The forum will feature candidates in the 7th Congressional District, including Fredericksburg City, eastern Prince William County, and the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, King George, Caroline, Culpeper, Madison, Orange, and Greene.
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On Saturday, May 21, Voters will have an opportunity to nominate a Republican to run for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District seat in November 2022.
However, Manassas residents and city employees may not know about the upcoming election based on information — or the lack thereof — distributed by City Hall.
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The American Life & Liberty (ALL PAC) will host a forum at Unity Braxton Middle School on Tuesday, May 17, from 5:30 to 8:45 p.m.
Eleven Republicans seeking the nomination for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District will attend the forum. Each will have time to introduce themselves and take voter questions submitted by audience members.
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Last week, we told you about the campaign’s plans for the new office.
The Downtown Fredericksburg address has proven popular for politicians. GOP candidate Bryce Reeves also has an office in the complex. He’s one of seven Republicans running in a June 21 Primary Election to be the candidate running against Spanberger, the only Democrat in the race.
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On Saturday, May 14, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D) will open her campaign headquarters in Fredericksburg.
Spanberger is running for reelection to keep her seat in the newly-redrawn 7th Congressional District, which no longer includes her home outside Richmond. The Democrat has held the seat since 2018.
(The Center Square) – Virginia ranked slightly above average in a report that looked into the best and worst states to be a police officer, conducted by the financial website WalletHub.
Out of a possible score of 100, the commonwealth scored a little less than 43 points, which positioned itself 23rd when compared to the other 49 states and the District of Columbia. It finished right in the middle of its neighbors, with three ranking higher than Virginia and three ranking lower than Virginia.
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[Updated] More than 200 conservatives packed the Rose Gold Events Center in Manassas for the 33rd Annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner.
Potomac Local News was invited to attend and cover the event on Friday, May 6, 2022, where conservatives basked in the glow of a Republican sweep of statewide office for Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears, and Attorney General Jason Miyares in November 2021.
By Tyler Arnold
(The Center Square) – Intuit, owner of the popular tax-filing website TurboTax, will need to pay out $3.5 million to Virginia consumers in response to allegations of deceptive advertising practices, according to a settlement agreement between the company and the commonwealth.
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Delegate Danica Roem announced today she wants to be Senator Danica Roem.
The journalist turned lawmaker who was swept into office in a blue wave of Virginia Democrats in 2017, including Gov. Ralph Northam, announced a bid for a newly-created, vacant 30th Virginia State Senate seat.
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(The Center Square) – Twenty attorneys general are demanding that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “immediately disband” the agency’s newly created Disinformation Governance Board and “cease all efforts to police Americans’ protected speech.”
In a letter dated May 5, they argue the board is unconstitutional, illegal, and un-American. If Mayorkas doesn’t shut it down, the AGs say they will sue.