tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29332235018931872892011-06-08T02:29:13.323-04:00Nicolenoreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2933223501893187289.post-39199889097111207562007-11-07T00:00:00.000-05:002007-11-07T00:01:11.255-05:00

Well, we've uploaded our final version of the Rockbridge Report Web site election night edition. There may be some tweaks tomorrow (such as the addition of podcasts of the broadcasts), but it will pretty much stay the same.See you next year!

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The final broadcast of tonight's Rockbridge Report election coverage is now on Cable Channel 18. If you're out of the area, don't worry -- we'll offer both broadcasts for download via the Web site.

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We're busy updating the Web site for our second launch and prepping for the second broadcast, but the results are in.Three of the five supervisors have been unseated, two by large margins. Hanger is still the State Senator for the 24th district, with Cox in second and Sime receiving less than 100 votes.For more information, tune into the Rockbridge Report's Channel 18 broadcast at 10 p.m.

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Results from both the statewide and local races are starting to trickle in. Check out the Virginia State Board of Elections' unofficial results for local and statewide races.

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Tune in now to Cable Channel 18 in Lexington to watch the Rockbridge Report special election night coverage live with anchors Kristi Williams and Elliott Walker. We'll post the broadcast in podcast format online later tonight.

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Production Assistant Jacob Geiger helped secure an interview with Bob Gibson:On our 10 p.m. newscast we’ll be talking to Bob Gibson, the long-time reporter with the Daily Progress in Charlottesville. Gibson has been covering the state house for years, and we’re hoping he can help us interpret the returns and predict which party will control the state Senate and House of Delegates.Also on our 10

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Reporter Queenie Wong writes about covering the sheriff's race:Rockbridge County Sheriff Bob Day fires his opponent, former Deputy Robert Clark, when he finds out Clark plans to run against him in the upcoming election.Its a great story -- nobody on The Rockbridge Report could deny that . But as an outsider looking in, it was difficult for me to filter all the rumors and hearsay circulating about

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Election Editor Julie von Sternberg just completed an interview with Delegate Ben Cline. Cline is hosting a party tonight to celebrate the election. He feels confident that Emmett Hanger will hold onto his senate seat. Tune into our broadcast on channel 18 to hear the Cline interview in its entirety. Also, we will interview Cline again later in the night as election results are released.

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One of tonight's anchors, Elliott Walker, spoke earlier with one of the Rockbridge Area's "more eclectic citizens" about local politics:As the deadline for voting in this year's races drew to a close, I sat down to chat with one of Lexington’s more eclectic citizens about the elections. Doug Harwood is the well-known editor of the Rockbridge Advocate. He came into The Rockbridge Report's studio

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Rockbridge Report Production Assistant Jacob Geiger enjoys writing about the weather. Here's his take on how it affected today's turnout at the polls:If Rockbridge County voters don’t go to the polls today, they won’t be able to blame the weather. Skies were sunny today, though temperatures never got much higher than 50 degrees.During last year’s national elections voters turned out in force

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Julie von Sternberg, the Rockbridge Report elections reporter, had this to say about her recent interview with Creigh Deeds:Sen. Creigh Deeds, who is running unopposed in District 25, came to Washington & Lee on Election Day to speak about the neighboring 24th District State Senate race and its influence on national politics.In District 24 Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger is being challenged by

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I just spent some time watching reporter Julie von Sternberg interview Creigh Deeds (D), the Virginia State Senator from the 25th district. The district includes part of Rockbridge County and Buena Vista.Von Sternberg and Deeds discussed how the state's Democratic party has a chance to take control of both the House of Delegates and the Senate as well as the three-way race for the 24th district

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