Snowden Hills resident was recently elected chair of Fredericksburg City School Board.
Rowe announces candidacy for Fredericksburg City Council, pledges to ‘put Ward 1 on the map’
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Food for thought: Vindman talks bipartisanship while volunteering at area charity
The freshman Democratic congressman was sworn in earlier this month.
Milde announces plans to seek re-election in the 64th District
Former Stafford supervisor defeated Leonard Lacey for the seat in 2023.
House Speaker Scott hops on Cole(s) train at event in Fredericksburg
Del. Joshua Cole is seeking re-election in the 65th District; Spotsylvania School Board Vice Chair Nicole Cole seeks seat in 66th District.
Del. Joshua Cole to seek re-election to 65th District
Democrat, who represents Fredericksburg, will host launch party featuring speaker of the house Don Scott.
Spanberger reflects on time in Congress, looks ahead to gubernatorial run
As she prepares to leave Congress, the Democrat looks back at legislative achievements, hurdles.
Milde to introduce vaping bill after previous legislation left law enforcement agencies fuming
Milde’s legislation would impose civil penalties on anyone under 21 who possesses retail tobacco and hemp products.
Constitutional amendment gets a vote of confidence at Restoration of Rights Forum
HJ 2, which would automatically restore felons’ right to vote, passed the House of Delegates Committee on Privileges and Elections on a party line vote Wednesday.
All aboard the democracy train, er, trolley
UMW Votes program offered free transportation to students on Election Day.
King George voters support bond referendum for new elementary school
Bowling Green elects new mayor and four town council members; Port Royal elects town council.
Voter turnout in Fredericksburg region down from 2020 levels
Registrars in Fredericksburg and in Stafford and King George counties said their offices saw fewer voters than they did four years prior.
Democrat Vindman staves off Anderson to claim victory in Virginia’s 7th district
The race was decided by just over 8,000 votes with 342,423 total ballots cast, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.
Democrat Tim Kaine fends off GOP challenger Cao to win a 3rd term to the US Senate
The Commonwealth hasn’t elected a Republican to the upper chamber since 2002.
Voters turn out at the polls with concerns including abortion, inflation
Turnout big on both sides of the aisle; minor technical glitch in White Oak resolved without issue.
For local Electoral Board chair, democracy is in the details
In 2023, Fredericksburg had the fifth-highest total of provisional ballots of any locality in Virginia.
PHOTOS: Election Day across the Fredericksburg region
These first-time voters found the ballot box — eventually
The young and not-so-young experienced civic firsts on Tuesday.
Election Day 2024: Live coverage with the Fredericksburg Free Press
Here, you’ll find updates from polling places across the region, live reports from the Derrick Anderson and Eugene Vindman camps in the evening, and interviews with local pols-in-the-know to help put results into context.
Podcast: Coffee shop talk with UMW’s Stephen Farnsworth
The Director of UMW’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies and area’s preeminent political scientist, sat down for a conversation over locally-roasted coffee.
Supreme Court’s conservative justices allow Virginia to resume purge of voter registrations
Appeal to high court was launched after a federal judge found that the state illegally purged more than 1,600 voter registrations in the past two months.
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