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2023 election

Nov 29, 2023

Democrats sweep Va. General Assembly

Democrats regained control of the General Assembly in the Nov. 7 elections, likely putting a damper on Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s legislative agenda and potential 2024 presidential aspirations. Democrats won 21 out of 40 seats in the Virginia State Senate and 51 seats out of 100 in the House of Delegates, which has been held […]

"Vote Here" sign outside of early voting polling location in Richmond, Virginia. Photo by Kaiana Lee/Capital News Service
Nov 6, 2023

Va. Dems lead in big fundraising, smaller grassroots donations

RICHMOND, Va. — Everyone calls the upcoming General Assembly election high stakes, but it is also top dollar. More than $158 million has been funneled into the House and Senate races this election cycle, a more than 30% increase since the last time all 140 seats in the General Assembly were up for election back in 2019. […]

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin made an appearance at the west Henrico Government Center to help hand out sample ballots. He was joined by several candidates facing competitive races on Election Day. Photo by Gen York, Capital News Service.
Nov 6, 2023

Va. early voting period ends with overall lower turnout

RICHMOND, Va. — Over 62,000 Virginians ventured out to the polls on a sunny November day for the last chance to vote early. The early voting period saw 776,931 votes cast, with most of it done in person, according to data from the Virginia Public Access Project. Absentee mail-in ballots are still being accepted. There was a 20% […]

Virginia State Capitol Building photo courtesy Virginia Tourism Corp.
Oct 17, 2023

CNU poll shows tight race for GA control

A poll of 800 likely Virginia voters shows a tight race for party control of the General Assembly, which is currently split between Democrats controlling the state Senate and a Republican majority in the House of Delegates. According to results released Tuesday by Christopher Newport University’s Wason Center for Civic Leadership, 42% of respondents say […]

Sep 28, 2023

Youngkin’s 2024 tightrope walk depends on Va. elections

The individual with the most to gain from this fall’s General Assembly elections isn’t even on the ballot. Gov. Glenn Youngkin is nearly midway through his term-limited governorship, and pretty much from day one, politicos have speculated he’s after a bigger prize: the U.S. presidency. The governor hasn’t entered the 2024 race, but he’s sent […]

Sep 28, 2023

Battlefield Virginia

It’s a nerve-wracking time this fall for a small group of campaign managers, with the balance of power in the General Assembly coming down to a handful of close political races. In House District 97, freshman Republican Del. Karen Greenhalgh is defending her Virginia Beach-centered seat against Michael Feggans, a Democrat who grew up in […]

Sep 28, 2023

A game of political football

Starting in 1966, the team formerly known as the Redskins began its RFK Stadium sellout streak. For decades, tickets for home games were harder to snag than Taylor Swift tickets today. Divorcing couples battled over custody of season tickets, and the team reportedly had a 100-year-plus season ticket waitlist. That changed in the Dan Snyder […]

Aug 23, 2023

Ruling clears way again for Richmond casino referendum

A Richmond Circuit Court judge issued another ruling Wednesday clearing the way for a Richmond casino referendum to appear on ballots this November. Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant ruled against the Richmond Lodge No. 1 of the Good Lions Inc., a nonprofit organization that had filed a motion to block the casino vote. […]

Dec 29, 2022

The main event

Updated Jan. 4, 2023 Like the quote from a possibly apocryphal Harvard Law professor, Virginia legislators can look to their left and then to their right, and one of their peers probably won’t be seated there next year, thanks to a supercharged primary field created by a late 2021 redistricting. And now, 61 of Virginia’s […]

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