Del. Terry Austin, R-Botetourt County, was the only House Republican to draw a primary challenge.
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Republican voters oust 3 incumbents in primaries for boards of supervisors across the region
Voters in nine localities across Southwest Virginia cast votes Tuesday in Republican board of supervisors primaries.
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Virginia campaign finance laws take first step beyond honor system
The state Department of Elections will soon release a report on the first-ever outside audits of campaign finance disclosures. In this first round, seven candidates who ran for local office last fall were randomly selected for review.
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2 Republicans seek the nod from their party in the race to fill Del. Jed Arnold’s seat
Republicans Mitchell Cornett and Adam Tolbert are facing off in a primary election for the chance to represent the House of Delegates’ 46th District. The winner will go on to face Democrat Jamie Ralston Hendry in November.
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Danville area is rare part of Virginia with both Democratic and Republican House primaries in same district
Del. Danny Marshall, R-Danville, is retiring. Only one other House district in Virginia this year has both a Democratic and Republican House primary going on at the same time.
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Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor talk about how they’d fight Trump while working with Republican legislators from rural Virginia
The winner of the June 17 primary will go on to face John Reid, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, in the November election.
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Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor talk Southwest Virginia, flood recovery and economic growth
Six candidates are seeking the party’s nomination. Here’s how the candidates answered a series of questions from Cardinal News.
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Jerrauld Jones, pioneering legislator and judge from Norfolk, dies
He went to high school in Lynchburg and law school in Lexington. His son is currently seeking the Democratic nomination for attorney general.
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Feds list multiple localities in Southwest and Southside as ‘sanctuary jurisdictions.’ These Trump-voting places are baffled.
The Department of Homeland Security published a list of places it said were “defying” federal authorities. Some conservative communities say they were listed in error. Sen. Tim Kaine says administration may have used artificial intelligence to generate a faulty list.
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Democratic candidates for attorney general talk opioids, Trump and Southwest Virginia
Jay Jones and Shannon Taylor are vying for the Democratic nomination to face Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares in the November election.