Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain are coming to Virginia to help their parties’ candidates for governor.

The much-debated Fifth Street roundabout was officially opened Friday, a milestone hailed as the dawn of a new day for this once-vibrant city corridor.

Sen. John McCain isn’t committing to supporting his vice presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, if she runs for president in 2012.

A Madison County woman will not be prosecuted for wearing a political T-shirt to the polls during November’s election.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)—President-elect Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a symbolic triumph that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states that President Bush won in 2004 to Democratic blue.

WASHINGTON - North Carolina more than lived up to the battleground hype this year. But will it keep that swing state label in future presidential elections?

Lynchburg’s historically black neighborhoods turned out in stronger than usual force on Election Day, but still failed to keep pace with other parts of the city when it came to voter turnout, according to preliminary data from the registrar’s office.

With a gracious nod to Barack Obama, John McCain acknowledged defeat and urged his supporters to move beyond partisan differences to put country first - an echo of his campaign theme.

His storied election behind him and weighty problems in his face, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to the task of building an administration in times of crisis as Americans and the world absorbed his history-shattering achievement as the first black leader ascending to the presidency.

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain battled for the White House on Tuesday in an election that challenged attitudes about race as surely as it gauged sentiments about the battered economy and the war in Iraq.

Election turnout has been so heavy in the Lynchburg area today that many voter registrars have been too busy to check on how heavy it really is.

A federal judge has ordered election officials in Virginia to preserve late-arriving absentee ballots that Republican John McCain’s campaign claims should be counted.

Virginia today could complete its transformation from reliable Republican redoubt to competitive presidential battleground.

John McCain yesterday made a last pitch to Southwest Virginia voters, urging several thousand supporters to keep battleground Virginia in the Republican column today.

MANASSAS - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama saved his biggest Virginia rally for last—bringing out more than 85,000 people to the Prince William County Fairgrounds on the eve of Election Day.