Talk:Tracy Thorne-Begland

Source
This citation:
 * Steve Benen (January 15, 2012). "Tracy Thorne-Begland's long trip to the bench". MSNBC. Retrieved January 16, 2013.

only provides the votes in each house by quoting a report in the Richmond Times Dispatch. That should be the citation. Similarly, Benen doesn't tell us its a six-year term. The Richmond Times Dispatch does that. ~

We should also try to find a quality source -- not a blog -- for this: "A majority of the Virginia Senate GOP- 12 of 20 Senators walked out rather than vote for a gay judge." I think that's worth including if it can be properly documented. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 04:50, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree--I saw that but didn't want to include it just from the blog. Hopefully more thorough stories are up this morning. I'll check around in a minute. -- Khazar2 (talk) 11:46, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. Didn't find a quality source for the GOP walkout, but mentioned the no-vote. -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:15, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Right. Re-reading that blog, it overplays the "walk out", when it's actually a respectful way of voting no. Wish we had a source for that Senate tradition of never voting No on a judgeship, just abstaining. But fine as is. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 15:42, 16 January 2013 (UTC)