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Virginia Gubernatorial Race 2021
November 8, 2021
Natalie Shure
How to Rebuild the Democratic Party
With prospects dimming for national Democrats to wield power, the time is ripe for the party to go local.
November 3, 2021
Grace Segers
Election Setbacks in Virginia and New Jersey Have Capitol Hill Democrats in Despair
Lawmakers are pressing forward with two massive bills that constitute Biden’s agenda, but Tuesday night’s results have laid the party’s midterm weaknesses bare.
November 3, 2021
Michael Tomasky
After the Virginia Disaster, the Democrats Better Get to Work
Now more than ever, they need to keep their focus and pass their agenda. But is that what they think?
November 2, 2021
Timothy Noah
How Daylight Saving Time Screws Up Voter Turnout
When Congress delayed the standard time switch to the first Sunday in November, some voters got too cranky to go to the polls.
October 27, 2021
Timothy Noah
Guess What Card Glenn Youngkin is Playing in the Closing Week
Toni Morrison, critical race theory—the Trumpy GOP gubernatorial candidate is trying to take Virginia back to the 1950s.
October 26, 2021
Alex Shephard
Glenn Youngkin Wants to Ban Toni Morrison’s
Beloved
The Republican candidate for governor of Virginia’s closing message gives the “critical race theory” game away.
October 25, 2021
Grace Segers
Virginia Democrats Turn to Barack Obama to Cure Their High Anxiety
With the Virginia governor’s race tightening, the former president headlined a Terry McAuliffe rally in an effort to Trumpify GOP nominee Glenn Youngkin.
September 11, 2021
Jason Linkins
Why Would Corporate America Save Reproductive Rights?
Major U.S. companies apparently don’t see Texas’s abortion ban as an economic threat.
September 8, 2021
Grace Segers
The Texas Abortion Law Could Juice Democratic Turnout in Virginia
Terry McAuliffe may benefit if reproductive rights return to the forefront as a campaign issue in the upcoming gubernatorial elections.
August 30, 2021
Daniel Strauss
Why Isn’t Terry McAuliffe Cruising in Virginia?
He was a successful governor. It’s a blue state now (so we say). So why is the Virginia gubernatorial race so close?
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