Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe signed papers Monday necessary to run for governor in Virginia next year.

Democrat Tom Perriello picks up another 100 votes in the 5th District race.

A GOP official says Rep. Eric Cantor intends to run for the second-ranking spot on the House Republican leadership ladder as the party struggles with the loss of about 20 seats in the election.

Fifth Congressional District race led by Perriello, but some Goode precincts yet to report.

Seventh District Republican wins re-election.

Warner proclaimed winner in battle of former governors for the U.S. Senate

Nancy Rodrigues, secretary of the board of elections, this afternoon called the turnout “phenomenal” and noted that some polls opened with 500 people in line.

The final Senate poll taken for the Richmond Times-Dispatch showed Warner leading Gilmore nearly 2 to 1. Warner was backed by 61 percent, Gilmore by 32 percent.

“I know Virginia’s ready to bring about change in America,“ Obama said to a roaring crowd that waited hours under a “Vote for Change” sign for their candidate to appear. “It starts here Virginia,“ he said.

The State Board of Elections offers this advice: don’t believe any caller who tries to tell you where your voting place is.

After Tuesday’s election, Maryland and Virginia will return to paper ballots, scraping or phasing out electronic voting machines that were once considered state of the art.

A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday on whether Virginia should be able to punish doctors who perform a type of late-term abortion that is already banned by federal law.

Battle of former governors going toward Democrat, poll shows

Virginia legislators won’t get a whack at the cash-depleted budget until January, but that’s not stopping them from weighing in today on how to balance it.

Governor Tim Kaine has ordered 570 layoffs, cut college funding by at least 5 percent and postponed state employee raises from next month until next summer.

For Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, economy begins at home.

Sen. Barack Obama outspent Sen. John McCain 3 to 1 on television advertising in Virginia from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4, according to the Wisconsin Advertising Project.

The declining economy could force additional Virginia spending cuts of nearly $3 billion, raising the specter of deeper reductions in public services and broader layoffs.

Obama took the stage at John Tyler Community College at 10:57 after hugging Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, his longtime ally, but said little about his potential running mate, other than that Kaine “got into (politics) for the right reasons.“

RICHMOND — Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced state spending cuts of $49 million Friday, including savings from the layoffs of 18 full-time employees.

Virginia Republicans are crying foul about alleged voter registration fraud and want a state investigation.

Speaking before 125 adoring supporters at the Palmyra home of Fluvanna Board of Supervisors Chairman Marvin Moss, Mark R. Warner laid out his vision for a less partisan and more effective Washington.

In his bid to unseat longtime incumbent Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., Democratic challenger Tom Perriello has raised more money than his Republican rival.

Although the election won’t happen for another 16 months, the three candidates in Virginia’s 2009 governor’s race are already raking in piles of campaign cash.

The Bush administration has not given legal U.S. resident Ali al-Marri an adequate opportunity to challenge his detention as an enemy combatant, a closely divided federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

That sort of campaign activity is rarely seen before Labor Day in Virginia and never in presidential elections. But with Virginia in the new role of swing state, it’s a sign of changing times that Obama and Republican John McCain are fighting it out in Virginia’s July heat.

Wednesday’s reconvened special session on transportation featured plenty of legislative drama—fiery speeches, parliamentary gamesmanship and partisan jousting.

Visiting Beaver Creek Reservoir, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine praised Albemarle County on Thursday for its conservation of farmland and forests.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine blasted GOP lawmakers in the House of Delegates during a visit to Crozet on Thursday morning, blaming them for the General Assembly’s failure to produce any new money for transportation.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced today that Virginia is awarding $8.7 million in grants to homeless shelters around the state.