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Ken Cuccinelli. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Dems Focus on Jackson in Hitting Va. GOP Ticket

Democrats sought on Monday to frame Virginia’s bellwether races for governor and other statewide offices as a referendum on a conservative GOP ticket with particular attention to past comments by GOP lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson likening Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan.

2013/05/20

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Tea Party Hero Ken Cuccinelli Wins Va. GOP Gubernatorial Nom.

Virginia’s activist conservative attorney general beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates has won the Republican Party’s gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.

2013/05/18

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli speaks during his acceptance of the "Defender of the Constitution" award at the 39th Conservative Political Action Committee on Feb. 9, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Virginia Tea Party Groups To Officially Plant Flag On GOP

Four years in the making, Virginia’s far-flung tea party groups will officially plant their “Don’t Tread on Me” flag not only on the Republican Party but on its nominees for the state’s highest offices as well at this weekend’s state GOP convention.

2013/05/13

File photo of Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell. (credit: Getty Images)

Ex-Chef To Va. Governor Central In Political Scandal

The man who came with celebrity cachet to run the kitchen at Virginia’s Executive Mansion in 2010 is now accused of pilfering food from the governor’s residence and has emerged as a central figure in a growing political scandal.

2013/05/11

Cuccinelli Plan for Virginia: Slash Taxes, Close Loopholes

Republican Ken Cuccinelli on Tuesday proposed slashing Virginia income taxes, including a one-third reduction in corporate tax rates, to cultivate business expansion and job growth.

2013/05/07

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McAuliffe ‘Starts’ Campaign 6 Months After Entry

Democrat Terry McAuliffe is continuing statewide tour with his party’s luminaries in an official launch of a Virginia governor’s race he entered almost six months ago.

2013/05/06

Political Ad Season Already Starting with Va. Gov. Race

The first of what’s guaranteed to be many television ads aired into November by candidates in Virginia’s close and bitter governor’s race is set for a Monday debut.

2013/04/26

Can Hard-Right Ideology Win in Virginia?

Virginia is conducting nothing short of a grand political experiment in 2013, testing whether a tea party favorite can carry a closely divided state with conservative roots.

2013/03/27

File photo of Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, right. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Can Cuccinelli’s Hard-Right Ideology Win In A 50/50 State?

Virginia is conducting nothing short of a grand political experiment in 2013, testing whether a tea party favorite can carry a closely divided state with conservative roots. If Ken Cuccinelli wins the race for governor, he will have undercut Republican moderates’ claims that hard-right ideologies are hurting the party — and undoubtedly intensify a debate already roiling the GOP.

2013/03/27

Cuccinelli Says Medicaid Measure Unconstitutional

Legislation authorizing Medicaid expansion and imposing regional tax increases for transportation is unconstitutional, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Friday.

2013/03/22