
House Democrats call for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign
The House Democratic Caucus issued the following statement on Gov. Ralph Northam:

The House Democratic Caucus issued the following statement on Gov. Ralph Northam:

Redistricting is now on course for seismic shifts in the legislative balance of power in the Commonwealth, says Virginia Tech’s Nick Goedert.

I’ve been selling the 20th House District seat as a possible Democratic pickup in November, and honestly, I was doing that before Dickie Bell, the Republican incumbent, announced last month that he will not seek re-election this year.

Virginia House Democrats today lauded the strides taken over the past year to address gun violence in Virginia.

Bills to remove the requirements that women undergo a transabdominal ultrasound prior to abortion and that a second trimester abortion must be preformed in a hospital were killed in party-line committee votes on Thursday.

The House Democratic Caucus announced its legislative priorities for the 2019 session in a press conference on Tuesday morning.

Senate Democratic Leader Dick Saslaw (D-Fairfax) and Senate Democratic Caucus Chair Mamie Locke (D-Hampton) comment on passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the Senate.

The Safe Virginia Initiative, organized by House Democrats, released their report and policy recommendations on gun safety in a press conference on Monday.

A new poll by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU has a plurality of 42 percent wanting to see Democrats take control, compared to 33 percent who prefer that Republican control continue.

Control of the Virginia House of Delegates could come down to what happens to the 20th House District seat currently held by Republican Dickie Bell, who announced last week that he will not seek re-election in 2019.
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