This page is getting a bit unmanageable. So we will try to post a list of new links every other day or so. Only election related news will be added to this page.
2019 Elections
- Ron Meyer Supports the Disastrous Equal Rights Amendment (9 Jun, thebullelephant.com): Conservatives fear the Equal Rights Amendment might be used to enshrine abortion as a Constitutional right.
- On bond projects, Democrats agree: School trailer plan should come first (9 Jun, princewilliamtimes.com): About Frank Principi, Victor Angry, Corey Stewart, Margaret Franklin, LaTonsha “L.T.” Pridgen, Raheel Sheikh, Aracely Panameno, Kenny Boddye, Aaron Cedric Edmond.
- How Much Further Could Virginia Republicans Lurch to the Extreme Right on Tuesday? (9 Jun, bluevirginia.us): A Democrat’s assessment of the Conservativism of candidates Geary Higgins and Ron Meyer.
- Loudoun supervisors vie for GOP nod for state senate (7 Jun, princewilliamtimes.com): This is a somewhat informative article about Geary Higgins and Ron Meyer, but it makes an odd omission. The reason there is only one Republican primary in Prince William County is that that party nominated most of its candidates in a party-run firehouse primary on May 4th.
- Democratic candidates in 50th District split on business incentives (7 Jun, insidenova.com): About Del. Lee Carter and Manassas Councilman Mark Wolfe.
- In this suburban Democratic primary, all 4 candidates are first-generation Americans (7 Jun, washingtonpost.com): About Suhas Subramanyam, Hassan M. Ahmad, Akshay Bhamidipati, and Johanna L. Gusman.
- Four newcomers vie for the Democratic nomination in the 87th District (7 Jun, princewilliamtimes.com): About Suhas Subramanyam, Hassan M. Ahmad, Akshay Bhamidipati, and Johanna L. Gusman.
- Democratic candidates compete for 28th District Senate seat (6 Jun, fredericksburg.com): About Laura Sellers and Qasim Rashid.
- Voters Get Ready For ‘One Of The Most Diverse Tickets Virginia Has Ever Seen’ (6 Jun, wamu.org): About Suhas Subramanyam, Hassan M. Ahmad, Akshay Bhamidipati, and Johanna L. Gusman.
- Dems vying for top prosecutor, sheriff point to experience (5, Jun, princewilliamtimes.com): About Amy Ashworth and Tracey Lenox for Commonwealth’s Attorney and Josh King and Brian Fields for Sheriff.
- Craig Shirley, William Shuttleworth, Trey Voggenreiter, Geary Higgins & Ron Meyer on The Larry O’Connor Show 06.06.19 (wmal.com): Interviews.
- Ron Meyer (5 Jun, blueridgeleader.com): An interview.
- Primary candidates speak with voters during Sterling forum (3 Jun, loudountimes.com): About Ron Meyer (R), Geary Higgins (R), Johanna Gusman (D), Akshay Bhamidipati (D), Suhas Subramanyam (D), and Hassan Ahmad (D).
- Our endorsements for Virginia General Assembly in 2019 primaries: Alfonso Lopez, Nicole Merlene, and Ron Meyer (30 May, ggwash.org): Ron Meyer is running for the Virginia Senate’s 13th District seat.
- Lenox seeks Commonwealth’s Attorney, pledges transparency and diversity (3 Jun, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- Candland warns of inevitable tax increase with $600 million parks, roads bonds (3 Jun, potomaclocal.com): Candland observes that loans have to be paid off.
- Candland: Tough Mudder won’t return to Silver Lake Park (31 May, princewilliamtimes.com): Candland explains how he intends to protect the park.
- Veteran lawyers battle for Democratic nod for Prince William County’s commonwealth’s attorney (30 May, insidenova.com): The focus here is on Democrats Amy Ashworth and Tracey Lenox. They are competing in the June 11th primary.
- LaTonsha Pridgen seeks Coles District Supervisor seat, addresses overcrowded schools(30 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- Mark Wolfe, running for 50th Delegate seat, prioritizes education, jobs (30 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- Public Questions Use of Silver Lake Park for Virginia Tough Mudder (28 May, bristowbeat.com): Because of the mess it made in what is suppose to be a quiet and tranquil park, this stirred up a bit of controversy.
