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David S. Kerr
Don't count Jim Gilmore out
- In the race between Jim Gilmore and Mark Warner for Virginia's open U.S. Senate seat, many prominent Democrats are acting like this race is all but won and quite a few Republicans seem to think of Gilmore as nothing more than a spirited sacrificial lamb.
David S. Kerr: Is Tom Davis caught in the middle?
- My first encounter with Tom Davis came in 1979, when he was running for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. It was early April, and he was already going door to door. Even back then, he smiled easily and seemed to have a unique ability to find the middle ground.
David S. Kerr: Tim Kaine searches for a legacy
- Virginia is the only state in the union that prohibits a governor from serving two consecutive terms in office. While the wisdom of this may be questionable, the fact remains, that a Virginia governor, if he is going to make his mark and leave a legacy, only has four years to do it in.
David S. Kerr: Virginia politics are all local for this year’s State Senate races
- After gaining modest majorities in the Virginia legislature in 1999 to work with an incumbent GOP governor, the Republican Party had what it needed to redistrict itself a big majority.
Cool breeze helps birth a new nation
- Philadelphia was unusually hot during the summer of 1776. The temperature was in the 90s and the humidity was oppressive. Unlike today, there was no air conditioning, no iced drinks, and no relief from the heat for the members of a fledgling, somewhat disorganized and contentious body called the Continental Congress.
David S. Kerr: A weather change signaled the birth of a new nation
- Philadelphia was unusually hot during the summer of 1776.
David S. Kerr: Is this the end of New Hampshire tradition?
- Presidential primaries didn’t become important until the second half of the 20th century. Just ask Theodore Roosevelt. In 1912, he fought hard to win all the Republican primaries, but the party, not eager to have him back, denied him the nomination.
- Presidential primaries didn’t become important until the second half of the 20th century. Just ask Theodore Roosevelt. In 1912, he fought hard to win all the Republican primaries, but the party, not eager to have him back, denied him the nomination.
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