Politics

Straw Poll Results and Photos from the Debate

By |2019-05-11T16:11:46-04:00April 22nd, 2017|Categories: Blog, Elections, Events, Featured, Government, Media, News, Photos, Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

A huge thanks to all attendees, candidates, sponsors, and volunteers who made the debate a success today! **A very special thanks to Goochland High School’s Young Conservative Club for their assistance with the debate! We wanted to share the results from the straw poll conducted during the debate, and to offer some photos from the auditorium (please feel free to grab/download and use however you wish). Straw Poll Results: Governor Lt. Governor Ed Gillespie - 125 Corey Stewart - [...]

Announcing our 2017 Grassroots Debate!

By |2019-05-11T16:11:46-04:00March 18th, 2017|Categories: Action Alerts, Blog, Elections, Events, Featured, Government, News, Politics|Tags: , , |

Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation is excited to announce that we are sponsoring a debate for the 2017 Republican candidates for Governor & Lieutenant Governor on one day in one location! Please visit the EVENT PAGE for all of the event details. April 22nd 2017 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Goochland High School 3250 River Rd W Goochland, VA 23063 **Doors open at 12 noon, and Admission is FREE!** Learn More

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Cocktails at 5:00 Anyone?

By |2019-05-11T16:11:49-04:00December 7th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Featured, Politics|Tags: , |

Republicans have much to celebrate after the YUGE win November 8th. Grassroots groups, TEA Partiers and conservative activists everywhere are getting even higher as President-elect Trump shows with (most of) his choices for cabinet positions that he will be doing exactly what he promised on the campaign trail. Can this be? Yes, it could, since The Donald is not really a politician, he’s a business man getting down to business. So it’s time for Virginia Republicans to celebrate the future [...]

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Delegate Rob Bell Exits 2017 Attorney General Race

By |2019-05-11T16:11:49-04:00November 21st, 2016|Categories: Blog, Elections, Featured, Government, News, Politics|Tags: , |

Today in a news release citing family concerns, Delegate Rob Bell officially withdrew from the Attorney General race for 2017. Dear Friends, Now that the 2016 election is over, it is time for the 2017 Virginia statewide campaigns to begin in earnest. After careful consideration, I have decided that I will not seek the position of Attorney General. I have spent the last year traveling the state and laying the groundwork for a campaign. However, as you may know, I [...]

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November 2016 Election Recap

By |2019-05-11T16:11:50-04:00November 12th, 2016|Categories: Elections, Featured, Politics|Tags: |

2016’s unprecedented Presidential election is behind us. What happened in Virginia?: President: Hillary Clinton won Virginia with 49.76% of the vote while Donald Trump received 44.97% of the vote. Virginia’s more urban areas were carried by the Democrats while the Republicans carried the more rural areas of the Commonwealth. Congress: Virginia will welcome 3 new Congressional representatives with 1 seat switching from Republican to Democrat. 1st Congressional District – Incumbent Rob Wittman (R) won his race with 60.7% of the vote [...]

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Liberty Farm Festival this Saturday!

By |2019-05-11T16:11:50-04:00September 5th, 2016|Categories: Action Alerts, Blog, Elections, Events, Featured, News, Politics|

This coming Saturday is the day…Liberty Farm Festival! The VTP invites you to a farm fall harvest festival in the beautiful town of Paris, VA this weekend! The festival will be held on Martha Boneta’s farm, and will feature all kinds of activities for the entire family, as well as numerous speakers (including various republican candidates for office). Additionally, there will be approximately 25 vendors on-site, with everything from food to jewelry, kitchenware to military surplus. You will not want [...]

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Recap: 5th District Republican Congressional Debate

By |2019-05-11T16:11:51-04:00April 24th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Featured, Media, Photos, Politics|Tags: , , , , |

Wednesday, April 20th saw the grassroots come together to create a great event. Through the efforts of the Virginia Tea Party Patriot Federation (VTP), with the help of The Bull Elephant and the Young Republicans of Fauquier County, the Republican candidates for the 5th Congressional District were able to express opinions on a wide variety of questions, ranging from our national debt to legalization of marijuana to marriage and right to life issues. The concept of the event was to [...]

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VTP Hosts 5th District Debate April 20th

By |2019-05-11T16:11:51-04:00April 16th, 2016|Categories: Action Alerts, Blog, Elections, Events, Featured, Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

We will join The Fauquier County Young Republicans and the Bull Elephant blog on April 20th at 7PM at the Lane Auditorium in Charlottesville to host a debate between the candidates in the republican 5th District Congressional race. Head on over to the event page for all of the details. Hope to see you there! (RSVP requested on the event page to measure capacity) Please share this far and wide with interested parties.  

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