Good afternoon! With less than one week until the 2010 midterm elections, the reporters and producers of The Rockbridge Report have been working tirelessly to get you the latest on important local, state-wide and national elections.
Brooke Sutherland met with each of the candidates in the Virginia 6th District House of Representatives race. Even though incumbent Bob Goodlatte is pretty much a shoo-in for the seat, contenders Stuart Bain and Jeff Vanke are trying to get their messages out to the public.
But the 6th District race is blasé compared to the House races in Virginia’s 5th and 9th Districts. Jessica Strait has been hot on the trail covering these contentious campaigns. Incumbent Tom Perriello is facing a tough challenge by long-time state legislator Robert Hurt, in a national trend of anti-incumbency sentiment. Similarly the race between Rick Boucher and Morgan Griffith looks like it could be a photo-finish.
Closer to home, Michael Freeman spoke with members of the Rockbridge County Tea Party to find out how the new political movement is affecting the area.
Melissa Powell took on the task of analyzing close national races. This election is unusual in that only a handful of races could decide which party holds the majority in both the House of Representatives and in the Senate. Melissa has been working with members of the Washington and Lee Mock Convention—a group of budding politicos, who dedicate their free time to analyzing political races in order to correctly select the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee—to get a handle on exactly which races will tip the scales.
Three amendments are on the ballot for the state of Virginia, and each issue is quite technical. Nonetheless, Tim Watson sat down with public officials to find out how voting “yes” or “no” could affect Rockbridge County.
Locally, Holly Suthers has been following the five candidates seeking the three open seats on the Lexington City Council. In talking to each, Holly found out that all of the candidates are trying to promote local businesses, and each has his or her own ideas about other ways to improve the community.
We hope that each of these stories gives you a good idea about the upcoming election. The entire Rockbridge Report team will be in the newsroom on Election Night to bring you the latest updates of race results and implications, so be sure to visit our website at www.rockbridgereport.wlu.edu.
Happy voting!
--Anne and Caroline
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