Hunley: Time for another election yet?

Are you glad the election is over?

We elected a governor, lieutenant governor, state attorney general and an entire House of Delegates on Tuesday.

So your mail now will be free from glossy fliers, and you're unlikely to get calls from ex-Washington Redskins or from Sarah Palin, unless you're like this newspaper's circulation operations manager, who's actually from Alaska.

This may be OK with you. You may not care for politics. Or you may think it's all just bluster, or that the major parties, while fancying themselves polar opposites, are really the same.

Not me, though. I'm already starting to miss the election, though there's no shortage of politics elsewhere, mind you.

The House of Representatives met Saturday about health care.

It's only a few weeks until the General Assembly convenes in Richmond.

Challengers also are already starting to line up to run next year against two of the three congressmen who represent the Prince William area.

Republican Keith Fimian, who ran against Rep. Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly last year, has announced he's giving it another shot, and he attended several local GOP events this election season.

Fimian also was slated to hold a press conference Saturday—outside of Connolly's Annandale office—to discuss health care reform.

So that's the 2010 story so far in Virginia's 11th Congressional District.

In our state's 1st district, two Democrats want to take on Rep. Robert J. Wittman, a Republican.

They're Scott Robinson, a retired Army colonel who lives in Tappahannock, and Krystal Ball, who lives in Fredericksburg and who was described by nbcwashington.com as having a "name out of the adult entertainment industry" and as being the "future of The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People list."

Her campaign Web site says that Ball also has worked on software design and implementation for the federal courts and evaluated Indian education start-ups. But that doesn't sound nearly as fun.

The sprawling 1st district takes in only a portion of southern Prince William County as it meanders all the way to Hampton Roads. But with two Democrats already running in this solidly GOP area, things could get interesting in and around Dumfries, Triangle and Quantico.

I haven't heard anything about a challenger for Rep. Frank R. Wolf, who represents the 10th district—which takes in Manassas, Manassas Park and part of western Prince William—but you can bet there'll be an announcement soon enough.

There's an election every year in Virginia, which makes the Old Dominion a great place for reporters, political junkies and campaign managers and consultants.

This year's election season was enjoyable around these parts, what with both gubernatorial campaigns coming here several times.

Now the hard work begins. Not just for Gov.-elect Robert F. McDonnell, who has to govern, but for yours truly, who has lots of neglected e-mails and telephone messages to return.

If I failed to get back to you over the past few weeks, I'm sorry.

I'll try to get to you, and if I don't, contact me again. The politicians need your vote once a year, but I need you to read every week.

Jonathan Hunley is a staff writer at the News & Messenger. Contact him at 703-369-5738 or at .