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 | 05/16/13 07:00 PM
Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli promised Thursday that battling President Obama over environmental policies would be a cornerstone of his energy agenda. Speaking at a power line manufacturer in the Virginia-Tennessee border town of Bristol, Cuccinelli...
By Steve Contorno | 05/16/13 06:25 PM
Republicans from across Virginia will gather in Richmond this weekend to officially anoint Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli as the party's nominee for governor and pick the rest of the ticket he will lead this fall. For Cuccinelli, the moment is more than a year and a half in the making, the...
By Steve Contorno | 05/15/13 05:20 PM
Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced plans on Wednesday to recruit and support "mainstream" Republicans to run for office in yet another move that undercuts his former rival, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Bolling, a one-time Republican candidate for governor, launched the Virginia...
By Steve Contorno | 05/15/13 05:00 PM
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recused his office Wednesday from representing Gov. Bob McDonnell in the state's case against executive mansion chef Todd Schneider. In a letter sent Wednesday, Assistant Attorney General Ellen Porter appointed former state Attorney General Anthony...
By Steve Contorno | 05/15/13 12:20 PM
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's approval rating is at it's lowest point in two years, but it's still at enviable heights, according to a new poll. More importantly for the Republican leader, an FBI investigation into his family's relationship with embattled Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams is...
By Steve Contorno | 05/14/13 05:55 PM
Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli visited a pair of Hampton Roads small businesses Tuesday to trumpet his new jobs plan -- a $1.4 billion income tax cut -- in the face of Democratic attacks against his record on women's health issues. Just days before the Republican nominating...
By Steve Contorno | 05/14/13 01:05 PM
Gov. Bob McDonnell said Monday he wished that one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing wasn't buried last week in a Virginia cemetery, but added there's nothing he can do about it. After a prolonged search to find a cemetery that would accept the remains of Tamerlan Tsarnaev,...
By Steve Contorno | 05/13/13 07:35 PM
A handful of Northern Virginia House of Delegates races are being targeted by a national Democratic group as the starting point for its ambitious plans to win back state legislatures that are now in Republican hands. To bolster Republican chances in some of those races, former Gov. George...
By Steve Contorno | 05/13/13 11:40 AM
Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is putting the $1.4 billion tax cut he proposed front and center of his gubernatorial campaign in Virginia with a new television ad that began airing Monday. Cuccinelli's second ad of the race features the Republican candidate boasting that the...
By Steve Contorno | 05/12/13 10:55 PM
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Monday will ceremoniously sign into law the signature legislative achievement of his four-year term: a historic transportation funding package that will raise taxes to pay for much-needed roadwork on the state's congested highways. The Republican leader will sign...
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