Timothy M. Kaine

Democrat Tim Kaine has raised $2.2 million in his first-quarter fundraising in his Virginia U.S. Senate race. The former governor will also report in his filings to the Federal Election Commission later this month that his campaign had $4.4 million on...

One day after announcing his plan to strengthen the nation’s economy,  Democratic candidate Tim Kaine brought his campaign for the U.S. Senate to the Roanoke Valley. U.S. Senator Mark Warner joined Kaine for a campaign swing that started Thursday...

The Virginia Republican Party has announced the dates for its three U.S. Senate primary debates. The debates are set for April 28 in Roanoke, May 11 in Hampton Roads and May 25 in northern Virginia. The party said Friday that specific locations,...

The father of a Roanoke County soldier killed last month in Afghanistan over the burning of the Quran has launched a campaign to run as an independent candidate for theU.S. Senate seat in Virginia. Tim Conrad is in the process of filing the necessary...

The ACLU and two of Virginia's top Republicans are on the same side when it comes to the party's presidential primary loyalty oath. Thursday afternoon, the Virginia Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union joined Governor Bob McDonnell and...

A loyalty oath in Virginia’s presidential primary drew more opposition today from unlikely allies: the state’s  top Republican elected officials and the American Civil Liberties Union. Governor Bob McDonnell joined Lieutenant Governor Bill...

Former Governor Tim Kaine made his rounds in our region this weekend. He's is runinng for Virginia's open U.S. Sentate seat and has been traveling from Winchester to Blacksburg talking to small business owners about the economic challenges we're facing...

Virginia Delegate Robert Marshall says he has the best chance to beat Democrat Tim Kaine in November. On Monday the Manassas Republican confirmed he will seek the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate. A member of the Virginia House of Delegates since...

One of five Republican candidates for Virginia's open U.S. Senate seat is dropping out of the contest. Northern Virginia television production company owner Tim Donner dropped out of the race on Wednesday. Donner says most Republicans and the state party...

Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell of Virginia made no secret about who he thought should win Maryland's 2010 gubernatorial campaign. It wasn't Martin O'Malley. Yet two months after O'Malley, a Democrat, sailed to victory, McDonnell showed up in...

Unhappy with Gov. Bob McDonnell’s proposed budget, Chesapeake Bay advocates have renewed their call for a $300 million bond package to clean up the beleaguered estuary. “It certainly would signal that the McDonnell administration is making...

So many commencement celebrations. Beaming graduates, proud parents. So many sporting victories. Elated athletes, rabid fans. This was Virginia Tech's Cassell Coliseum and Lane Stadium -- before Tuesday. One memorial service. Grieving students,...