Steve Contorno is a Congressional correspondent for the Washington Examiner. He joined the Examiner in 2011 to cover Virginia politics after writing on state and local government for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contorno holds a bachelor's degree in news-editorial journalism from the University of Illinois and has a master's in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield.
By Steve Contorno | 06/05/13 07:00 PM
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli alleged Wednesday that he is the latest victim of the ongoing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service and that the agency is withholding millions of dollars owed to the state as a political punishment. The accusations stem from a $1.5 billion settlement...
By Steve Contorno | 06/04/13 09:05 PM
Dueling websites dedicated to bashing both of Virginia's gubernatorial candidates popped up Tuesday as Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe and their allies take their heated campaign to the World Wide Web. Cuccinelli, the state's attorney general, unveiled...
By Steve Contorno | 06/03/13 08:55 PM
The national Republican and Democratic parties pumped more money into the Virginia governor's race than the candidates raised themselves over the past two months, campaign finance reports released Monday show. Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a former national party chairman, took in $3.7 million...
By Steve Contorno | 06/02/13 06:45 PM
Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe spent May introducing themselves to Virginia voters with warm and fuzzy campaign ads and populous policy pitches. But heading into June, the candidates for governor are largely disliked by voters, an increasing number of whom now say they...
By Steve Contorno | 05/30/13 08:30 PM
RICHMOND -- Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe on Thursday used a public forum on transparency in politics to discredit each others' gubernatorial campaigns as ethically suspect. The two candidates for Virginia governor made separate appearances at the annual event...
By Steve Contorno | 05/29/13 07:40 PM
The Republican Party's pick for lieutenant governor, Chesapeake Pastor E.W. Jackson, may have invigorated the party's conservative base, but it has slowed Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's effort to refocus his gubernatorial bid from divisive social issues to jobs. In the 11 days since Jackson...
By Steve Contorno | 05/28/13 08:20 PM
Virginia Democrats on Tuesday accused Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli of flip-flopping after the gubernatorial candidate unveiled proposals to restore voting rights of nonviolent felons, an initiative he once claimed only created more Democratic voters. As a state senator,...
By Steve Contorno | 05/19/13 05:35 PM
Nash is an associate professor of photography at Lesley University's Art Institute of Boston and director of "16 Photographs at Ohrdruf," a documentary about the first Nazi concentration camp liberated by U.S. troops. The film won the Founder's Choice Award at last weekend's GI Film Festival in...
By Steve Contorno | 05/19/13 02:05 AM
RICHMOND -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli officially accepted the Republican nomination for governor Saturday and immediately questioned whether his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, had the credentials needed to handle the state's top job. Thousands of diehard conservatives...
By Steve Contorno | 05/17/13 11:20 PM
RICHMOND, Va. – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled to Virginia Friday to bolster the gubernatorial campaign of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and to introduce himself to voters in what is likely to be a critical swing state in the 2016 presidential election. Jindal was the keynote speaker...
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