Recent Press Releases
Delegate Ward Armstrong has received an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA) in the race for the 9th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Delegate Armstrong has consistently been endorsed by the NRA and has received "A" ratings every legislative cycle since first taking office in the House of Delegates in 1992.
Delegate Ward Armstrong has received the endorsement of the Virginia Professional Fire Fighters (VPFF) in the race for the 9th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Delegate Ward Armstrong has received the endorsement of the Virginia Small Business Partnership (VSBP) in the race for the 9th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Today Delegate Ward Armstrong called for the General Assembly to freeze electric rates until the Legislature passes meaningful reform of Virginia's electric utility regulation and restores fairness to electric rates. A rate freeze would provide necessary relief to both residential and business customers throughout the Commonwealth.
"It is ironic that Charles Poindexter chose to attack me for failing to support funding for Route 58 and the Hillsville Bypass when the very funding for the construction of the Bypass was placed into the budget at my personal request of Governor Tim Kaine," said Armstrong. "You can't get your facts much more wrong than that."
Delegate Ward Armstrong has received the endorsement of the Virginia Education Association (VEA) in the race for the 9th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.
AEP, Appalachian Power's parent company, announced its second quarter earnings last week. Revenues for the company rose nearly 6%.
Charles Poindexter filled his campaign coffers this quarter with funds from top Richmond politicians that almost exactly matched the amounts donated to those politicians from investor-owned electric utilities, Appalachian Power and Dominion Power.
At an Assembled Caucus in Rocky Mount on Thursday evening, Democrats nominated Delegate Ward L. Armstrong as their candidate for the 9th House of Delegates District. Armstrong was selected unanimously.
Delegate Ward Armstrong renewed his call for reforms to the Tobacco Commission today in the wake of a report issued by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) evaluating the performance of the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission (TICR). The report mirrored many of the same concerns and recommendations of a Blue Ribbon Panel chaired by Governor Baliles in 2008.