Updated: 12:09 PM As New Hampshire residents voted Tuesday in the GOP presidential primary, so too did Albemarle County High School students. It’s a mock election, but as we found out, students are taking it very seriously.
Posted: 11:13 AM Jon Huntsman will withdraw Monday from the race for the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign manager told The Associated Press on Sunday. Huntsman will endorse Romney, officials said.
Updated: 5:18 PM A federal judge has refused to add Texas Gov. Rick Perry and three other candidates to Virginia's Republican presidential primary ballot.
Posted: 3:20 PM Conservative Republican Del. Bob Marshall is challenging a former Republican governor for a U.S. Senate seat this year for the second time in four years.
Posted: 10:26 AM A judge says Texas Gov. Rick Perry and three other presidential candidates are likely to prevail on a key issue in their lawsuit seeking inclusion on Virginia's Republican primary ballot.
Updated: 5:32 PM Republican U.S. Senate candidate George Allen says he collected a little more than $1 million in the final three months of last year and started 2012 with about $2 million on hand.
Updated: 6:21 PM The federal judge hearing a lawsuit by four candidates excluded from Virginia's Republican presidential primary temporarily has blocked distribution of absentee ballots.
Posted: 10:13 AM The last time Virginia's House and Senate hit all their budget-writing deadlines was 12 years ago. But this year, legislative leaders say they'll actually comply with their own written timetables.
Posted: 5:46 PM Virginia Republican Party Chairman Pat Millins is asking a federal court to dismiss him as a defendant in Rick Perry's legal bid to be included on the state's presidential primary ballot.
Posted: 11:04 AM Governor Bob McDonnell and Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling Thursday released statements asking the Republican Party of Virginia to rescind the proposed "loyalty oath" for the GOP presidential primary in Virginia.
Updated: 12:50 PM A squeaker of an Iowa victory in hand, Mitt Romney headed into the New Hampshire primary insisting that staying power sets him apart from runners-up Rick Santorum and Ron Paul and the rest of the GOP presidential field.
Posted: 9:49 AM Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann canceled her campaign trip to South Carolina on Wednesday after a dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses.
Posted: 9:47 AM Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that he would head home "to determine whether there is a path forward" for his White House bid after he finished a distant fifth in the Iowa caucuses.
Posted: 10:28 AM Supporters of Ron Paul are opening the Republican presidential hopeful's Virginia campaign headquarters.
Posted: 5:28 PM The year 2011 was a big year for politics in Virginia. Among the major developments are a battle to fill a U.S. Senate seat and heated races for the General Assembly.
Posted: 3:34 PM Texas Gov. Rick Perry lost the first round Thursday in his bid to have his name added to Virginia's Republican presidential primary ballot as a judge scheduled a hearing on the challenge after the ballot is printed.
Updated: 3:35 PM One of five Republican candidates for Virginia's open U.S. Senate seat is dropping out of the contest. Northern Virginia television production company owner Tim Donner dropped out of the race on Wednesday.
Posted: 3:14 PM The chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia says he followed the law when it comes to certifying presidential candidates.
Updated: 9:49 PM As the Republican primary in Virginia approaches, the state Board of Elections voted Wednesday to make a change to how voters vote. The board voted to have a closed presidential primary at the request of state Republican leaders.
Posted: 11:57 AM Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Rick Perry on Wednesday assailed Ron Paul for saying the U.S. has no business bombing Iran to keep it from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
Updated: 9:16 AM Republican Rick Perry is challenging his exclusion from Virginia's primary ballot.
Updated: 7:25 PM Under the leadership of Minority Leader Del. David Toscano, House of Delegates leaders want to enact a Constitutional Amendment that would allow Virginia governors to serve two consecutive terms.
Updated: 1:21 PM ABC News’ “This Week with Christiane Amanpour” and the Miller Center at the University of Virginia are partnering for “The Great American Debates,” a series of debates on the key issues of the 2012 presidential campaign.
Posted: 3:21 PM Spending in Virginia state Senate races rose five percent this year compared with the previous election cycle as Republicans ended Democrats' four-year control of the chamber, according to an analysis released Monday.
Posted: 4:58 PM The Jefferson Area Tea Party wants a retraction and public apology from Republican U.S. Senate hopeful George Allen for what it's calling false claims of endorsement.
