5/9: Sen. John Warner says he will announce his intentions about seeking reelection (or retiring) in September.
5/10: Rep. Tom Davis (R-11) has this to say about Iraq: "The key for everybody is to try to find a way to declare victory and get out of there."
5/11: Today is graduation day at Virginia Tech, with upwards of 30,000 people at the ceremony, watching and listening as 3,600 undergrads and 1,200 grad students receive their diplomas. In addition, graduates and guests listen to the words of retired Army Gen. John Abizaid, who delivers the commencement address.
5/15: Rev. Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral Majority and Liberty University, dies at age 73.
5/21: Mark Tate, a Republican candidate for State Senate in the 27th district (the other Republican candidates is Jill Holtzman Vogel), is indicted on two counts of election fraud and nine counts of perjury.
5/23: Gov. Kaine announces that Chief of Staff William H. Leighty will retire on September 1, 2007. Leighty's successor will be current Deputy Chief of Staff Wayne Turnage.
5/24: By an 80-14 margin, the U.S. Senate approves a measure funding the Iraq war. Jim Webb votes yes, saying "I find myself unable to vote against a measure that is necessary to fund our troops who are now in harm's way. On the other, I will not relent from my continuing efforts to bring this occupation to an end."
5/25: Jeff Dion announces that he is withdrawing from the race for the Democratic nomination in the 51st House of Delegates district. Dion's withdrawal leaves Paul Nichols as the likely Democratic nominee.
5/30: Judy Feder, the Democratic nominee for Congress in the 10th district in 2006, files for a rematch against Frank Wolf.