The president of a police union issued a statement on Monday blasting an op-ed published on a MAGA law-enforcement blog that painted a partisan picture of its endorsement of Abigail Spanberger in the 2025 gubernatorial race.
Tag Archives: Election 2025
Andrew Payton got within 1 percent in HD 34: Recount territory?
Andrew Payton, the Democratic Party nominee in the 34th House District, which represents Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, was thisclose to unseating Republican incumbent Tony Wilt.
Spanberger inaugural team: People who wrote big checks to get her ear
The Abigail Spanberger transition team announced the leadership team of the governor-elect’s inaugural committee on Thursday.
Waynesboro: Looking to 2025 numbers for guidance on 2026 city elections
The seats representing Ward C and Ward D on Waynesboro City Council are up in the 2026 cycle. Based on what we just saw at the polls, things aren’t looking so good for Jim Wood.
Jay Jones folks announce inaugural, transition teams: Thanks, that helps us keep tabs
Jay Jones, the attorney general-elect, rolled out his inaugural committee and announced additional members of his transition team on Monday. Shockingly, I am on neither.
Actual column from an actual editor: That wasn’t a blue wave; Republican vote was just down
I just read what may be the single dumbest politics column ever written, an effort by Cardinal News editor Dwayne Yancey to minimize the blue wave in Tuesday’s elections.
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.
Election 2025: Democrats gain a single House seat in Western Virginia
Fun with numbers: Virginia House Democrats doubled their representation in the western part of the state in the 2025 cycle – from one to two.
Waynesboro, which voted three times for Trump, went blue in 2025
Waynesboro went blue in Tuesday’s elections, and for context on that, last time we saw the city vote for the Democratic Party nominee in a gubernatorial election was way back in 1985.
MAGAs win in local Augusta County races: But things shifted, a tiny bit
Our local readers long since noticed that we didn’t give any coverage to the local elections for seats on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors and Augusta County School Board.