Government

    Randy Krantz was in Wednesday night Bible Study when he got the call – he had officially been selected as the next 24th General District Judge.

    Two days before the current Bedford County Commonwealth’s Attorney had been in  Richmond  meeting  with  a  joint committee of the House and Senate on the judicial appointment to replace retiring Judge Harold Black. The local legislative delegation had placed their support behind him for the appointment.

    Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton trounced Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Virginia’s Democratic presidential primary election on Tuesday, and billionaire businessman Donald Trump narrowly defeated Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in the Republican contest.

    Bedford area residents went to the polls Tuesday to do their part to help select Republican and Democratic nominees for November’s presidential election.

    County voters could vote in only one of the primaries; they had to select either the GOP or Democratic ballot prior to voting.
    The Virginia primaries were part of the much larger Super Tuesday voting involving 12 states in which about half of the delegates to each convention will be up for grabs.

    Virginia is one of 12 states that will go to the polls—or a caucus—this Tuesday, March 1, as part of the Super Tuesday primary voting by Republicans and Democrats to select their nominees for November’s presidential election.
    Dubbed Super Tuesday because so many states vote at once, and so many delegates will be allotted as a result, the results will likely play a big role in determining the nominees for each party.