After a day of campaigning in Virginia, Barack Obama is overnighting in Richmond tonight as the guest of Gov. Tim Kaine, Politico has learned from Old Dominion sources.

So, is it a consolation prize for the young veep …

John McCain has overtaken Barack Obama in the presidential race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released Wednesday morning.

McCain leads Obama 46 to 41 percent among likely voters, which the poll found is outside the margin of error. …

Her first name is Joan. Her last name is a mystery.

“We consider that a corporate secret,” said Fred Davis III, chairman of Strategic Perception, Inc., the Hollywood-based company that has been making John McCain’s ads.

Amidst the …

He clashed with their leaders in his 2000 campaign. He struggled to gain their votes during the 2008 primaries. And he still doesn’t spend much time talking about the issues they consider most important.

But after Saturday night’s …

Nearly 54 years into his tenure as a member of the House of Representatives, there’s just one thing John Dingell doesn’t want to discuss: how much longer he plans to hang around.

But the Michigan Democrat, who turned 82 …

Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh was among the most loyal of surrogates for Hillary Rodham Clinton in his state’s May primary — a companionable former governor who had a knack for making Clinton laugh.

Yet on a chaotic election …