Voters stream to polls this morning in Fishersville as morning breaks

Bridgewater College history and political science professor David McQuilkin saw a shift in Shenandoah Valley politics during the heated Democratic primary campaign between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama earlier this year.

STAUNTON — Republican Jim Gilmore says despite being behind in the polls and in fund-raising a few days before the U.S. Senate election race against Democrat Mark Warner, his run for the office has been an enjoyable one.

Del. Chris Saxman will spend the final days of the presidential race accompanying former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee across Southwest Virginia and likely joining Republican nominee John McCain on a last-minute weekend tour of the Old Dominion.

HARRISONBURG — The woman whose son could be the next president of the United States said Wednesday he was a born leader.

A national voter-protection organization Monday sued Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and other top Virginia election officials on behalf of the Virginia State Conference NAACP.

Democratic candidate holds wide lead over Republican Gilmore

The Virginia State Board of Elections said Saturday there is a problem with 100 federal write-in absentee ballots for the November election because the ballots lack necessary witness information.

Bring your patience and ID’s, but leave behind any campaign outerwear on Nov. 4.

Giving the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department temporary authority over the lurching economy could pull it from the brink, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden declared Saturday from the campaign trail.

Campaign season is heating up and it’s not even Labor Day yet.

For some Virginians, the presidential battle began Tuesday night at a music club on Broad Street in Richmond.

The News Virginian and NBC29 are co-sponsoring a City Council candidates forum tonight at the Kate Collins Middle School auditorium.