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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s eventful four-year term included a blackface scandal, the global COVID-19 pandemic and 2020’s racial justice protests. Photo by Associated Press/Andrew Harnik
Dec 31, 2021

A dramatic shift

Four years ago, no one would have guessed Gov. Ralph Northam would lead the most progressive Virginia administration in modern memory. A native of Onancock on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, as well as a pediatric neurologist and Army veteran, Virginia’s 73rd governor was eyed by some Democrats with suspicion after acknowledging he’d voted twice for President […]

(L to R, foreground) Virginia Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares, Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin and Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears led a red wave in the November 2021 elections that saw the GOP regain control of the House of Delegates. Photo by Associated Press/Steve Helber
Dec 31, 2021

The great divide

Virginia’s business community faces a strangely familiar and yet uncertain state government headed into the 2022 General Assembly session, which begins Jan. 12. Republicans rolled to victories across the board in the November 2021 election as Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin led a GOP sweep of all three statewide offices, and Republicans also won a narrow 52-48 […]

Dec 31, 2021

Your 2022 guide to Virginia politics

General Assembly preview: The great divide Will split legislature lead to gridlock or compromise?       Interview: The outsider Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin talks 2022 priorities        Politics: A dramatic shift Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam‘s tenure was progressive, eventful       Interview: Looking Back Q&A with exiting Virginia Gov. Ralph Nort[...]

Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin retired as co-CEO of Washington, D.C., private equity company The Carlyle Group in 2020, just months before launching his successful gubernatorial campaign — his first run for public office. Photo by Stephen Gosling
Dec 31, 2021

The outsider

A former CEO who has never held political office, Glenn Youngkin will take the reins as Virginia’s next governor, having harnessed political tailwinds to a Republican sweep of statewide offices and GOP control of the House of Delegates. The electoral success ended eight years of Democratic victories, but Virginia’s 74th governor will have to contend […]

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