Former Governor Jim Gilmore joined Coy Barefoot on the May 5 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about his campaign for the Senate. Gilmore is competing with Delegate Bob Marshall for the Republican nomination for the seat being vacated by Senator John Warner. The GOP will decide at a convention later this month.
“We’ve been [...]
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May6
Former Governor Jim Gilmore on his campaign for the U.S. Senate
Filed in: Election 2008 Virginia politics
Apr5
Senator Ralph Northam
Freshman Senator Ralph Northam (R-6) joined Coy Barefoot on the April 3, 2008 edition of the program to give his view of the recently concluded General Assembly session. Northam is a graduate of the Sorensen Institute Political Leaders program.
Filed in: General Assembly Virginia politics
Mar10
Gibson: Paul Harris won’t seek statewide office
Bob Gibson of the Charlottesville Daily Progress joins Coy Barefoot every Monday on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about Virginia politics. This week:
Republican Paul Harris opts to not seek statewide office in 2009
General Assembly struggles to pass a budget - a new trend in Virginia
Filed in: Bob Gibson Virginia politics
Mar9
Weldon-Cooper expert explains why Virginia’s Hispanic population has tripled since 1990
Qian Cai is the director of the Demographics and Workforce unit at the Weldon-Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. She joined Coy Barefoot on the February 6 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to discuss the Center’s recent study of Virginia’s Hispanic population.
“Virginia’s Hispanic population tripled from 150,000 in 1990 to more [...]
Filed in: U.Va Virginia politics
Mar5
Delegate McClellan on transportation funding woes
Delegate Jennifer McClellan (D-71) joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to discuss the final days of the regular session of the General Assembly. However, McClellan says she thinks the two Houses have to come back into special session to discuss transportation and to pass a budget. Coy also asks McClellan’s thoughts on VDOT’s 44% [...]
Filed in: Virginia politics
Feb16
Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling on the Virginia primary
Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling joins Coy Barefoot on the Valentine’s Day edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the results of the Virginia Republican Primary. Bolling is surprised that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee had such a good showing. He also begins to handicap the U.S Senate race between former Governors Mark Warner and [...]
Filed in: Election 2008 Virginia politics
Feb11
Bob Gibson previews today’s Virginia primary
Bob Gibson of the Charlottesville Daily Progress joins Coy Barefoot on the February 11 edition to describe what the candidates were up to on the eve of the Virginia presidential primary. Gibson also talks about the passing of former Mayor and Delegate Mitch Van Yahres, Clinton’s question and answer period with Larry Sabato’s class, the [...]
Filed in: National politics Virginia politics
Jan24
Waldo Jaquith explains Richmond Sunlight
Waldo Jaquith, the creator of Richmond Sunlight, joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about his premier legislative tracking website. The site repurposes content from the General Assembly’s website and presents it on his unique website. For instance, you can subscribe to the status of bills by our area legislators: Senator Creigh Deeds, [...]
Filed in: General Assembly In-studio guests Virginia politics
Jan21
Should Virginia go to non-partisan redistricting?
David Solimini is the executive director of the Virginia Redistricting Coalition, a new organization formed to push for the reform of the way the state draws its legislative boundaries. Coy Barefoot spoke with Solimini about whether or not Virginia is one of the most gerrymandered states, and efforts to hand over the redistricting pen to [...]
Filed in: General Assembly Redistricting Virginia politics
Jan14
Bob Gibson on the Daily Progress
The 2008 General Assembly session is underway, which means that Charlottesville Daily Progress political reporter Bob Gibson is commuting each day to Richmond. He phones in from the road to join Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about what has happened so far.
Topics include:
Democrats unhappy with bill limit set to take effect for [...]
Filed in: Virginia politics
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