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UpdatedMon, May 3, 2021 at 3:33 pm ET Replies(2) Paul Siker, a business consultant from Loudoun County, is hoping to unseat Del. Dave LaRock (R-33rd), who was stripped of his House Transportation committee assignment in Richmond for seeking to overturn Virginias presidential election results. (Courtesy of Paul Siker) LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — Paul Siker, a Loudoun County businessman, was surprised when Democrats were not lining up to challenge the incumbent member of the House of Delegates. It was...

Cole won’t seek re-election, opening up a GOP stronghold seat in Fredericksburg Updated at March 1, 2021 - Uriah Kiser Delegate Mark Cole, R-Fredericksburg, Stafford Delegate Mark Cole will not seek re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates. The Republican represents the 88th House District, which includes parts of Fauquier, Stafford, and Spotsylvania counties, and Fredericksburg City. Cole thanked his supporters in a letter he penned on Friday, February 27, we wrote to announ...

February 8, 2021 at 9:45am A new bill introduced by VA Del. Ken Plum of the 36th District would repeal mandatory jail sentences for second and subsequent misdemeanor larceny convictions. Under current Virginia law, anyone who is convicted of a second misdemeanor larceny conviction is subjected to a mandatory jail sentence of at least 30 days (but not more than 12 months). A third misdemeanor larceny conviction is a Class 6 felony, punishable with at least a year in jail. Misdemeanor, or petit l...

Democrats staked multiple signs outside the Prince William County Office of Elections in Manassas as absentee in-person voting got underway during the November 3, 2020 General Election. [Uriah Kiser/PLN] A judge in Virginia ordered a permanent ban on accepting ballots without postmarks after Election Day. In a consent order dated January 13, 2021, signed by Judge William W. Eldridge IV, Presiding Judge of the Frederick County Circuit Court, the Virginia Board of Elections agreed to rev...

Stripped of committee assignment, Delegate Cole pushes for voter ID Cole Delegate Mark Cole (R-Spotsylvania, Stafford) was recently removed from the House Privileges and Elections Committee in Richmond after signing his name a letter that cast doubt on the results of the Presidential Election on November 3. In the letter, Cole and two other delegates Dave LaRock, (R-Loudoun) and Ronnie Campbell (R-Rockbridge) urged Vice President Micheal Pence not to certify the results of the election...