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Jan. 11 set for special election to fill Griffith’s seat

By Meg Hibbert

SALEM – A special election to fill Salem Delegate H. Morgan Griffith’s seat representing Salem and part of Roanoke County will be Jan. 11, scheduled by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. The governor’s office issued a press release today, setting the January date to fill both the seat of Griffith, who was elected to 9th District... »

Mock election has clerk candidates Oliver, Snider tied

By Gwen Johnson

CRAIG COUNTY – The election results are in for a mock election held Friday at Craig County High School – and the students pretty well predicted it. Paper ballots were passed out to all 240 high school students. Of those, 166 students voted in the mock election, giving the high school a 70 percent voter... »

Griffith will run for Congress

By Meg Hibbert

RICHMOND – Salem Delegate H. Morgan Griffith will be running for Congress. With two weeks to go for this year’s session of the Virginia General Assembly, Griffith issued a statement Feb. 26 confirming his intent to seek the Republican nomination for the 9th District seat now held by Democrat Rick Boucher of Abingdon. Griffith also filed... »