International elections monitors are heading to the U.S. for this year's general election, and some of them could end up in Virginia due to the state's changed voter ID laws. 

A contractor working for the Virginia Republican Party is facing 13 felony and misdemeanor counts for allegedly destroying registration forms of voters who weren't Republican.

Virginia voters will decide next month whether to add protections against eminent domain to the commonwealth's constitution. Nowhere are the implications more obvious than the Alexandria waterfront.

What to do about looming across-the-board budget cuts and a swath of tax cuts set to expire in January has been the main hot topic on the campaign trail for Senate candidates Tim Kaine and George Allen.

At a candidates forum this week, Alexandria mayor Bill Euille and challenger Andrew Macdonald sparred over the latter being a "team player" and whether that was a necessary quality for the office.

A small change to Virginia law has changed the campaign landscape in Fairfax County in 2012; gone are the ubiquitious campaign signs that used to fill medians and other public property. 

Both political parties were out in force in Virginia this weekend in advance of today's voter registration deadline. Mailed applications must be postmarked by today's date, Oct. 15, or voters can register in person until 4:30 p.m. 

Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker (D) joins us in the studio.

Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D) hangs out with the Politics Hour crew in the studio.

The Columbia Pike streetcar has been the most discussed issue in the campaign for Arlington County Board  — and the $250 million project doesn't have many staunch supporters among this year's candidates.