MANASSAS, Va. — Congressman Frank Wolf is calling it quits after 33 years in office.
The long-serving congressman, who represents portions of Prince William, Loudoun, and Fairfax counties, announced his decision not to seek reelection on Tuesday.
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HAYMARKET, Va. – Mayor David Leake was censured this morning in an special meeting of the Haymarket Town Council.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Some of the Delegates from eastern Prince William County headed to Richmond next month for the annual General Assembly lawmaking session will take questions from voters next week.
More in a press release from Delegate Scott Lingamfelter (R-Prince William, Fauquier)
A Fairfax County Democrat is making a run for Congressman Frank Wolf’s seat in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District.
Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust, representing the Dranesville District, has challenge and the Republican Wolf for a seat he has held since 1981.
RICHMOND, Va. – Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe said Wednesday that he would push for greater transparency and ethics reforms in state government.
McAuliffe spoke to a roomful of journalists after a panel discussion on political journalism ethics and political finance and gift-disclosure organized by the Associated Press.
Gov.-Elect Terry McAuliffe has selected his Secretary of Transportation, who will replace current transportation chief and former Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sean Connaughton.
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DALE CITY, Va. — Richard Anderson will keep his seat representing the 51st House District that encompasses much of Prince William County. But he says it comes at a high price: a loss of civility in Virginia politics that “dates back to Thomas Jefferson.”
The Republican beat out his challenger, Democrat Reed Heedleston, by eight points on Tuesday. He was first elected to the office in 2009 and ran unopposed in 2011.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Michael Futrell will hold his first political office come January.
He unseated Republican Incumbent Mark Dudenhefer on Tuesday night and will be come the next man to represent Virginia’s 2nd House District. Futrell beat his opponent with a narrow 1.4% win.
This Michael Futrell first time seeking political office and he hopes to unseat Republican incumbent Mark Dudenhefer on Election Day.
Futrell, a Democrat, seeks to represent the Virginia’s 2nd House District which includes portions of eastern Prince William County to northern Stafford County. Dudenhefer was the first to represent the district when it was created in 2011 following the state’s decennial redistricting processes.
RICHMOND, Va. – While Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli duke it out in the gubernatorial election, another race is being fought more quietly – one that could have a deciding effect on Virginia’s legislative system.
Democratic state Sen. Ralph Northam is facing Republican preacher E.W. Jackson in the race for lieutenant governor. But GOP officials may be smiling even if Jackson loses, as polls predict. That’s because Northam would have to give up his seat in the now-evenly-divided Virginia Senate – opening the door for Republicans to capture an outright majority in that chamber.
