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ThinkProgress
November 6, 2017
He defeated a two-term incumbent to become a senator in 2001, and was widely considered to be a strong contender for the GOP presidential ... At a campaign event in 2006, Allen used the term “macaca” — a slur developed by white Europeans living in North Africa derived from the Bantu word for monkeyÃÂ ...
Salon
October 18, 2017
Allen would probably still be the Senator from Virginia, were it not for the misstep he made on August 11 of 2006 in his campaign against insurgent Democrat Jim Webb. Allen was appearing before a small gathering of supporters in Breaks, Virginia, a little town near the state's border with Kentucky, when heÃÂ ...
Roll Call
May 23, 2017
Timing for successful challengers has also varied on the Democratic side, particularly in 2006, when Democrats retook the Senate. Jim Webb announced he would challenge Virginia GOP Sen. George Allen just two months before the state's primary filing deadline, and nine months before Election Day.
NBCNews.com
May 1, 2017
But Trump isn't the only obstacle standing in Gillespie's way; he also has to defeat Prince William County ChairCorey Stewart and state Sen. Frank Wagner in the June Republican primary. Stewart, who has made protecting Confederate monuments a pillar of his campaign, has referred to Gillespie asÃÂ ...
Roll Call
February 13, 2017
In 2006, Pearson was campaign director for the Democratic Party of Virginia when Jim Webb knocked off GOP Sen. George Allen. During that cycle ... After helping guide Democrats back to a majority in the Virginia state Senate in 2007, Pearson was hired by Warner and his team for his U.S. Senate run.
Virginian-Pilot
November 20, 2016
The incident led to the senator's political destruction and lives on as one of the earliest examples of how the hyperspeed of the web has taken away modern politicians' abilities to control their message. For five days in August 2006, Sidarth had been following then-U.S. Sen. George Allen, a RepublicanÃÂ ...
Slate Magazine
October 21, 2015
Erstwhile Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb takes part in the Democratic primary debate sponsored by CNN and Facebook at Wynn Las Vegas ... In his only campaign, the 2006 Virginia Senate race against George Allen, Webb won 42 percent of whites, basically matching Mark Warner's 2001ÃÂ ...
Center for Public Integrity
July 2, 2015
In 2006, Webb, a former Secretary of the Navy who had never occupied political office, ran for U.S. Senate in Virginia against former Sen. George Allen. Allen, a Republican, spent about twice as much as Webb. He was expected to easily win. But after a liberal campaign operative captured Allen using aÃÂ ...
Progress Index
March 28, 2017
But even as Virginia has continued to revere its "regal and exotic princess of America who aided and befriended the English colonists," in the words of a 2006 General Assembly resolution, her legacy has troubled many Native Americans and their allies ...
The Aerogram
March 23, 2017
For those who don't know, in the 2006 "macaca controversy" Virginia native S.R. Sidarth, a college student and volunteer for Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb changed history when he recorded Webb's opponent George Allen singling him out with a ...
Independent Journal Review
February 13, 2017
Former Senator and Presidential candidate Jim Webb commented on the current state of the Democratic Party on Sunday, and his views are likely to serve as a harsh reality check for some Democrats.
Roll Call
February 13, 2017
"Her job, if not the most important job, is one of the most important jobs in Democratic politics right now," Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia said. Thirty-eight states ... In 2006, Pearson was campaign director for the Democratic Party of ...
The Daily Progress
January 26, 2017
This parade of celebrity candidates began in 1976 when Democrats fielded retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt in a doomed run for the U.S.
Roanoke Times
January 22, 2017
That's our reaction to the news that conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham is thinking about seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S.
Washington Examiner (blog)
January 20, 2017
Former Virginia senator and Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb said Friday that President-elect Trump's inauguration creates the opportunity to "reset" the national discussion on race, including addressing the issue of "reverse discrimination ...
