Say recount and most people instantly think of hanging chads and mass confusion.

Attorneys for the six-term incumbent filed a petition Tuesday in Albermarle County Circuit Court requesting the recount

With three Democrats lining up to run for Virginia governor next fall, neither candidate should expect a holiday endorsement from the current occupant of the Executive Mansion.

At his victory party in Danville Monday night, Tom Perriello reacts to Virgil Goode’s decision to file for a recount. Goode will ask for a recount today.

The State Board of Elections certified Perriello as the winner by 745 votes.  Goode cites 3,200 votes changing since election night.

Results from the November 4 election still are not official for the 5th district race in Virginia, but Tom Perriello says he wants to get things moving.

The Senate Finance Committee of the Virginia General Assembly is projecting a budget shortfall of at least $3.2 billion for the 2008-10 biennial budget—an even bleaker projection than the $2.5 billion Gov. Timothy M. Kaine had forecast previously

The top elected officials of Virginia were in Washington, DC on Thursday to show solidarity as they protected Virginia’s military interests.

Republicans are lining up to run for attorney general. The latest entry is Dave Foster, who is making a statewide announcement tour with stops in Richmond, Roanoke, Danville, Lynchburg, and Martinsville to name a few.

Dave Foster of Arlington, a litigator with a national law firm and a former member of the Arlington County School Board, announced his candidacy

Cantor is the first Virginian to hold the post in either party

Options on the table, include slashing payments to health-care providers; and enlarging class sizes and reducing payments to local school boards.

Now that the dust is settling on this year’s election, candidates running in next year’s Virginia governor’s race are prepping for an intense statewide race.

Warner’s choice is Luke Albee, a political consulant who previously spent 11 years as chief of staff to Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont

Facing a haggard economy, rural governments across the state are reaching deep into their bag of tricks to find ways—sometimes novel ones—to save dollars

“They have us down as the New Member. And we got the official congressional Blackberry,“ Perriello said while waiting for other new members to pose for the incoming class photo

Virginia’s voter turnout set a record in the 2008 presidential election, but for all the attention given to this battleground state, the percentage was not much higher than in 2004. The state’s lowest voter turnout came in Southwest Virginia, where several localities dipped below 60 percent.

Democrat Tom Perriello is proceeding with preparing to take over as 5th district Congressman from Republican incumbent Virgil Goode, even though a recount is likely pending in the race

No matter who wins in 2009, Virginia’s next governor likely will confront the prospect of drilling for oil and gas off the coast of the commonwealth

“I thought about it and talked to president-elect,’’ Kaine said in between stops in Augusta County and Staunton as part of Cabinet Community Day. “I’ve got a commitment and I should serve my full term.’’

Webb is asking inaugural officials for a little help

Kaine said the issues would be his main focus next year, adding that he expects President-elect Barack Obama will make them among his top concerns when he takes office in January

The fate of the uncounted military ballots will be decided at a court hearing Monday in Richmond

Last week the commonwealth’s Democratic Party Chair, Dick Cranwell, called Tom Perriello the winner.

Terry McAuliffe’s apparent bid for Virginia governor may be the political equivalent of a strip tease

Patrick Muldoon of Pearisburg has paid the filing fee to be a candidate for the nomination

An error in tabulating absentee ballots in Pittsylvania County gave Congressman Virgil Goode 407 additional votes, but still not enough to overcome Democratic challenger Tom Perriello

Perriello claims victory in Martinsville.  Goode says he will not concede race.

Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri is stepping down as the No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, apparently clearing the way for Virginia Rep. Eric I. Cantor

The Roanoke lawyer is running for the Democratic nomination for Virginia Attorney General in 2009