Updated: 10:52 PM Mitt Romney's campaign is finalizing plans for a multistate bus tour to begin late next week.

Updated: 6:51 AM A federal judge has struck down a Virginia law that allows only state residents to circulate petitions to get presidential candidates on the general election ballot.

Updated: 6:53 AM President Barack Obama's re-election effort is paying close attention to two candidates mounting third-party campaigns for the presidency, believing they could draw votes from Republican rival Mitt Romney and help Obama win a few tightly contested states.

Updated: 7:15 PM There's an app for everything these days and for politics, there are thousands.

Posted: 2:09 PM A Huntington woman is entering the governor's race as a write-in candidate.

Updated: 7:06 PM A new poll shows that most Americans do not like political ads.

Updated: 10:45 PM A former Virginia congressman says writing his name on the November ballot for president in North Carolina wouldn't be a wasted vote because he's offering alternative policies to those of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

Updated: 7:43 PM Across the state, many voters have received voter registration forms addressed to dead relatives or even their pets. As you can imagine, this is causing a lot of confusion.

Posted: 2:13 PM The State Board of Elections says mass emails are falsely claiming that voters have to re-register if they haven't voted since the 2008 general election.

Updated: 1:26 AM YouTube is becoming a popular website to get news videos. The Pew Research Center for Excellence in Journalism completed a study that shows how people are finding their news in more interactive ways.

Posted: 2:11 PM Virginia and West Virginia are being recognized for their efforts to protect and promote veterans' voting rights.

Updated: 10:45 PM Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling has built an early fundraising edge over his rival for next year's Republican gubernatorial nomination, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

Posted: 2:50 PM First Lady Michelle Obama will pick up where her husband left off in Virginia with campaign stops scheduled in Charlottesville and Fredericksburg on Friday.

Posted: 4:25 PM VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani told veterans in Virginia Beach that President Barack Obama wants to eliminate jobs in Virginia through defense spending cuts.

Updated: 10:39 PM Democrat Tim Kaine is outraising his Republican opponent, George Allen, in Virginia's Senate race, but a conservative outside group is stepping to Allen's aid with $1.1 million in new television ads attacking Kaine as a big spender

Updated: 10:51 PM The storms that battered West Virginia have the state's Democrats postponing their main annual fundraising event.

Posted: 2:11 PM Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will campaign for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney in Virginia this week ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the state.

Updated: 8:01 PM The "Your Money, Your Values, Your Vote" bus tour stopped in Harrisonburg Friday.

Posted: 10:55 PM Gov. Bob McDonnell landed one of the key leadership roles at next month's Republican National Convention.

Updated: 7:16 PM Republican candidates will be listed first on Virginia ballots for the General Election in November.

Updated: 11:23 AM A Salem heavy equipment company is preparing for a campaign visit from Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.

Posted: 8:04 PM Rep. Bob Goodlatte has easily won the Republican nomination for a 12th term in Congress over a little-known challenger in rural western Virginia's 6th District.

Updated: 7:57 PM The Republican Primary was underway in Virginia on Tuesday. People went to the polls to vote for who they wanted to see on November's ballot.

Updated: 8:48 PM Tuesday, candidates for Congress and Senate will face off in Virginia's Republican primary election.

Posted: 4:30 PM This is a list of candidates in our area for the June 2012 primary.