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Closing Fast on Nov. 5

How many of the following names do you recognize? Robert Sarvis... Terry McAuliffe.... Ken Cuccinelli... Mark Obenshain... Mark Herring... Ralph Northam... E.W. Jackson.

They will all be on the statewide ballot just a matter of weeks from now.

And the upcoming election is just one of the political topics we will be covering on this update.

Guests:
Anita Kumar - White House Correspondent, McClatchy Newspapers.

Robert North Roberts, J.D., Ph.D. -  Government Policy Specialist.  Author of numerous books on American politics, among them; Ethics in U.S. Government (Greenwood), The Public Integrity Wars (Praeger), Public Journalism and Political Knowledge (Rowman & Littlefield), and Encyclopedia of Presidential Campaigns (Greenwood).  Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, James Madison University.

Additional Contributors:

Rick Castaneda - Immigrant rights activist affiliated with Virginia Organizing.

Mark Herring - Democratic candidate for Virginia Attorney General.

Mark Obenshain - Republican candidate for Virginia Attorney General.

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.