Both major political parties are fielding candidates and setting up caucuses for the Jan. 10 special election to fill the open 35th District seat in the House of Delegates.
The House District 35 Democratic Nominating Committee has set Oct. 8...
Some years back – it goes without saying, when he was still among the living – righty radio talker Rush Limbaugh decided to have some fun by creating what he called “Operation Chaos.” It was a plan to have...
“This is why we can’t have nice things” is the refrain of a local (and therefore by definition Democratic) member of the state legislature, a relatively middle-of-the-road person who winces when politics manages to inveigle its way into places...
Let's take the Northern Virginia Sun wayback machine to this week in 1967 for coverage of some state news.
The paper reported that a state study group, the kind legislatures empanel to do their dirty work, wants Virginia leaders to...
Never underestimate their ability to blow it, but national Republicans appear to be on the verge of winning back control of one or both houses of Congress come November.
The question now being bandied about, as the GOP starts to...
Seven Arlington residents were elected to serve four-year terms on the State Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Virginia.
Elections were held as part of the 8th District Democratic Committee’s reorganization, held “virtually” on March 5.
Winning election to the...
Polls are like you-know-whats: Everybody's got one and they frequently stink. So don't put much stock in THIS POLL that got some attention this week, asking respondents whom they would like to see as the Democratic nominee for president...
If Virginia Democrats thought they could win statewide elections without expending much effort in cultivating the commonwealth’s rural vote, they got a wake-up call on Nov. 2.
More like a rake handle to the face, that is.
The question now becomes:...
Political partisans across Virginia are probably waking up with hangovers (albeit for different reasons, depending on whether one is a Republican or a Democrat). But for the typical Virginian, leaving aside the politics, good times are ahead.
As a Sun...
