Chaz Nuttycombe

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,...

Our Final Forecast: State Row Officers

We at CNalysis are best known for our state legislative forecasts and coverage. What our readers may not also know, based on analysis of our traffic, is that we predict state row officers, too! Yes, Attorneys General, Secretaries of State, Treasurers, and more. There...

The Trifectas That Can Break in 2020

As we cover the fight between Democrats and Republicans over state legislatures, we’ve written pieces on the trifecta (control of the Governor, State Senate, State House/Assembly) opportunities this year for both parties, including with recent updates for them last...

Three is a Magic Number, But Not for Republicans

With three weeks remaining, it doesn’t look like the environment has improved for Republicans, mostly thanks to the extremely poor reception of President Trump’s debate performance and a lack of sympathy votes for his COVID-19 diagnosis, which has resulted in the...

Four Weeks Out, It Looks Like a Republican Rout

Time is the enemy of us all. Right now, the GOP knows that better than nearly any other entity in American politics. With only four weeks left until Election Day, a nearly impossible window of time in an even more impossible scenario, the new mission for the...