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Eugene Vindman keeps open Virginia House seat in Democratic hands
Democrats will keep the battleground Virginia seat being vacated by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), who is leaving Congress to run for governor, Decision Desk HQ projects. Democrat Eugene Vindman, ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality
Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand ...Health - ABC News - November 13 -
Democrats face uphill fight for Senate majority as Republican flips West Virginia seat
Republican victories in Florida and West Virginia means Democrats need Ohio, Montana and a surprise win in Texas. US election 2024 – latest updates US election results 2024: live map and ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
Trump wins West Virginia
Former President Trump is projected to win West Virginia, according to Decision Desk HQ. The Republican presidential nominee easily carried the Mountain State and will pick up its four Electoral ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Tim Kaine wins reelection in Virginia
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine (D) won his reelection bid Tuesday, fending off a challenge from Republican Hung Cao, Decision Desk HQ projected. Cao, who also ran for Congress in 2022, faced an uphill ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Watch live: Trump holds campaign event in Virginia
Former President Trump took a slight detour from his battleground state swing Saturday afternoon, giving remarks to supporters in Virginia. Trump is expected to target Vice President Harris over ...Politics - The Hill - November 2 -
Harris widens lead on Trump in Virginia: Poll
Vice President Harris widened her lead over her opponent former President Trump in Virginia, with less than 3 days left before Election Day, according to a poll released on Friday. The survey, ...Politics - The Hill - November 2 -
Justice flips Manchin’s West Virginia Senate seat
Popular Gov. Jim Justice (R) rolled to an easy victory to pick up retiring Sen. Joe Manchin’s (I) seat in West Virginia, marking the first time Republicans have won the seat since the 1950s. He ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Youngkin backs Earle-Sears for Virginia governor
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) endorsed Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) for governor on Monday, ahead of the state’s gubernatorial race in 2025. “Winsome has been an outstanding Lt. Governor, ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
Harris has 6-point edge on Trump in Virginia: Poll
Vice President Harris is outpacing former President Trump in Virginia by 6 points, according to a new survey. The poll, released Saturday from the Washington Post/Schar School, found Harris leading ...Politics - The Hill - October 26 -
Appeals court leaves voter purge program in Virginia blocked
A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a Virginia purge program that was intended to clear suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls. The decision from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court ...Politics - The Hill - October 27 -
Virginia asks Supreme Court to greenlight 1,600 voter roll removals
Virginia asked the Supreme Court on Monday to greenlight the removals of more than 1,600 people from the state’s voter rolls. State officials say the individuals are noncitizens, but the Justice ...Politics - The Hill - October 28 -
Virginia seeks Supreme Court's intervention in challenge to voter roll purge
Exactly 90 days before Election Day, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced a systematic program to remove from voter rolls people unable to verify their citizenship to the DMV.Top stories - CBS News - October 28 -
Virginia au pair pleads guilty to manslaughter in gruesome double murder
A Virginia au pair has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection to the 2023 murders of her employer's wife and another man.Top stories - ABC News - October 29 -
Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge voter rolls ahead of the election
The Supreme Court allowed Republican officials in Virginia to revive a plan aimed to removing noncitizen voters from the rolls ahead of next week’s election.Top stories - NBC News - October 30 -
Supreme Court reinstates Youngkin’s voter purge order in Virginia
Virginia can cancel more than 1,600 voter registrations the state claims are held by noncitizens in advance of next week’s election, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The emergency decision marks ...Politics - The Hill - October 30 -
Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations
The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing Virginia to leave in place its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who aren't U.S. citizens from votingTop stories - ABC News - October 30 -
Trump caps off day of campaigning in North Carolina, Virginia
Former President Trump wrapped up the last Saturday before Election Day by campaigning in North Carolina, praising the state’s voters for voting early and urging those who had not voted to cast ...Politics - The Hill - November 3 -
Jim Justice wins West Virginia Senate race, flipping the seat for Republicans
NBC News projects the state's Republican governor Jim Justice flipped the seat currently held by Democratic-turned-independent Joe Manchin, who is retiring.Top stories - NBC News - November 6 -
Trump wins West Virginia and Indiana, CBS News projects
Former President Donald Trump will win West Virginia and Indiana, CBS News projects. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett and CBS News executive director of elections and surveys ...Top stories - CBS News - November 5 -
West Virginia attorney general wins governor's race to replace Jim Justice
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) is the projected winner of the state's gubernatorial race, according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. Morrisey defeated Democratic nominee Steve ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Chuck Todd takes a look at how to interpret early results from Virginia
NBC News' Chuck Todd take a look at how early results in suburban Virginia counties could shape expectations for Vice President Harris and former President Trump's campaigns.Top stories - NBC News - November 6 -
Republicans retake control of US Senate
Republicans gain three seats, guaranteeing them at least 52 out of 100 in the new upper chamber.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans wins reelection in Virginia Beach district
Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) on Tuesday won reelection to Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projects, defeating a challenge from Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal. Kiggans, a former ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Virginia Carter, a Feminist Adviser to Norman Lear, Dies at 87
A physicist who headed a chapter of the National Organization for Women, she took a career detour to be a feminist voice in Mr. Lear’s empire of socially aware sitcoms.Science - The New York Times - November 6 -
College football scores, results: Kansas stuns No. 6 BYU and No. 12 Georgia gets key SEC win
Georgia kept its playoff hopes alive with a big win over Tennessee.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 16 -
Republicans feel optimistic heading into New Jersey, Virginia elections
Republicans are feeling optimistic heading into Virginia and New Jersey’s 2025 off-year elections, after the party improved their margins in the states in the presidential election. ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
My Manifesto for Despairing Democrats
Here’s how to be a watchdog, not a lap dog, for the next four tumultuous years, while holding on to your sanity.Top stories - The New York Times - November 7 -
Where Does This Leave Democrats?
The coalition the Democratic Party built in the Obama years has crumbled. But Democrats can choose how to respond.Top stories - The New York Times - November 7 -
Democrats Play the Blame Game
Also, another interest rate cut. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.Top stories - The New York Times - November 7 -
Democrats Who Won
We’re covering this year’s successful Democratic campaigns.Top stories - The New York Times - November 11 -
Democrats have a 'smug' problem
Large factions of the left condescendingly believe that dumb people are the reason Trump won in 2016, and won again in 2024.Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Trump broke the Democrats’ thermostat
The American left was sent spinning in 2016 and is yet to recalibrateBusiness - Financial Times - November 15 -
When Will Democrats Learn to Say No?
Why supermajority thinking is urgently needed on the left.Top stories - The New York Times - November 16 -
Who will turn the Democrats around?
To regain their competitiveness, Democrats must reinvent themselvesPolitics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
Jalen Warley is first Virginia basketball player to hit transfer portal after Tony Bennett's abrupt retirement
Warley plans to redshirt the season and save his last year of eligibility.Sports - CBS Sports - October 29 -
Brazilian au pair takes plea deal, cooperates in Virginia double-murder case against former boss
A Brazilian au pair involved in a Virginia double-murder case took a plea deal on Tuesday, cooperating with prosecutors as they prepare to go to trial against the woman's former boss.Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
Supreme Court clears way for Virginia to remove 1,600 alleged noncitizens from voter rolls
The Justice Department alleged Virginia violated federal law when it launched a systematic program aimed at purging potential noncitizens from its voter rolls 90 days before the election.Top stories - CBS News - October 30