Article Photos: Summer's last holiday sees campaigns throttle up



  Chip Cash talks with his grandmother Vivian Cash on her front porch in Buena Vista, Va. on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Vivian said she planned to watch the whole parade, hoping for a kiss on the cheek from Sen. Mark Warner. "I don't love the signs, but you're gonna have 'em," said Cash about the campaign signs in front of her house. "I don't want to have them in my yard, but that's close enough." The parade is the first big political event of the season in the Shenandoah Valley. (AP Photo/The Daily News Leader, Pat Jarrett)

Chip Cash talks with his grandmother Vivian Cash on her front porch in Buena Vista, Va. on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Vivian said she planned to watch the whole parade, hoping for a kiss on the cheek from Sen. Mark Warner. "I don't love the signs, but you're gonna have 'em," said Cash about the campaign signs in front of her house. "I don't want to have them in my yard, but that's close enough." The parade is the first big political event of the season in the Shenandoah Valley. (AP Photo/The Daily News Leader, Pat Jarrett)