Politics

With June 17 primary day less than a week away, a lot of money is circulating around candidates in Democratic primaries in the Charlottesville City Council and Albemarle County Board of Supervisors races.

Due to the construction rebuilding Buford Middle School, the Tuesday, June 17 primary voting location has been moved to Tonsler Rec Center at 500 Cherry Avenue.

A new Roanoke College poll is coming soon. Either way, Virginia will soon have its first female governor.

 Saying it’s not that Republican Lt. Governor nominee John Reid is gay, but to save the ticket, James City County businessman John Curran is running as a November write-in for Lt. Governor. 

The Free Enterprise Forum announces they’ll be hosting two Spring Candidates’ Forums prior to the June 17 Democratic Primary.

Albemarle County is proposing a change to the polling place for the Branchlands Precinct in the Rio Magisterial District.

Unless there’s an unlikely independent or write-in campaign, Virginia will have its first female Governor taking office in January.

“Many of you said you wanted to have a say in who your next governor would be, and you wanted to have a choice. I’m honored that you asked me, yet again.” Those words from former state Senator Amanda Chase who announced she submitted signatures to the Virginia Department of Elections before the 5pm Thursday, April 3 deadline to get on the June primary ballot.

The front runners in the Virginia Governor’s race filed petitions Monday, on the first day they could, with the State Department of Elections to get on the ballot in their June 17 primaries.

55th House District Delegate Amy Laufer will be announcing a re-election run Sunday for a 2nd term.