Campbell represented parts of Southwest Virginia for a decade. Jed Arnold is now seeking his seat.
Politics
Fariss, who faces legal troubles, misses his party’s deadline to run for reelection
Former Campbell County Supervisor Eric Zehr is now the Republican nominee by default.
Sen. Hanger sends campaign-style mailing to new district but says he hasn’t decided whether to move yet
The longtime Augusta County legislator has until April 6 to decide whether he will move into a new district, which would set up a contest for the Republican nomination with Del. Chris Head.
Fight erupts over how Republican convention delegates from Appomattox County will be allocated
Three Republicans are seeking the nomination for a House of Delegates seat. One of them, Tom Garrett, says another plans to use a controversial method to guarantee all the delegates from Appomattox vote the same way.
Judge orders primary in Brewer-Sadler contest for Republican state Senate nomination in Southside
A Republican official sued the Virginia Department of Elections, claiming that Gov. Glenn Youngkin strong-armed the agency into changing the nomination process from a primary to a convention to benefit his preferred candidate.
Court weighs emergency injunction in intraparty GOP election feud
A Republican official from the 17th state Senate District is suing the Virginia Department of Elections, claiming that Gov. Glenn Youngkin strong-armed the agency into changing the nomination process from a primary to a convention to benefit his preferred candidate. A lawyer for the state called her a “low-level official who went rogue.”
Youngkin doubles down on quest to put nation’s first commercial small modular nuclear reactor in Southwest Virginia
The governor made two stops in Southwest Virginia, one at a Bristol school to discuss the deadly drug fentanyl and the second in Abingdon to sign bills related to his energy plan.
Lawsuit alleges Youngkin pushed Dept. of Elections to change a Southside state Senate nomination process
A GOP official from the newly created 17th state Senate District is suing the Virginia Department of Elections, claiming that Gov. Glenn Youngkin strong-armed the agency into changing the nomination process from a primary to a convention to benefit Del. Emily Brewer over former NASCAR driver Hermie Sadler.
In Lexington, Pence says Republicans have better choices than Trump in 2024
The former vice president teased a presidential run during an appearance at Washington and Lee University.
The ‘crazy FOIA lady’ used state law to dislodge public records — and improve emergency response times and finances in her town
Laura Mollo of Richlands, in Tazewell County, was met with a campaign of harassment and intimidation after she spent more than $5,000 to file hundreds of Virginia Freedom of Information Act requests. On Thursday, she will receive a state open government award for her efforts