YourGV.com
January 19, 2017
Gillespie also served candidate George W. Bush as his senior communication advisor and as a spokesman for the Bush campaign during the vote recount in Florida. Gillespie's political foray into ... He also served as a spokesman for defeated Virginia ...
The American Prospect
January 17, 2017
What's the right relationship between the DNC and the congressional party fundraising committees, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee (DSCC)?. As DNC chair, you are an elected independent ...
Independent Journal Review
December 14, 2016
Senator Webb, in 2006 you called affirmative action state-sponsored racism. In 2010 you wrote an op-ed .... On the contrary, it is more expressive of a particular group's goals and intentions than it is effective at persuading broader swaths of the ...
Herald & Review
October 19, 2016
2006: Actress Jane Wyatt, perhaps best remembered as Margaret Anderson, the mother on 'Father Knows Best,' died in Los Angeles at age 96.
Los Angeles Times
October 13, 2016
He said votes from abroad played a key role in the election of two Democrats to the U.S. Senate: Virginian Jim Webb, who won by 9,329 votes in 2006, and Minnesotan Al Franken, who won by 312 votes in 2008. In the 2012 reelection of President Obama, 606 ...
Richmond.com
October 7, 2016
Former Virginia Gov. and U.S. Sen. George Allen said he helped coach Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence for his debate against Democrat Tim Kaine, who debated Allen four years ago. In an interview this week with radio host Rita Cosby ofÃÂ ...
nwitimes.com
October 4, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, listens as Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks at a rally at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Thursday, July 14, 2016.
NewBostonPost (blog)
October 3, 2016
In addition, a number of close Senate and House contests over the past decade were won by margins smaller than the number of overseas ballots received, including those won by Sen. Jim Webb in Virginia in 2006 - when Democrats wrested control of theÃÂ ...
NewBostonPost (blog)
October 3, 2016
In addition, a number of close Senate and House contests over the past decade were won by margins smaller than the number of overseas ballots received, including those won by Sen. Jim Webb in Virginia in 2006 - when Democrats wrested control of theÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
September 28, 2016
After a helpful hint from his vice presidential pick, Bill Weld - once nominated to be ambassador to Mexico - Johnson clarified who he was thinking of: Vicente Fox, Mexico's president from 2000 to 2006. The pair were appearing at a town hall at theÃÂ ...
Mic
September 8, 2016
Lawrence said he's concerned that both candidates give lip service to veterans on the campaign trail. "I think what's important is ... Sheldon Hirschurber, 31, an Army vet who lives in Fort Myers, Florida, and served two combat tours in Afghanistan ...
Stripes Korea
August 22, 2016
Last summer, he attacked Sen. John McCain, saying the Arizona Republican was "not a war hero" because he had been captured in Vietnam.
Alaska Dispatch News
August 22, 2016
Last summer, he attacked Sen. John McCain, saying the Arizona Republican was "not a war hero" because he had been captured in Vietnam.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
August 10, 2016
Four years later, Watson won Austin's Texas Senate seat in 2006, and has been easily re-elected since. Virginia limits its governors to a ... When Virginia U.S. Sen. Jim Webb decided not to seek re-election in 2012, Kaine was urged by Democrats ...
The Atlantic
August 8, 2016
Cruz launched his campaign March 23, 2015, at Liberty University in Virginia but dropped out on May 3, 2016, after losing Indiana and concluding that he had no path to the nomination.
Bangor Daily News
August 4, 2016
I fought in Afghanistan and Iraq as a Marine infantryman between 2002 and 2006. From 2011 to 2013, I worked for a Republican U.S.
Columbia Daily Tribune
July 30, 2016
Republican Southern District Boone County Commission candidate James Pounds, second from left, speaks at a July 12 League of Women Voters forum at the Columbia Public Library as fellow candidates, from left, Matt Cavanaugh, Fred Parry, Sid Sullivan,ÃÂ ...
