Endgame Viable

15 entries. 2,186 words.

January, 2007

• Joe Blackburn Challenges Walter Stosch In The 12th. 2007-01-23 2:12 PM.
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  Continuing my effort to pay more attention to local politics, I see Not Larry Sabato is reporting that 12th District Virginia State Senate incumbent Walter Stosch will be challenged in the Republican primary by one Joe Blackburn. I don’t know anything about this Blackburn guy, but here is his campaign website, such as it is: www.joeblackburnforsenate.com. He says he’s a “commonsense conservative,” whatever that means. 89 words.

March, 2007

• Stosch To Debate Blackburn. 2007-03-13 4:43 PM.
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  Quick note: Not Larry Sabato is reporting on a brewing catfight (aka. debate) between Virginia General Assembly 12th District Senator Walter Stosch and primary challenger Joe Blackburn at the James River Republican Women’s Club. 139 words.

April, 2007

• Joe Blackburn Endorsed. 2007-04-26 1:30 PM.
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  Here are some things I saw today about our very own Virginia Senate 12th District Republican primary coming up on June 12. 98 words.

May, 2007

• The Stosch Sentinel Arrives. 2007-05-12 2:31 PM.
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  Quick notes from the Virginia Senate 12th District Republican primary race (which is effectively the election, since I seriously doubt if there’s going to be a Democratic challenger from this area): VCAP wrote a nice summary of the Walter Stosch v. Joe Blackburn debate. 83 words.
• Hanger v. Sayre Highlights Why Politics Is Depressing. 2007-05-15 8:01 PM.
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  Since seemingly half of the Virginia political blogosphere resides in the Shenandoah Valley, a lot of bloggers are talking (aka. bickering) about the upcoming Republican primary between incumbent Emmett Hanger and challenger Scott Sayre for the 24th District Virginia Senate seat. The CASTLE bloggers in particular are working hard to get Scott Sayre elected. 316 words.
• Stosch/Blackburn Roundup. 2007-05-26 2:31 AM.
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  The Hanger/Spammer…er…Sayre race in the 24th District is getting all the blog press here in Virginia, but there’s also a thrilling Republican primary race going on here in the 12th Senate District. (Thrilling in the sense that nobody seems particularly interested in it.) 157 words.
• Ringside In The 24th District Primary. 2007-05-31 2:42 AM.
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  Grab the soda and popcorn, it’s getting ugly in the Virginia 24th district primary race! Republitarian just reported that candidate Scott Sayre’s wife has been charged with driving while intoxicated – not once but twice. SWAC Girl called the report “slanderous,” although I think she is using a different dictionary than mine, because that word sort of implies “false,” which would require some sort of contradictory evidence to the DWI claims. 98 words.
• Adventures With The Virginia Courts Case Information System. 2007-05-31 11:55 PM.
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  Regarding the DWI charges against Mrs. Sayre, Republitarian cited: “Case # for first offense GV03000972-00. Case # for second offense GT063034-00.” I don’t live in the 24th, but I thought it might be fun to do a little fact-checking on this today. (I applaud Republitarian for giving voters the means to independently verify these claims.) I fired up the Virginia Courts Case Information system and started looking. 323 words.

June, 2007

• Meanwhile, Back In The 12th. 2007-06-02 10:04 PM.
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  Back here in the relatively uninteresting 12th Senate District, the Republican primary is all about taxes and spending. Stosch claims he’s an “effective cost-cutter”, while Blackburn claims Stosch is telling “one old fairy tale after another.” I have not done any fact-checking on either claim, because frankly I find the subject of taxes and spending incredibly dull. 202 words.
• Stosch v. Blackburn 12th Senate District Updates. 2007-06-10 7:21 PM.
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  Elephant Ears reports on campaign fundraising in the 12th Senate District. Not surprisingly, incumbent Walter Stosch is leading in this department. The Virginian Federalist reports that Stosch’s latest mailer accuses Blackburn of “mud slinging and sleaze.” * I received a mailing from a place called Leadership for Virginia which is endorsing Walter Stosch and pushing hard for anyone and everyone to vote in the primaries. “There will be no Democratic candidate,” it reads. “The outcome will determine your Virginia State Senator for the next four years.” (emphasis theirs) 107 words.
• From Equality Virginia. 2007-06-11 5:28 PM.
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  For anyone who might still be making up their mind about Stosch v. Blackburn and is wondering about their position on social issues as opposed to taxes, Mrs. Krehbiel received this bit of information in an email from Equality Virginia (who is endorsing Walter Stosch). 97 words.
• Vote Rocked (Updated). 2007-06-12 1:03 PM.
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  Well, I participated in American Democracy this morning. Somehow it doesn’t leave me feeling as patriotic as it probably should. I think it has something to do with the creepy old lady that’s always there handing out the “I voted” stickers when you leave. 254 words.
• Uh Oh. 2007-06-12 11:23 PM.
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• Post-Primary Observations. 2007-06-13 1:48 PM.
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  I’m not a political expert, but here’s some of my observations about the 12th District and 24th District primaries. (I didn’t pay much attention to any other primaries.) 200 words.
• Great Reference. 2007-06-14 9:42 PM.
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  750 Volts has compiled a very nice summary of Virginia Senate races coming up this November. Check it out, it’s a great reference. 23 words.