History says: when Virginia votes, the nation should pay attention. The Commonwealth’s elections have long been a preview of ...

Former Gov. Wilder calls new VCU poll a “wake-up call” as Democrats’ leads shrink in key 2025 races, with GOP gains in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is accusing the state’s library agency of racism. Wilder, the nation’s and commonwealth’s first elected Black governor, claims his ...

Barack Obama has a sizable lead over Sen. John McCain, polls show, but those numbers could be deceiving if the "Bradley effect" comes into play. The Bradley effect is named after former Los Angeles ...

Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Government and Public Affairs released data Tuesday showing that Democratic ...

User-Created Clip by tgrane September 28, 2017 2017-09-28T08:04:11-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/be6/20170928080502001_hd.jpgFormer Virginia Governor Douglas ...

Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor, is backing off plans for a quick endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and is remaining neutral for now. This ...

On January 13th, 1990, the grandson of slaves was sworn in as the governor of Virginia in Richmond -- the capital of the Confederacy. Douglas Wilder became the first black elected governor of an ...

Former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder kissed a 20-year-old student at Virginia Commonwealth University without her consent, according to an investigation conducted by an outside attorney hired by ...

Ten years ago this month, Douglas Wilder became Virginia’s – and the nation’s – first elected black governor. In the six years since his term ended, the often fiery, always erudite politician has ...

RICHMOND, Va. — L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, who made history as the nation’s first elected black governor, is preparing to campaign aggressively for Barack Obama, and predicted in an interview that ...

Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder answers to no one. He has always been truly independent, which makes him a problem inside the Democratic Party. Long before Barack Obama was spinning fairy tales ...