Photo: Rasoul for Lieutenant Governor, Davis for Lieutenant Governor The race to replace scandal-plagued Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax is a clown car: there are currently 6 Democrats running for the position and 6 Republicans, for a total of 12 candidates. 4...
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Four Rating Changes in Virginia House After Q1 Finance Reports
As of very early Friday morning, the campaign finance reports for every candidate running for the Virginia House of Delegates became available on the Virginia Department of Elections site. After combing through these reports, we only have 3 changes as a result of the...
Virginia Democrats Go Head-to-Head in Gubernatorial Debate
Tonight, the Democratic Party of Virginia held their first debate for the 2021 statewide primaries. The five candidates running to become the next Governor of Virginia are former Governor Terry McAuliffe of Fairfax County, State Senator Jennifer McClellan of Richmond...
Preview: Special Election in Virginia’s 38th State Senate District
On Tuesday, there will be a special election in Virginia's 38th State Senate District in Southwest Virginia to replace the late Ben Chafin. I decided to take a look at what a good performance for the Democrats could look like, finding out the best performing Democrat...
Our First Look: The Virginia House of Delegates
In a turn of events not seen since the 1980’s, each member of the Virginia House of Delegates will likely have to run for re-election three years in a row due to the chamber having to operate using the current district lines, which were drawn a decade ago. This trend...
What Does the VA HD-02 Special Mean for the November Elections?
Though the Georgia Runoffs may have garnered the most attention last night, there was an important special election here in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the 2nd district of the Virginia House of Delegates, which was called for after Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy...
Lee Carter Enters 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial Election
Friday, Delegate Lee Carter (D-Manassas) entered the race to become the next Governor of Virginia. Carter was swept into office in 2017 by a blue wave powered by animosity toward President Trump. Carter, a Sophomore Delegate who was re-elected in 2019 by a narrower...
Our First Look: Virginia Attorney General 2021
In 2013, then-State Senator Mark Herring of Loudoun won the open race to become Virginia’s next Attorney General by just 907 votes out of 2.2 million. A few months prior, Herring beat a former Assistant United States Attorney in the Democratic primary, Justin Fairfax,...
Amanda Chase Throws a Wrench in VA GOP’s Comeback Hopes
Last Saturday, the Virginia GOP chose a convention as its system of nomination for the 2021 statewide elections rather than holding a statewide primary. Many in the party feared a repeat of the 2018 Senate primary, where far-right candidate Corey Stewart (R) managed...
Our Final Forecast: State Legislatures
CNalysis’s final forecast and predictions for the 2020 state legislature elections.