Profile for Andrew Cain

Recent Content

• GOP criticized on signatures for Va. primary

  Poorly trained volunteers arbitrarily knocked out "pages and pages and pages" of signatures, according to a screener.

  01/03/2022 12:00 AM
• Cuccinelli reverses stand on primary

  Ken Cuccinelli announced that he no longer backs emergency legislation that would seek to get additional candidates on the ballot.

  01/01/2022 10:28 PM
• How did Virginia's ballot access get so strict?

  Virginia's requirements to qualify for a presidential primary are twice as strict as those in any other state, according to a national authority on ballot access.

  01/01/2022 12:00 AM
• Perry files emergency motion to get his name on ballot

  Texas Gov. Rick Perry filed an emergency motion Wednesday asking a federal judge to order that his name be included on Virginia's Republican primary ballot.

  12/29/2011 12:00 AM
• Va. GOP will require loyalty oath in presidential primary

  Anyone who wants to vote must sign a form at the polling place pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee for president.

  12/29/2011 12:00 AM
• Va. GOP to require loyalty oath in presidential primary

  Ron Paul will lead the Va. GOP primary ballot. The Republican Party will require voters to pledge support for the party's nominee.

  12/28/2011 8:02 PM

• Donner drops out of Virginia's U.S. Senate race

  Tim Donner, one of five Virginia Republicans seeking the party's 2012 U.S. Senate nomination, today dropped out of the contest, saying "there comes a time to recognize political realities."

  12/28/2011 4:20 PM
• 

  Perry files emergency motion to get name on Va. primary ballot

  Texas Gov. Rick Perry today filed an emergency motion in U.S. District Court in Richmond seeking an injunction ordering the State Board of Elections to print presidential primary ballots with his name.

  12/28/2011 3:35 PM
• Va. unlikely to change law to allow Gingrich write-in

  Newt Gingrich wants Virginia legislators to change the law in time for him to start a write-in campaign for the March 6 presidential primary.

  12/27/2011 12:00 AM
• Va. unlikely to change law to allow Gingrich write-in

  Newt Gingrich wants Virginia legislators to change the law in time for him to mount a write-in campaign in Virginia's March 6 presidential primary.

  12/26/2011 1:41 PM
• Gingrich likens his Virginia failure to Pearl Harbor

  Newt Gingrich says his failure to qualify for Virginia's March 6 primary is his campaign's Pearl Harbor, that he insists will not destroy his presidential bid.

  12/26/2011 12:00 AM
• Gingrich's 'disaster': Failure to get on Va. primary ballot raises questions

  Gingrich campaign, tough state rules come under scrutiny as only two Republicans qualify for March 6 primary.

  12/25/2011 12:00 AM
• UPDATE: Gingrich failure to get on primary ballot raises questions

  Exclusion of former House speaker heightens scrutiny of his campaign organization and of the state’s strict rules for ballot access.

  12/24/2011 5:14 PM
• Perry fails to qualify for primary; Gingrich petitions under study

  10,000 signatures of registered voters required to get on ballot for March 6 Republican presidential primary.

  12/23/2011 6:20 PM
• 

  McDonnell seeks quake aid for nine more localities

  Gov. Bob McDonnell has asked the FEMA to approve disaster assistance for nine additional localities recovering from the Aug. 23 earthquake in Louisa County.

  12/23/2011 12:00 AM

• McDonnell seeks quake aid for nine more localities

  Gov. Bob McDonnell has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve disaster assistance for nine additional localities recovering from the Aug. 23 earthquake centered in Louisa County.

  12/23/2011 12:00 AM
• Bachmann, Huntsman, Santorum not on Va. primary ballot

  Four Republican presidential candidates – Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Ron Paul -- submitted paper work to qualify for Virginia's primary ballot.

  12/22/2011 5:26 PM

• Fairfax court clerk running for attorney general

  Fairfax Circuit Court Clerk John Frey formally announced Wednesday that he is seeking the GOP nomination for attorney general in 2013.

  12/21/2011 11:34 AM

• First lady honors Virginians making a difference

  Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell on Friday honored Virginians who are making a difference, recognizing them at her second annual first lady's Opportunity Hall of Fame awards luncheon, held at the Richmond Marriott.

  12/17/2011 12:00 AM
• McDonnell to govern in a new landscape

  Control of the state Senate is likely to give Gov. Bob McDonnell a freer hand on some of his key initiatives.

  11/14/2011 12:00 AM