“Donald Trump is yesterday’s news. Kamala Harris is today’s and tomorrow’s news. And we’re going to do all we can to make sure she succeeds.” Virginia’s Democratic delegation just fell out of a coconut tree. Last night, the Virginia delegation to the Democratic...
Virginia Democrats did not waste any time in rallying around Kamala Harris in the first hours of her historic campaign to become president.
The organizer of a US Senate electoral debate in Virginia had to cancel the event after the Republican candidate ignored its invitation.
Many Virginia Democrats are rallying around President Joe Biden, who is facing fading calls to step aside as the party’s presidential nominee, with one notable exception.
As of April 2024, there has been $10 billion in Biden’s infrastructure law funding announced in Virginia for 353 projects, with $6.9 billion for transportation improvements and $1.8 billion for high speed internet.
“The governor has shown yet again how extreme the Republican Party in Virginia has become,” said Sen. Ghazala Hashmi on a call with reporters Monday.
Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans is seeking a second term representing a competitive congressional district in Hampton Roads that is home to many service members and veterans. But while serving in the Virginia Senate, she voted against reforms for payday lenders that target members of the military.
“No one in the US is like, ‘Oh my gosh, I will die if I don’t have health care,” Hung Cao, the leading candidate in Virginia’s Republican US Senate primary, told a right-wing media outlet on May 15.
After months of sparring between Democrats in the General Assembly and Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Virginia localities can breathe easier now that the state has finalized its budget.
The General Assembly is expected to vote on a new state budget on Monday after Youngkin and Democratic legislators reportedly struck a compromise.
