Notebook: Mark Warner on 2025 results, shutdown, congressional maps
Mark Warner brought up something today that I hadn’t realized until he said it: that Abigail Spanberger would have won the governor’s race without Northern Virginia.
Mark Warner brought up something today that I hadn’t realized until he said it: that Abigail Spanberger would have won the governor’s race without Northern Virginia.
Another Democrat – a seventh (!) – has entered the race for the Democratic Party nomination in the Second Congressional District.
Sudan’s civil war erupted in April 2023, and so far, several rounds of peace talks have been of no avail in bringing an end to the horrific, ongoing conflict.

Thousands of flights may be cancelled if the federal government does not reopen this week, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced.
Ben Cline apparently hasn’t thought through what Tuesday’s election results in Virginia mean for his job security.
UVA Football coach Tony Elliott told me a few years back, shortly after arriving in Charlottesville, that he hoped to enter Scott Stadium to a packed house someday.
A cargo plane crash at the largest U.S. distribution hub for UPS has killed at least nine people and injured 11, according to authorities.
Kam Robinson is now the three-time ACC Football Linebacker of the Week, for his output in Virginia’s 31-21 at Cal on Saturday.
Remember the 19 people who were treated for injuries from the field storm after the UVA Football win over Florida State? The University of Virginia apparently doesn’t.
The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley is organizing a Climate Action Celebration and Call to Action at the Massanutten Regional Library on Tuesday, Nov. 11.