Bob is four days into his “New Jobs, More Opportunities” Tour across the Commonwealth and has been met with energized supporters at every stop.
Take a look at the latest campaign photos from the Charlottesville and Petersburg kickoff events.
Bob made a stop at the University of Virginia Tuesday morning as part of his “New Jobs, More Opportunities” Tour.
During this visit, Bob stressed the importance of small businesses and his goal of removing regulatory taxes for these businesses.
To read about Bob’s visit, please click here
Keep checking the blog to get kickoff updates.
Bob had a busy weekend as he traveled around the Commonwealth kicking off his “New Jobs More Opportunities” Tour. On Monday, however, Bob found some time to relax and play music with former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. At a fundraising event in Bristol, the two took the stage and showed off their musical talent. View the footage of the event below:
Didn’t know Bob was that good on the drums did you?
Here are some pictures and video footage from the Tazewell kickoff event.
Former Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee is on the trail with Bob today.
Here’s the first picture of many to come.
Keep checking back for updates!
Bob is currently attending an Economic Roundtable with Delegate Danny Marshall, Delegate Charles Poindexter, and Delegate Don Merricks.
Check out some photos of the event here.
Check back later to see video footage of this event.
Last night Bob reached out to New Media regarding his kickoff campaign. Check out his guest post on The Next Right discussing the campaign.
Former Arkansas governor and republican presidential nominee will be joining the campaign to raise money for Bob, Wavy 10 has more.
Bob held a blogger conderence call yesterday evening, Loudoun Lady has a great write-up covering the call. Bearing Drift also spent time with Bob on the phone and has a podcast from last night up here.
While on the campaign trail, Bob made a surprise visit to a NAACP event in Martinsville, watch a short clip from the event here.
A full video of the speech can be seen below. The video quality is okay but the audio is great.
Head to this thread to leave a question for Bob. He will answer questions and chat with the online community at 7:00 PM ET tonight.
Rough video from Bob’s kickoff in Annandale today. More candid and speech video to come.
6:55 PM - Talking to the crowd after the event.
6:20 PM - Bob on stage speaking.
6:15 PM - Bearing Drift is live blogging this event Make sure to take a look.
6:00 PM - The crowd awaits.
5:55 PM - Bob saying the Pledge at the VA Beach event.
5:50 PM - Here at Virginia Beach. Former Congresswoman Thelma Drake and Congressman Forbes are both here.
4:54 PM - Bob gets ready to load up and leave for VA Beach
4:12 PM - Picture from backstage of Bob speaking. The crowd is huge and excited.
4:05 PM - Bob is talking about his support for offshore drilling
3:47 PM - Crowd gets ready for Bob to speak.
3:41 PM - Getting ready to go on stage now. Here we go!
3:35 PM - Bob backstage, looking over a few things.
3:25 PM - Introductions now. Energetic crowd on hand here in Richmond
3:15 PM - Bob backstage in Richmond
12:50 PM - Bob keeps door knocking
12:40 PM - Bob talks to a supporter. Camera crews are all around.
12:30 PM - Here is Bob going door-to-door in his old neighborhood
View the Press Release of Today’s events and make sure to check out the text of Bob’s speech!
Slideshow of Bob’s Annandale Event:
Bob McDonnell in Annandale.
11:10 AM - “We must dream big, act nobly, and get results” - Bob announces his campaign for Governor
11:02 AM - Bob talking about bringing jobs to Virginia
11:00 AM - Bob just announced campaign’s text messaging program. To join please text VA to “GOBOB”(46262)
10:50 AM - Bob on stage with his entire family
10:37 AM - Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling on stage now
Picture below is Congressman Wolf introducing Lt. Gov. Bolling
10:05 AM - About to kick things off
9:55 AM - Packed room and good music
9:25 AM - Shot of the speaker’s podium
9:15 AM - We’re here live blogging in Annandale, our first stop in Bob’s campaign kickoff tour. Its early but people are already here.
Former Congressman Tom Davis is at the event as well.
Bob’s campaign officially kicks-off tomorrow and he wants you to join him as he travels across the Commonwealth. Here is where Bob will be throughout the weekend:
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 WITH LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILL BOLLING
(All events will be held indoors)
10:00 am Northern Virginia—Annandale Firehouse (7128 Columbia Pike. Annandale, 22003) GET TICKETS
3:00 pm Richmond—J.R. Tucker High School (2910 N Parham Rd. Richmond, 23294) GET TICKETS
5:30 pm Hampton Roads—Princess Anne High School (4400 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, 23462) GET TICKETS
SUNDAY, MARCH 29
1:00 pm Martinsville—2009 Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway (340 Speedway Rd. Ridgeway, VA 24148)
6:00 pm Online Kickoff Night—Bob participates in conference call with bloggers and visits with Virginia and National blogs.