- Amy Ashworth runs for Commonwealth’s Attorney with focus on juveniles, domestic violence (28 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- Guest opinion: Building a better county for small business (24 May, princewilliamtimes.com): Here Supervisor Jeanine Lawson explains what she is doing to promote small business.
- Margaret Franklin puts focus on transportation, education, housing in Woodbridge (22 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- Qasim Rashid seeks Virginia Senate with focus on equality, healthcare, education (22 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- Seeking Prince William Board of County Supervisors seat, Sheikh calls for improved education (22 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- Zargarpur puts student success at forefront of Coles District School Board campaign(22 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- King seeks Prince William sheriff seat, aims for experience and cultural competence(22 May,potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- George seeks Prince William School Board seat, focused on teacher retention (22 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- Hassan Ahmad fights for criminal justice reform in House of Delegates run (22 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- Prince William County chairman candidates differ on bond questions (17 May, insidenova.com): The focus here is the proposed $600 million bond referendum for parks and roads. Candidates John Gray, Ann Wheeler, Don Scoggins, and Jesse Maggitt Jr. provided their opinions of the bond referendum for this article.
- Franklin picks up multiple endorsements in Woodbridge race (17 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- How the ‘firehouse primary’ doused voter turnout and GOP prospects in November (9 May, princewilliamtimes.com): This is an editorial against the effort by Republicans to nominate their candidates without government “help”.
- Taggart ready to run against Bailey for Potomac District seat (8 May, potomaclocal.com): Candidate interview.
- Democrats say Gray an ‘extreme’ choice for Prince William Chairman (7 May, potomaclocal.com): This story is about press release issued by in Prince William County Democrats. They explain why they don’t like the Republican nominee, John Gray. It contains a statement by the Prince William County Republican Committee Chairman Bill Card where he “fires back.”
- Editorial: Local GOP ‘firehouse primary’ unnecessary and exclusionary (1 May, princewilliamtimes.com)” This is an editorial against the effort by Republicans to nominate their candidates without government “help”.
- Prince William County GOP Primary Results: Gray wins at-large chair nomination (4 May, http://www.insidenova.com)
- Gray beats Nohe for County Chairman nomination; Republican ‘Firehouse Primary’ results (4 May, potomaclocal.com)
- Va. Republicans choose conservative candidate to vie to replace Corey Stewart (4 May, washingtonpost.com)
- BREAKING: Huge Upset – and Huge Debacle – as Prince William County Republicans Do Their Best to Commit Political Suicide (4 May, bluevirginia.us)
- Mike May wins GOP nod in commonwealth’s attorney’s race (4 May, princewilliamtimes.com)
- FULL RESULTS of the May 4 Republican firehouse primary (4 May, princewilliamtimes.com)
- Prince William County Board Chair Election Set With Republicans Choosing Right-Wing Candidate (nbcwashington.com)
- John Gray Beats Nohe to Become Republican Nominee for PWC Chairman and (4 May, bristowbeat.com)
- UPDATED: In supervisors’ races, Republicans ahead in fundraising (26 Apr, princewilliamtimes.com)
- Absentee voting in Va. starts Friday and could change Northern Virginia (25 Apr, wtop.com/)
- Republican May 4 ‘Firehouse Primary’ candidates, polling locations named (24 Apr, potomaclocal.com)
- McAuliffe coming to Dale City to kick off Torian re-election campaign (24 Apr, potomaclocal.com)
- Prince William Democratic leaders condemn racial slur in candidate’s social media post (22 Apr, insidenova.com)
- Sen. Rubio endorses Meyer for 13th District GOP primary (22 Apr, loudountimes.com)
- Jordan collects $100,166 in Republican effort to reclaim House seat (16 Apr, potomaclocal.com)
- Road safety a top concern for Mizener (15 Apr, princewilliamtimes.com)
- Guzman touts fundraising, promises series of town halls (15 Apr, potomaclocal.com)
- Victor Angry sworn in as Neabsco District supervisor (11 Apr, princewilliamtimes.com)
- Ebert endorses Democrat Tracey Lenox for commonwealth’s attorney (2 Apr, http://www.princewilliamtimes.com)
- Prince William supervisor candidates’ forum on environment set for April 15 (insidenova.com, 25 Mar)
- Prince William County 2019 Candidate List – Filing open to March 28 (insidenova.com, 22 Mar)
- John Gray seeks Republican nomination for chair of Prince William supervisors (insidenova.com, 12 Mar)
- Northam replaces all three members of State Board of Elections (starexponent.com, 11 Mar)
- Favola stakes out turf as re-election fight begins (insidenova.com, 7 Mar)
- Westboro Stunt Backfires: Danica Roem Raises Thousands for 13th District Campaign (bristowbeat.com, 2 Mar) — The Westboro Baptist Church is a weird cultic group that almost any politician would love to have as an enemy. Since the group hates just about everybody, almost any politician can claim to have them as an enemy. Here are several articles about them.
