House floor.

Virginia Dems Choose Obama; Scott County Goes For Clinton

Approximately 80% of Scott County Democrats voting in Tuesday’s Primary voted in favor of Hillary Clinton. However, the western-most part of the state, including the 9th Congressional District, was at sharp odds with the remainder of the Commonwealth, where SenatorĀ  Barack Obama captures more than 63% of the popular vote.
Republicans experienced the same sharp divide [...]

Where to Vote: Presidential Primary

Important: Remember to take your identification with you when you go to vote.
Polls open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day at the regular locations. If you don’t know where you would normally go to vote, you can use the State Board of Elections Polling Place Locator onlineĀ  or call the number listed [...]

Clinton, Obama At Jefferson-Jackson Saturday

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Scheduled to Speak at Democratic Party of Virginia Jefferson-Jackson Dinner & Celebration
The Democratic Party of Virginia is pleased to announce that both Presidential candidates, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, will speak at the annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner and Celebration on Saturday, February 9, 2008.
The event will be held at [...]

Kaine, Boucher, MoveOn endorse Obama

With Super Tuesday fast arriving on the horizon, and Virginia’s own dual Presidential Primary following, 70% of MoveOn.org’s 3.2 membership has voted in favor of endorsing Senator Barack Obama. That’s 2,240,000 members of the grass roots organization. This is the first time MoveOn has endorsed a candidate in the primary.
Both Governor Tim Kaine, and [...]