Va. senator who used slur declines award
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A senator who had singled out an Indian man at a campaign event and referred to him as "Macaca" declined a leadership award from a minority scholarship fund Thursday after donors protested his selection.
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Sen. John Warner, R-Virginia, said Friday he won't run for re-election.
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RICHMOND -- Virginia's U.S. Senate race has catapulted bloggers into the middle of electioneering and controversy as campaign supporters use their online forums to connect with voters, raise money and spread gossip.
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A Texas congressman who brought a successful ethics complaint against House Majority Leader Tom Delay was himself rebuked by the ethics panel for violating the rules in the way he brought the complaint.
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Bloomberg - Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner, once considered a potential Democratic presidential candidate, will seek the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican John Warner, who is stepping down after 30 years in the job.
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After months of political attacks, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jim Davis is admitting he made a mistake when he voted in the state Legislature to deny compensation for two black men convicted, and later cleared, in the killings of two white men.
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The Republican party today distanced itself from senator Larry Craig after he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after a sex sting in a men's toilet at Minneapolis airport.
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One of presidential candidate John Kerry's Vietnam war comrades, who had appeared to back off his criticism of Kerry's war record, recanted on Friday and said, yes, in fact he did question whether the U.S. senator deserved his medals.
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A VIETNAM veteran who took part in the mission that led to John Kerry being awarded a Silver Star has broken a 35-year silence to attack critics of the Democrat&#39;s war record.
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A bill inspired by the Virginia Tech shootings is bogged down by objections over funding and who should be barred from buying a firearm.
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Embattled Sen. Larry Craig, who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after an incident in an airport restroom, isn't getting much support so far from his political colleagues.
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A longtime congressman who voted for the Iraq war but later said he regretted the decision was defeated Tuesday by a well-funded Republican state senator.
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Rep. Edward L. Schrock, a conservative Republican from Hampton Roads and a retired Navy captain, announced yesterday he was withdrawing his bid for re-election to a third term
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By Hugh Lessig, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 10--RICHMOND -- A Roanoke attorney has filed ethics complaints against two influential Hampton Roads senators, alleging they have a conflict of interest in the ongoing debate over eminent domain reform.   Sens. Thomas K.
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GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania - A case of funny money has ended happily for a woman who had been charged with passing a bogus $200 bill with President George W. Bush's picture on it.  Prosecutors in Pennsylania's Westmoreland County dropped all charges Friday against Deborah L.
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virginia beach  House candidate won't take law job  Bobby Mathieson, a Democrat running for the state House of Delegates, has decided against taking a controversial job with the city's revenue commissioner.
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The Trail | Former N.C. senator ends presidential bid, but he may have one more act in this drama.