- They’re still here: The curious evolution of Westboro Baptist Church (religionnews.com, 17 Jul 2018)
- Losing my religion: life after extreme belief (theguardian.com/, 10 Apr 2016)
- Westboro Baptist Church (en.wikipedia.org, 28 Feb 2019)
Candidates set for April 9 Neabsco District supervisor’s race (princewilliamtimes.com, 1 Mar)
- Rich Anderson announces campaign for 51st District seat (insidenova.com, 28 Feb)
- Former 51st Delegate Rich Anderson Announces Run for Former Seat (bristowbeat.com, 28 Feb)
- Former delegate Rich Anderson announces bid for Virginia’s 51st District (princewilliamtimes.com, 28 Feb)
- Republican Devinder Singh running for Neabsco supervisor in special election (insidenova.com, 25 Feb)
- Victor Angry wins Neabsco District firehouse primary (princewilliamtimes.com, 24 Feb)
- Parties preparing for Neabsco District special election (.insidenova.com, 22 Feb)
- Supv. Candland to conduct tele-town hall next Tuesday, Feb. 26 (bullrunnow.com, 22 Feb)
- PW Democrats spell out how they will choose candidate for Jenkins’ vacancy (bullrunnow.com, 21 Feb)
- Candland Announces He Will Run Again for Gainesville Supervisor (bristowbeat.com, 21 Feb)
- Local Dems to hold ‘firehouse primary’ Sunday for Neabsco District race (princewilliamtimes.com, 21 Feb)
- Alyson Satterwhite to Run for PWC School Board Chairman 2020-24 (bristowbeat.com, 19 Feb)
- Is Ron Meyer Really Pro-Life? (thebullelephant.com, 19 Feb)
- Ibraheem Samirah Elected In 86th House of Delegates District But Will He Survive? (thebullelephant.com, 19 Feb)
- Prince William County seeks one-week delay in Neabsco special election (insidenova.com, 19 Feb)
- UPDATED: Special election to fill Jenkins’ term moved to April 9 (princewilliamtimes.com, 19 Feb)
- School Board Chair Rematch: Satterwhite, Bender plan to challenge Lateef (insidenova.com, 15 Feb)
- Loudoun County supervisor Geary Higgins announces bid for state Senate (loudountimes.com, 13 Feb)
- Former Supervisor Mike May to Run for Commonwealth Attorney (bristowbeat.com, 11 Feb)
- Special election would fill Neabsco District seat (insidenova.com, 11 Feb)
- Special Election needed to fill vacancy on Prince William Board of County Supervisors (bullrunnow.com, 8 Feb)
- Shawn Brann Announces Campaign for Brentsville School Board Rep (bristowbeat.com, 17 Jan)
Social Commentators
- Mona Charen (creators.com)
- Suzanne Fields (washingtontimes.com)
- Robert Knight (townhall.com)
- David Limbaugh (creators.com)
- Everett Piper (washingtontimes.com)
- Cal Thomas (calthomas.com)
- Ben Shapiro (creators.com)
- Walter E.Williams (creators
