States are the battleground in gerrymandering wars

Registration will allow you to post comments on StamfordAdvocate.com and create a StamfordAdvocate.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Jim Haadsma isn't a high-profile Democratic candidate like Amy McGrath, the ex-Marine fighter pilot seeking to upset an incumbent Republican U.S. representative in Kentucky.

Joe Manchin to bring thousands of publiccomments to Brett Kavanaugh meeting

Sen. Joe Manchin will become the first Congressional Democrat to meet with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, this week. The West Virginia Democrat told WAJR that he has more than 2,000 inquiries from residents of his state, and is fielding more.

Bipartisan bill would prevent Trump from exiting NATO without Senate approval

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Thursday that would prevent President Donald Trump from leaving North Atlantic Treaty Organization without the Senate's consent. Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Jack Reed of Rhode Island as well as Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Cory Gardner of Colorado announced the bill that "formalizes the Senate's opposition to withdrawing from the treaty" on Thursday, according to a statement.

Out-of-state money floods U.S. Senate primary in W.Va. as special interests seek to buy election

Anyone who thinks elections in the U.S. can't be bought needs to take a closer look at campaign contributions and expenditures in last May's West Virginia Senate primary elections. If they weren't bought, it was not for a lack of trying.

The States Are Now the Best Route to Gerrymandering Reform

Sara Fitzgerald, left, and Michael Martin, both with the group One Virginia, protest gerrymandering in front of the Supreme Court while the justices hear arguments on a gerrymandering case t's been a tough few weeks for gerrymandering reform. Two decisions in the closing days of the Supreme Court's term, Gill v.

With Corey Stewart atop the ticket, Virginia Republicans are…

Republican Senate candidate Corey Stewart of Virginia delivers a brief speech at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Republican Senate candidate Corey Stewart of Virginia delivers a brief speech at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Corey Stewart's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Virginia has prompted an identity crisis within the state GOP, with some donors and activists saying they are so turned off, they are willing to vote for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Tim Kaine.

Rising number of women veterans reflects their increasing participation in the military

Nonetheless, the service of many of these women is not noticed - by the public and even by some male veterans. The Virginia Department of Veterans Services is trying to change that while establishing a pipeline of highly skilled veterans and their spouses for the commonwealth's workforce.

Scientists Report Significant Progress In Cleaning Chesapeake Bay

SCIENTISTS REPORT SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN CLEANING CHESAPEAKE BAY Jun. 18, 2018 Washington Post reports: For the first time in the 33 years that scientists have assessed the health of the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary showed improvement in every region, a likely sign that a massive federal cleanup plan is working. The bay's most important species - blue crabs and striped bass, which support commercial and recreational fisheries, and anchovies, the foundation of its food chain - earned top scores in a report card released Friday.

Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity to sit out Virginia Senate race

In this Feb. 22, 2018 file photo, Virginia GOP senatorial hopeful, Corey Stewart, gestures during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Stewart, a conservative provocateur and supporter of President Donald Trump won Virginia's Republican primary Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in the U.S. Senate race, and he has promised to run a "vicious" campaign against incumbent Tim Kaine.

Primary takeaways: Women win, Trump tweets kill3 hours, 44 minutes | Washington

After Tuesday's primaries in South Carolina, Maine, North Dakota, Virginia and Nevada, we know it's Donald Trump's party and it might be the real year of the woman. Primary takeaways: Women keep winning and a Trump tweet strikes a fatal blow to Sanford After Tuesday's primaries in South Carolina, Maine, North Dakota, Virginia and Nevada, we know it's Donald Trump's party and it might be the real year of the woman.