Politics

Chaz Nuttycombe may be the only analyst in the country who specializes in state legislative elections. His “nerd monopoly” on the local elections has built him a following in political circles.

One county supervisor proposed cutting the June Bug’s $4,500 appropriation after the board discussed their drag show. A second supervisor agreed, but cited the center’s informational booth at a local Juneteenth celebration as her reason.

Toni Heath Johnson, who served time for drug possession, had her voting rights application denied without explanation. She is part of a suit that says Virginia is violating a provision of the 1870 law that readmitted the state to the Union after the Civil War.

The board also took no action on requests by a Northern Virginia Democrat to be placed on the ballot as an independent and by a central Virginia Democrat who was late with his state Senate paperwork.

Lane Perry had just recently been promoted to captain in 2006 when he stepped into the role of sheriff after his predecessor was charged in a racketeering case.

Democrats have refused to nominate Jasmine Lipscomb for a House of Delegates seat after a dispute over a filing fee.

Of that, $8.7 million will go to projects in Southwest and Southside. The state authority just finalized the first grants to go out since it received its first set of national settlement payments from manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids in 2022.

John Marsden withdrew from his primary after early voting had begun, citing a personal conflict with unidentified Republicans nominated elsewhere. The party says putting on a primary with only one candidate cost taxpayers $50,000.

The delegate faces two felony charges and missed the filing deadline for the Republican nomination.

Democrats ousted four incumbents and replaced them with more liberal candidates.