Election tag for the 6th Congressional District from Virginia
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Virginia is one of many states where working people are burdened with a misnamed “right to work” law, passed by an anti-union and racist General Assembly in 1947. The term “right to work” was popularized by a white supremacist Texan, Vance Muse, who...
by Jennifer Lewis for Congress
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on Fri Sep 02, 2022 at 03:00 AM PDT
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Welcome to the 708th original “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” profile, where today we’ll be talking about Cynthia Dunbar, a member of the Republican National Committee from Virginia, and a 2018 candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for...
by republicinsanity
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on Fri Dec 07, 2018 at 03:13 AM PST
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Tuesday has come and gone, the second post-Trump test of how our Republic would respond to the authoritarian threat that's been looming over it like a spectre. We all know how the first test went- because it was right here in Virginia that we stood up...
by SquireForYou
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on Sun Nov 11, 2018 at 06:21 AM PST
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Early Saturday morning, I jumped into my truck and headed over the mountain from my home in the hollers of Barboursville, Virginia, towards Waynesboro. This weekend, the Jennifer Lewis for Congress campaign in Virginia's 6th District was knocking a...
by SquireForYou
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on Sun Sep 09, 2018 at 07:11 AM PDT
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It was on this date in both 2015, 2016, and 2017, that “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day" shared our profiles of the U.S. House Representative from Virginia’s 6th Congressional District, Bob Goodlatte, who has been allowed to run for office in a very...
by republicinsanity
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on Sat Sep 01, 2018 at 01:59 PM PDT
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I spent 20 months (in 2011-12) running against Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA06). So naturally I gave a lot of thought to the man, trying to see him clearly and understand what made him tick.
What I came to believe was the Goodlatte was inherently a basic...
by AndySchmookler
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on Fri Aug 24, 2018 at 07:29 AM PDT
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Bobby Goodlatte 8-12-18 said: I just gave the maximum allowed donation to Jennifer Lewis, a democrat Background: Virginia 6th district will be an open seat in 2018, after the Republican incumbent, Bob Goodlatte (Chair of the House Judiciary Committee) from the VA-6th since 1993, announced his retirement last November. Sunday...
by e2247
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on Tue Aug 14, 2018 at 01:12 PM PDT
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Some breaking news in the 6th Congressional District of Virginia this evening comes from a surprising revelation, as Congressman Bob Goodlatte’s son posted on Twitter that he was donating the max amount to the Democrat vying to succeed him, mental...
by SquireForYou
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on Sun Aug 12, 2018 at 05:59 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from former Rep. & gubernatorial candidate, Tom Perriello (D. VA):
Friend,
If we can flip our Congressional delegation, we will put Congress back in Democratic hands. Virginia – and, let’s be honest, Virginia...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 05:31 PM PDT
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After my race ended for the Virginia House of Delegates last year, I spent awhile mired in a cynical place.
Not because we lost- I was certainly disappointed about that, but I had long recognized the odds we were facing, and was serious when I...
by SquireForYou
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on Sat Jun 23, 2018 at 07:02 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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by Daily Kos Elections
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on Tue May 22, 2018 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Mar 29, 2018 at 05:00 AM PDT
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After the 2012 Sandy Hook tragedy, in which 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults, the current VA-06 Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte stated, “I will listen to and carefully ...
by Jennifer Lewis
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on Wed Mar 14, 2018 at 05:00 AM PDT
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It was just over a year go that I walked into a library basement in Charlottesville, Virginia, baby on one hip and diaper bag on the other, to tell the almost hundred-fifty folks present that I intended to join them on taking the first steps in the...
by SquireForYou
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on Thu Feb 15, 2018 at 07:11 AM PST
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Fri Jan 19, 2018 at 05:00 AM PST
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When Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte announced in November that he wouldn't seek a 14th term in his very red Shenandoah Valley seat, local Republican leaders had a choice. They could have decided to pick their nominee through a traditional state-run...
by Jeff Singer
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on Thu Jan 18, 2018 at 01:47 PM PST
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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by Daily Kos Elections
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on Tue Jan 09, 2018 at 05:00 AM PST
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Wed Dec 20, 2017 at 05:01 AM PST
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Mon Nov 27, 2017 at 05:01 AM PST
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Tue Nov 21, 2017 at 05:01 AM PST
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