Mason-Dixon: Kaine leads.

The last Mason-Dixon poll showed Republican Jerry Kilgore up 2% in the governor’s race. Today’s results show Democratic Lt. Governor Tim Kaine up 1%. (Both within the 4% MoE, of course.) But I’ll believe that Kaine’s up — that’s the trend of all polls being conducted right now. The bit of internal evidence for a …

Rick Sincere: There’s a fourth candidate for governor, Lowell Miles Moss of Richmond. And, just in case, he’s also a candidate for lieutenant governor.

Dick Black and David “Poison.”

I don’t care what party this man is in, Del. Dick Black is an embarrassment to Virginia politics. From Black Out 2005: In cable TV ads that started yesterday, an actor deliberately and pronouncedly mispronounces Dick Black’s opponent, David Poisson’s last name as “Poison”. [T]here’s only one explanation for it. Mr. Black actually thinks there …

King Pharmaceuticals fined $124M.

The timing on this sure is a bummer for the Kilgore campaign: The pharmaceutical company founded by a top political donor to gubernatorial candidate Jerry W. Kilgore agreed this week to pay $124.1 million to resolve claims it overcharged the government for drugs. The U.S. Department of Justice released a statement Tuesday saying that King …

Interview about McDonnell money laundering Fri. morning.

I’m going to be on 1260 WCHV‘s “AM Charlottesville” tomorrow morning, from around 8:10am until around 8:50am, talking about the rapidly-unfolding Bob McDonnell money laundering scandal. (See James Grimaldi’s excellent article in today’s Washington Post for the latest revelations. Very impressive work, Mr. Grimaldi!) WCHV doesn’t stream, so it’s only for you local kids.

The Kilgore family.

Some months ago, a friend e-mailed me this delightful photo of the Kilgores — Terry, Willie Mae, and Jerry. I don’t know who took it or when. I think the signature says “Bob Brown,” who is the Richmond Times-Dispatch‘s excellent photojournalist, so I imagine he deserves the credit. For those who have never seen a …

Mary Lane, probably not a felon.

I’ve been following the coverage of this lawsuit against Willie Mae Kilgore, and I’ve seen something in the coverage that annoys me. I’ll pick on Rex Bowman’s piece in today’s RTD: In a suit filed Monday in Scott County Circuit Court, Mary Lane claims Mrs. Kilgore, Scott’s registrar of voters, notified her in October 2003 …