http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/The latest headlines and articles from DLT.comDominion Leadership Trust5GOP sees as many as 12 pickups in Househttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=35Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMTBased on voter projections, the news-network decision desks can call a winner in Virginia’s governor’s race — oh, right about now, really. While everyone knows not to count chickens before they hatch, it would require an epic, nearly unprecedented turn of events for Democrat Creigh Deeds to defeat Republican Bob McDonnell in the Virginia governor’s race. Most polling indicates McDonnell’s margin of victory will be in the double digits; his average lead on Pollster.com is 13 points. http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=36Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMTLynchburg’s hotly contested House of Delegates race between Del. Shannon Valentine and Republican Scott Garrett, with controversy swirling about the tenor and truthfulness of campaign ads, doesn’t surprise veteran observers.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=32Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTFor much of this decade, Virginia Democrats have wondered every two years not whether they would increase their numbers in the House of Delegates but by how many seats.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=33Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTAs late as spring, many Democrats felt good about peeling away even more Republican seats in the Virginia House of Delegates and dared speak of recapturing a clear majority for the first time in a dozen years.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=34Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTAaron Ringel is running as the GOP nominee for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 48th district. This week he released a new ad highlighting his experience, leadership, and how he would represent his district.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=31Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTThe candidates for governor are getting the attention, but on Nov. 3, Virginia's voters will make another critical decision -- about which party controls the House of Delegates.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=29Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTMcAuliffe BBQ Nets $100,000 for House Demshttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=30Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTGOP: Nation watching state election Nov. 3 http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=28Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMTThe ongoing economic crisis has states scrambling for new sources of revenue to fill the holes in their annual budgets. Spending cuts, while popular in the abstract, are almost always unpopular among the constituents and interests groups whose spending it is that is being cut. Many state legislators are equally unwilling to propose tax increases, especially in recessionary times.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=26Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=24Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=23Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTIn a day of fits and starts, the General Assembly passed a bill yesterday designed to ease a potential logjam in Virginia's courts after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=19Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTThe House of Delegates bid adieu to Del. Chris Saxman, R-Staunton, on Wednesday during a special session of the General Assembly.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=20Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTFive years after he was freed from prison and nearly three decades after being charged for two rapes for which he was later cleared, Norfolk's Arthur Lee Whitfield has the kind of apology that often comes at the conclusion of civil suits: a financial settlement.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=17Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=18Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTIn 2002, the county had $446 million in receipts, according to a National Agricultural Statistics Service report posted on the Virginia Farm Bureau Web site.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=14Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTDel. Ed Scott this week received an endorsement from Virginia AgPAC, a political action committee of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation. http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=15Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTNinth District Del. Charles Poindexter has been endorsed for re-election in November by the Virginia Farm Bureau's political action committee.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=16Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTLess than a week after Virginia’s attorney general issued an opinion challenging the legality of Leonard Pomata to simultaneously hold two high-level state posts, Republican legislators are calling on Pomata to give up one of his roles. http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=12Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTHello politicos, and welcome to our second installment of House Call! This week we're going to drill down into the Fightin' 42nd District in southeastern Fairfax County, because you know what they say: As Albo goes, so goes the commonwealth.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=13Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTMore jobs. Better schools. Public safety. Who could disagree with that?http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=11Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTAt least eight former staffers who worked for George W. Bush’s administration are running for office. http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=10Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMTRiverheads boys soccer coach and Virginia House of Delegates hopeful Dickie Bell said that if his election campaign is successful this November he hopes to remain the Riverheads boys soccer coach. http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=9Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMTRepublican candidate for state Attorney General, Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, and Melody Scalley, Republican challenger for the House of Delegates 100th District seat, were among a dozen speakers at a political rally Wednesday on the front lawn of Eastern Shore Community College.http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=8Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=7Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMTNews 2 Summaryhttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=2Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=3Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=4Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=5Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=6Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMTThe major political parties are competing for 58 House of Delegates seats this fall -- an increase from recent election cycles. An unofficial tally by the Virginia Public Access Project shows 68 of the 100 seats will be contested, up from 41 in 2007 and 49 in 2005. But 10 of this year's contests involve a major-party candidate running against an independent. Independents generally have little chance of beating a major-party incumbent. http://www.dominionleadershiptrust.com/news/read.aspx?id=1Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT