Virginia Senate Race

Mark Warner v. Jim Gilmore

Today at Votimus we are featuring the Virgina senate race. Virginia has been considered a Republican state for a long time, especially in terms of presidential votes, but in recent years, there has been movement toward the Democratic column - partly because that has been the national trend and partly because of demographic shifts, especially in Northern Virigina where many northeasterners and others from around the country have settled.

Tim Kaine, the current governor, who also happens to be on the vice presidential candidate shortlist, is a democrat, and his predecessor, Mark Warner is also a democrat. Mark Warner was once considered a possible presidential candidate, but he decided to run for U.S. Senate instead. He is a rising star and has a very good chance of winning his race against another former governor of Virginia, Republican Jim Gilmore, III.

Democrats are feeling so good about Virginia these days that they have decided to also invest in House races this year. In fact, the DCCC just announced that they are going to invest in Judy Feder, who is running against Congressman Frank Wolf in Northern Virginia, and Tom Perriello, who is runninng against Congressman Virgil Goode in the southern Virginia. Apparently, Feder and Perriello exceeded fundraising goals and so are making those races more of a fight. Goode is a very conservative represenatative and Wolf is known for having brought funding to Northern Virginia to fight its gang problem.