Today in the VA 7th district republican primary, insurgent "tea party" candidate Dave Brat defeated "establishment" House Majority Leader Eric Cantor by a tally of 55.55% to 45.45%. The political shock-waves of this upset will likely be rippling across the state for weeks to come. Although this win is unusual in the context of incumbent [...]
VOTE! 7th District Congressional Primary Tuesday, June 10th, 6am-7pm Normal Polling Places Tuesday is Primary Day in the 7th Congressional District! We encourage you to learn about the candidates and exercise your right to vote. The winner is likely to be your next congressman, since there is no other challenger. America has been trending [...]
The debate on how to proceed on changing/fixing immigration policy has come to the forefront in the 7th district congressional race between House Leader Eric Cantor and challenger Dave Brat. As this debate will have a profound impact on the economy and how we view adherence to the rule of law, it's important that voters [...]
Its official...Shak Hill has has just conceded the race to Ed Gillespie. Gillespie will be the republican candidate in the US Senate race against democrat Mark Warner in November. GOP Candidate for Senate Ed Gillespie and his Family
The Republican Party of Virginia has its convention today in Roanoke to select the republican candidate for US Senate. The big story here is the race between "grassroots" candidate Shak Hill and "establishment" candidate Ed Gillespie. For live-blogging updates from Roanoke, you can visit: TheBullElephant.com live coverage BearingDrift.com [...]
News contributor Laura Ingraham is coming to Richmond this Tuesday to join Dave Brat for a rally in Eric Cantor's own neighborhood - the Dominion Country Club. Laura is a principled conservative that is an outspoken advocate against amnesty for illegal aliens and for the American worker. Alan Keyes and Shak Hill will also be [...]
Thursday evening we had our monthly meeting, with the main event topic being an overview of the Virginia Republican party (structure, makeup, etc). We started off the meeting with the general updates from Executive Director Larry Nordvig, followed by quick updates from any candidates or campaign representatives in attendance. Next, we went to board of [...]
Where: Our offices at Greatspace 10825 Midlothian Turnpike North Chesterfield, VA 23235 When: 7-8:30pm [column col="1/2"] "Get to Know The Republican Party of Virginia" "What does a Precinct Captain do?" "Who's on the State Central Committee?" "What's the best way to contact my Rep?" "Could the Tea Party really exert influence within the GOP?" Our [...]
Today in the election for VA 7th District GOP Chairman (House Leader Eric Cantor's District), tea party challenger Fred Gruber defeated incumbent GOP veteran Linwood Cobb. This one wasn't supposed to be close, as Cobb had the backing of the republican party insiders, and was considered to be safe from challenge. More on vote totals [...]
It's widely accepted that the default WordPress website comment system is not very robust, and requires each user to register for every site where commenting is desired. Over the last few years, a third-party comment system named "Disqus" has become very popular, with sites like Breitbart, The Daily Caller, and Virginia's own The Bull Elephant [...]
The Obama economy continues to decline, as these stark new numbers indicate. Bad economic policies accompanied by harsh regulation is strangling businesses, resulting in stunted (or no) growth. Major retail chains are downsizing or completely failing, all while you see the product sizes shrink for the items you purchase every day (while the prices of [...]
Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, spoke at our monthly meeting on April 24th. He discussed immigration policy and shared insight into the "back room" efforts underway to pass an amnesty bill. Below is a video from our YouTube channel. Photos from the meeting:
