Amidst earthquakes and hurricanes, Virginians came out yesterday to vote in this year’s primary election.

The Virginia legislature is headed back to Richmond. The Senate and House will convene this Friday, July 29th to fill judicial vacancies.

This is a big year in Virginia politics. All 140 seats in Virginia's legislature are up for election.

With the 2010 Census data finalized Virginia undertook the exercise of redistricting. After weeks of heated debate a plan was finally agreed to by both chambers on April 29, 2011. 

Shown left to right are Tyler Cox, Scott Johnson, Delegate Kirk Cox (House Majority Leader) and Chuck Duvall at Delegate Cox's 15th Annual Legislative Breakfast at the historic Swift Creek Mill Theatre on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.

On March 16, 2011 W. Scott Johnson, Esq. and the Hon. John M. O'Bannon, III (R-73rd House of Delegates District) will be speakers for the HFMA (Healthcare Financial Management Association) Virginia-Washington DC Chapter.

In November two sitting Virginia legislators were elected to Congress; Senator Robert Hurt, R-Chatham and Delegate Morgan Griffith, R-Salem. The Governor called a special election to fill these two open seats on January 11th, the day before the start of the 2011 Session.

Delegate Tom Gear a Republican Delegate from Hampton resigned his seat on December 30th stating health reasons.

Governor Bob McDonnell received the final report and recommendations of the Virginia Health Reform Initiative Advisory Council.

As updates about the Virginia Health Reform Initiative become available attorney and advisory council member W. Scott Johnson, keeps us informed.

The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the Medical Society of Virginia have agreed on a compromise for the cap on medical malpractice damages.

Governor Bob McDonnell announced the members of the six taskforces working in coordination with the Virginia Health Reform Initiative Advisory Council.

Businessman Jeff McWaters has won the Republican nomination in the 8th Senate District

Governor Tim Kaine has set Tuesday, January 12, 2010 as the date for voters in the 37th Senatorial District and the 8th Senatorial District to decide who will take the place of Senator Ken Cuccinelli and Senator Ken Stolle, respectively

The special election to find a replacement in the Virginia Senate for Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli will take place on January 12, 2010

With Election Day less than one week away, the latest polls and fundraising reports point to a Republican sweep

It is a battle of the polls: which to believe and will the undecided and independent voters close the gap?

McDonnell is only leading Deeds 48%-46%, which is well within the 4.5% margin of error

Questions have sparked campaign ads on the Thesis by both McDonnell and Deeds

Govenor Tim Kaine's Budget Reduction Plan released on September 8, 2009

Political analysts continue to caution that Deeds may still have a shot in this year's race

The latest polls read that Republicans have taken an early lead, statewide

The July 15th campaign finance reporting date has come and gone, but statewide and local candidates will race to raise even more before the next report is due in September

As funds continue to pour in before each reporting period, the excitement is mounting within the campaigns for the 100 seats up for grabs in the Virginia House of Delegates

In a surprising come-from-behind victory, Creigh Deeds defeated former Democratic National Chairman

Some 11,000 delegates and guests to Virginia's GOP Convention descended on Richmond May 29 and 30 to elect their party's nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general

By signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law on February 17, President Obama allowed Virginia to become the first state to pass a budget incorporating federal stimulus money

All 100 seats of the Virginia House of Delegates and the offices of attorney general, lieutenant governor, and governor will be up for election

The 2009 Virginia attorney general race is gearing up early as three Republican and two Democratic hopefuls have announced their candidacies

After a two-year-long campaign cycle of pre-vote diagnostics, rumors that Virginia could turn blue came true in a historic election

The State Board of Elections has indicated that several individuals have filed paperwork to campaign and raise money for 2009

On October 9, Governor Tim Kaine held a press conference to announce spending cuts in response to Virginia’s budget shortfall

Virginia, with 13 Electoral College votes, has been touted by both campaigns as a battleground state that could go either way

In the past 25 years, only two candidates have been able to defeat incumbent members of the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia.  Despite these numbers, eight of Virginia’s 11 incumbent Representatives face major-party opposition this year

Governor Timothy Kaine called a special session of the Virginia General Assembly on June 23rd to address the state’s transportation crisis.The convening of the legislature occurred just four days after the Commonwealth Transportation Board voted unanimously to divert $2.75 billion over the next six years

In a surprising upset, Delegate Jeffrey Frederick, R-Prince William, ousted former lieutenant govenor John Hager of Richmond for the Republican Party of Virginia chairmanship at the GOP's state convention

The members of the Virginia General Assembly convened for the annual Veto Session on April 23rd to consider Governor Tim Kaine's proposed legislative amendments

Despite the bitter partisan debates that typified the 2008 Session of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislature passed 1654 of 3322 bills introduced

Senate Republican Caucus met on November 26th behind closed doors

Candidates running in this year's General Assembly elections spent twice as much as they did in 2003

Senate captured by the Democrats

Virginia Senate voted to replace Senator Walter A. Stosch, Henrico County as Republican leader of the Senate

Business group will meet privately with about 20 Va. candidates next week

Sixteen General Assembly primaries—eight Republican and eight Democratic—were held on June 12 across the Commonwealth of Virginia

Local Employers Oppose Allegheny Power's $35.9 Million Rate Increase