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Important Fundraising Totals

 In regards to the U.S. Senate race:
Gilmore          Warner
Raised last period       $480,000         $2,819,335
Raised to date             $1,175,113        $9,136,868
Spent to date              $1,058,343       $4,152,333
On hand June 30       $116,770            $5,102,604
 And in regards to the 2009 gubernatorial race:
                                  McDonnell        Deeds             Moran
Raised period       $878,491          $782,585          $1,380,364
Raised to date […]

The Long-Term Effect of Partisan Redistricting

In case there was any real question about the vices of partisan redistricting, even the Richmond Times-Dispatch correctly points out part of the cause of the current transportation fiasco going on at the General Assembly:
“Republicans created, in effect, minority districts wherein narrow bands of the electorate, often anti-tax conservatives, have disproportionate influence. The key to […]