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Virginia stories: 107 news summaries

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(Newser) - Buoyed by recent Democratic gains in Virginia and President Bush's unpopularity, Barack Obama is taking aim at the once reliably red stronghold, the Washington Post reports. John McCain’s campaign is optimistic that he will carry the state, which Bush won twice by wide margins, but a top adviser... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Virginia • red state • campaigning • Election 2008 • swing states

McCain Eyes Virginia
Rep. Cantor for Veep

Fiscal conservative could spice up
GOP campaign

Aug 3, 08 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is considering Virginia congressman Eric Cantor for the vice-presidential slot on his ticket, according to a campaign insider. As Barack Obama vets Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as a possible No. 2, the state could turn into a vice-presidential battleground, Politico reports. Cantor, who has been a champion McCain... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • congressman • Virginia • vice presidential sweepstakes • vice presidential candidate • Eric Cantor

Kaine Brings Pluses, Spotty Record to Veepstakes

Va. gov lands under the microscope

Aug 1, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Kaine doesn’t like his vice presidential chances, the Wall Street Journal reports. “It's flattering to be mentioned,” he says. “My mom loves it. I still think it's more likely that he'll go in another direction.” His Kansas roots appeal to Midwestern voters, his... More »

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Barack Obama • Tim Kaine • Virginia • vice president • Obama 2008 • running mate • vice presidential sweepstakes

Virginia Is Not for Gilmore Lovers

Despite GOP strength, broke ex-gov's Senate bid a 'laughingstock'

Jul 24, 08 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Gilmore may be a former governor, RNC chair, and presidential candidate running for Senate in a historically red state, but the Virginian has become Campaign 2008’s “laughingstock,” Politico reports. Virginia is regularly ranked first among Senate seats likely to flip this November, as Gilmore trails hugely... More »

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Karl Rove • RNC • Senate • Virginia • campaign fundraising • Mark Warner • Jim Gilmore

 Flesh-Nibbling Fish Latest
 Pedicure Fad 

Carp smooth feet by eating dead skin

Jul 22, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fish pedicures where dozens of tiny carp smooth out your tootsies by eating away the dead skin is the latest in spa pampering. Since March, a DC area salon has offered the pools of garra rufa, aka doctor fish—popular in Turkey and Asia—as an alternative to scraping razors.... More »

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weird • Washington DC • beauty • fish • Virginia • alternative treatment • spa • pedicure

OPINION

Even Obama Can't Whistle
Through Dixie

He'll lose because white voters will cancel out black turnout: prof

Jul 1, 08 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is running a 50-state campaign, and some of his more breathless supporters have talked up the candidate as the first Democrat to win the South in decades. Not so fast, writes Thomas F. Schaller. As the political scientist explains in a New York Times op-ed, the Obaman dream... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Georgia • North Carolina • Virginia • Obama 2008 • South • black voters


 Obama Aims 
 to Take Back 
 the South 

Democrats think they can win Dixie

Jun 30, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama thinks he can do something Democrats have found impossible for 40 years: win the South. Dixie has been bright red ever since the Civil Rights Movement, but it's also full of black and young voters who either aren't registered or don't usually vote. So the potential in demographic... More »

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Barack Obama • Georgia • North Carolina • Virginia • demographics • South • black voters

Analysis

 Swing States Loom Large 

Insiders look at which might move left or right

Jun 24, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget the old swing-state conventional wisdom. Salon rounds up some experts and asks where the electoral map might flip in November:
  • The eastern Rust belt (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan) is John McCain’s best hope. Ohio is traditionally weakest for Democrats, but the Michigan primary remains a problem, and aging
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • New Mexico • Ohio • Michigan • Virginia • Nevada • swing states

 'Redneck' Lawmaker Gives
 Obama Unlikely Boost 

Webb helps Dem's credibility on national defense

Jun 21, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Webb, Virginia’s firebrand junior senator, is becoming Barack Obama’s wing man for courting pro-military and national defense voters. A respected war veteran and best-selling novelist, he is also among the more colorful candidates for Barack Obama's VP slot. But the politician who calls himself a "redneck"... More »

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Barack Obama • Jim Webb • John McCain • Democrats • Virginia • vice presidential sweepstakes

analysis

Obama Up in Swing States, Making Red Inroads

Taking Virginia could be huge; Electoral College edge pronounced

Jun 18, 08 7:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama holds a 2-point edge over John McCain in recently red Virginia, a poll margin Eric Kleefeld, on Talking Points Memo, sees allowing Obama to make “the map of competitive states really ... much broader than usual this year.” Blogger Nate at FiveThirtyEight.com reads in the numbers... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • John McCain • Ohio • Pennsylvania • poll • Virginia

 Democrats Set Sights on Va. 

Obama staffers infiltrate red state

Jun 9, 08 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama staffers have quietly been working Virginia, a red state Democrats hope to flip, for at least the past month, the Washington Post reports. Their focus is voter registration, with Tim Kaine's strategy in his successful 2005 gubernatorial campaign as a model. More »

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Barack Obama • Virginia • Mark Warner • swing states

 Virginia Mops Up
 After Twisters 

State of emergency declared in tattered regions

Apr 29, 08 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia is digging out and cleaning up today after at least three tornadoes walloped the state, injuring hundreds and ripping through several counties. The Suffolk area was the worst hit, with dozens of homes and businesses wrecked and thousands left without power, reports the Virginian-Pilot. Virginia has declared a... More »

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tornado • severe weather • Suffolk • Virginia • twister

UPDATE

 Twisters Rip
 Through Virginia 

Hospital, homes damaged in Suffolk

Apr 28, 08 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia twisters struck downtown Suffolk early today, injuring at least 200 people, AP reports. Early reports said one person was killed but police later said the death was unrelated. One tornado struck the city multiple times, damaging a hospital and nearby homes. Twisters also ripped up trees, felled power lines,... More »

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tornado • Suffolk • Virginia • twister • disaster

Virginia Tech Families,
State Reach $11M Deal

Lawyers quiet on details

Apr 10, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Victims’ families in the Virginia Tech shootings have settled with the state for $11 million in a deal to prevent future lawsuits, lawyers said today. The lawyers, who represented 21 families, are mum on details pending finalization, reports the Roanoke Times. At least 20 families had earlier warned they might... More »

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Virginia Tech • Seung-Hui Cho • Virginia • lawsuit • settlement • Virginia Tech shootings

Claws Célèbre: Maryland Plans Pinch on Crab Harvest

Drastic measures proposed to halt decline of Chesapeake crabs

Apr 10, 08 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with the lowest catch in decades, Maryland is taking steps to help stem the blue crab's decline. Tough measures are being proposed that would cut the harvest of female crabs by up to 40%, the Baltimore Sun reports. The state says urgent action is needed to stop the Chesapeake... More »

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Maryland • fishing • Virginia • fishing ban • crab

 Va. Police Hunt Highway Snipers 

Three people wounded after gunmen hit 6 cars on I-64

Mar 27, 08 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Virginia are on the hunt for gunmen who fired at cars on I-64 near Charlottesville and left two people injured, ABC News reports. Police say the suspects, at least two of them traveling together in one car, hit six vehicles on the interstate after midnight last night. None... More »

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Virginia • gunman • Charlottesville, Va. • highway shootings • Interstate 64

$100K Virginia Tech Offer Slammed as 'Insult' to Victims

Proposed settlement aims to head off lawsuits over university massacre

Mar 25, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The state of Virginia is offering $100,000 to each family of the 32 students and teachers killed by a lone gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre, the Virginian-Pilot reports. If accepted, the settlement would prevent families from suing the state for negligence. One attorney called the offer "for... More »

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Virginia Tech • Seung-Hui Cho • university • school shooting • Virginia • lawsuit • PTSD

Va. Senator Not the Firebrand Many Expected

Mr. Webb goes
to Washington
and plays nice

Mar 21, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia Sen. James Webb hasn’t played the part of hot-tempered agitator many expected in his freshman term, the Washington Post reports. Making friends and taking legislative strides, Webb “has vaulted to a position of influence,” said one colleague. But "the job of getting out and speaking... More »

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Senate • Virginia • Claire McCaskill • James Webb • security contractors • Iraq war • George W. Bush • George Allen • Afghanistan war • Cook Political Report • constituent relations

In Sweep, Obama Breaks Into Hillary's Base

Wins among women, whites, Latinos in Virginia

Feb 13, 08 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - With his wins yesterday in the three Potomac primaries, Barack Obama made stunning inroads into Hillary Clinton's base of support, the Washington Post reports. Obama won a majority of white voters in Virginia and Maryland, and also captured the support of 54% of Latinos, a traditional Clinton stronghold. He dominated... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Latino voters • Virginia • female voters • blue-collar vote

UPDATED

McCain Wins Virginia, Maryland, DC Primaries

He survives close contest in conservative Virginia with Huckabee

Feb 12, 08 10:55 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain won the GOP primaries in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC, tonight. The Arizona senator enjoyed comfortable wins in Maryland and DC, but he got a run for his money in Virginia from Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor made it a tight race with enthusiastic backing from conservatives... More »

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John McCain • Maryland • Mike Huckabee • Virginia • Republican presidential primaries • Washington, DC

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