AOL News
July 28, 2016
... Senatorial debate against George Allen on Thursday, September 20, 2012, in McLean, VA. The former Virginia governor Kaine is in a heated run against Allen, another former Virginia governor, for the US Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jim Webb.
AL.com
July 27, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., arrive together at a ... Kaine was elected the state's Lt.
fox6now.com
July 27, 2016
In a packed arena, Kaine -- iwith an 'aw shucks' delivery -- repeatedly defended Clinton's character, offering a preview of one of the arguments he is expected to repeatedly make on the campaign trail throughout the general election: You can trust her ...
Delmarva Daily Times
July 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton's running mate, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of ... "You could sit next to him on a cross-country flight, and he would never tell you that he was a Virginia governor or a U.S.
U.S. News & World Report
July 22, 2016
... to run for the open seat vacated by former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, a Democrat who retired in 2012. A reluctant candidate, Kaine nonetheless defeated George Allen, the former Republican governor and one-time senator, by 6 points in the general election.
Richmond.com
July 20, 2016
Kaine's latest race - for Senate - was a rout of George Allen, who was attempting a comeback from his "macaca" moment under hostile conditions: the high-turnout 2012 election in which Barack Obama would hold Virginia and Kaine would run ahead of the ...
Dissident Voice
July 12, 2016
Senate members of the hearings, led by Virginia's Jim Webb, cautioned not casting a negative light on 'Big Pharma' among the largest donors to political campaigns. The 1960's public image of the heroin-addicted returning Vietnam War soldier that ...
Bright Lights Film Journal (blog)
July 8, 2016
(This had been the infamous threat of General Curtis LeMay, architect of the massive bombing campaign against North Vietnam starting in 1965.
Albany Times Union
July 5, 2016
"It happens all the time,'' Derrick's campaign manager Drew Prestridge said of tracking in general. The tactic in recent weeks ... Oliva was referring to remarks that former Virginia GOP Congressman George Allen made in his 2006 campaign for the U.S ...
Truth-Out
July 1, 2016
Tim Kaine was first introduced to the US shortly after he became governor of Virginia, when he was chosen to give the Democratic Party's rebuttal to President Bush's State of the Union (SOTU) in 2006. The speech was given at a time ... But the ...
Richmond.com
June 11, 2016
Criticized for attacking the Hispanic heritage of the federal judge hearing giant lawsuits alleging fraud by Trump's now-defunct real estate-training company, the bombastic, bouffanted billionaire mocked one of his more acerbic Democratic tormentors ...
The Atlantic
June 8, 2016
It's going to be Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton. This is exactly what everyone expected 18 months ago when we started this cheat sheet, right?
WAMC
June 4, 2016
In 2006, after the Democrats took control of Congress, I delivered a commentary noting that a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party was brewing.
Bustle
May 17, 2016
Why, it's none other than our friend Jim Webb, the former Virginia Senator and onetime 2016 candidate himself. After unceremoniously ending his own presidential bid last year, Webb told MSNBC that he "wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton" if she wins theÃÂ ...
American Spectator
May 7, 2016
It should be required reading for anyone planning to take part in the fall campaign or cover it. Tom Wolfe, in his 2006 Jefferson Lecture, says that undiluted Jacksonianism is to be found in what he calls Good Ol' Boys, who "are mainly but by no meansÃÂ ...
Blue Virginia (blog)
May 5, 2016
For those of you who are regular Blue Virginia readers, you know that we're huge fans of State Senator Donald McEachin (D), one of the most progressive and pro-environmental Democrats in Virginia.
Bustle
May 5, 2016
Jim Webb is a veteran, a former senator from Virginia, and the screenwriter of the 2000 Samuel L. Jackson film Rules of Engagement.
Falls Church News Press
May 4, 2016
... on display last weekend at the annual Democratic Party banquet in Northern Virginia's million-strong Fairfax County, just across the Potomac from the nation's capital, is any indicator, then the Democrats are primed for an explosive outburst of ...
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