24th Senate District financial reports

By Lynn R. Mitchell

With fundraising totals reported for the first quarter, the 24th Senate District race showed incumbent Emmett Hanger (R) with a wide lead over Republican challengers Dan Moxley and Marshall Pattie, according to vpap.org.

Candidate	Raised
Hanger, Emmett* (R)	$193,432
Moxley, Dan (R)	$12,723
Pattie, Marshall (R)	$12,949

Graphics by VPAP.org

Links to the great lineup of weekend posts

By Lynn R. Mitchell

In case you missed the great lineup of weekend posts at LynnRMitchell.com, here they are so you can get caught up on everything you missed:

– Mitch McConnell becomes Senate Majority Leader by guest writer Gregg Hilton

– Faux posturing by anti-Boehner forces dupes their supporters

– Barbara Comstock to be sworn in Tuesday … only woman in Virginia Congressional delegation

– Chris Winslow to run for Chesterfield supervisor

– Mike Huckabee quits Fox show, will explore presidential run

– Kalima Dalton Tate, 92, of Pulaski passes away – with ties to Staunton, she was a first cousin of former Virginia Governor John Dalton

– Obituary: Deceased waitress proud to have served President George W. Bush

– Wintergreen Appreciation Days for neighboring counties and cities – snow skiing deals January 5-7

– VPAP’s top news stories for 2014

– WSJ … ‘Clint Bolick: Jeb Bush’s conservative immigration agenda’

VPAP’s top news stories for 2014

By Lynn R. Mitchell

Virginia Public Access Project, more commonly known as VPAP, polled their subscribers and 475 participated (including me) with their responses about the top news stories for 2014 (see Top News Stories for 2014):

More than 475 VaNews subscribers participated in our annual top stories survey. Here is the result:

Story that will have most asting impact on Virginia:

VPAP update on certifying results of U.S. Senate race

By Lynn R. Mitchell

VPAP has the latest information about certifying the results from Virginia’s U.S. Senate race:

Step 1: Electoral boards in every county and city have until 5 p.m. today to meet and begin to ascertain yesterday’s results. They have until next Tuesday to certify the results and submit their final numbers to the State Board of Elections

Step 2: Voters who cast provisional ballots have until noon on Friday to deliver a copy of their photo identification to their local electoral board in order for their vote to be counted.

Step 3: The State Board of Elections will meet on Monday, November 24 to certify the results, at which point an official winner will be declared.

Step 4: Virginia has no automatic recounts. But if the race is within 1%, Gillespie has 10 days to request a recount. If the margin is less than 0.5%, then the localities are responsible for paying for the recount. Otherwise, Gillespie’s campaign must pay $10 per precinct — about $25,000.

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Second candidate emerges to challenge Sen. Emmett Hanger (R-24th Senate)

By Lynn R. Mitchell

A third candidate has emerged to primary State Senator Emmett Hanger in the 24th Senate District that includes Augusta County. Dan Moxley, chairman of the Augusta County Republican Committee, has entered the three-way GOP primary that also includes Marshall Pattie.

It has been rumored for months that Moxley intended to enter the race. Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) confirmed on Friday although no official announcement has been forthcoming from Moxley (see 2015 General Assembly candidates emerge).

There are rumors a third candidate to challenge Senator Hanger may emerge in the near future.