Six of the seven candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the House of Representatives in Virginia's Fifth Congressional District debated in Charlottesville on January 22. This blog post includes a report plus video of the complete candidates' forum. Virginia's 5th CD is now represented by Democrat Tom Perriello. The debate was sponsored by the Lynchburg and Jefferson Area Tea Parties.

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's U.S. Senate trial drilled deep into the details of the recount itself on Wednesday, with a lawyer for Republican Norm Coleman grilling a state election official on why some rejected absentee ballots were counted and some were not.

Longtime incumbent William Jefferson loses his re-election race to Vietnamese-American Joseph Cao (a Republican) in Louisiana. Includes rare photo of Jefferson with Ambassador Joseph Wilson.

We are impressed by America’s solidarity in this election event. America was brilliant and convicted as they made their selection. There were no issues with falling chads or other nonsense that could have clouded the result. America made its voice heard loud and clear to the entire world. Those that voted for Obama should commend themselves for having the insight and hope America needs.

As an election official in Charlottesville, Virginia, I was able to scoop the MSM on the write-in votes cast in the city. I also have photos from around the city on Election Day 2008.