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We knew that Abigail Spanberger was going to be the first woman to be elected governor in Virginia; we didn’t know she’d win by 15 points.
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Why don’t Republicans just follow Donald Trump’s advice, use the “nuclear option” putting the kibosh on the stupid U.S. Senate filibuster, and pass their version of the government funding bill that would reopen government?
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Twenty-five of the 30 states that gave their electoral votes to Donald Trump in 2024 have above-average numbers of SNAP recipients.
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I wrote back on Sept. 30 about 20 House of Delegates seats currently held by MAGA Republicans that look to be in play in the 2025 cycle.
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MAGA Republicans have redrawn congressional maps to give them more seats in Texas and Missouri. But with Democrats looking to do the same to give Ds two or three more seats in Virginia, all the sudden, it’s dirty politics.
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Healthcare isn’t a red or blue issue, says Pete Barlow, an Augusta County Democrat running for Congress in the 2026 midterms cycle.
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Whenever Roanoke author Beth Macy visited her hometown in Ohio, she was struck by how the city and its residents had changed over the years.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Trumpers are laying off federal government employees – they’ll just have to hire them back, again, when they realize, oops, screwed up.
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I spent a couple of hours one afternoon last week poring over the Virginia Public Access Project website to get a sense of what MAGA-incumbent House of Delegates races might be in play in the 2025 cycle.
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Andrew Payton is getting serious money help for his bid to flip the 34th House District seat from red to blue.
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