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Justin Fairfax’s Accuser Says Sexual Violence Is ‘Killing’ Women Dr. Vanessa Tyson spoke about #MeToo at her first public appearance since coming forward with her allegations against the lieutenant governor.
By Amanda Arnold
Why Ralph Northam’s Racist Fiasco Is a Golden Opportunity for Black Voters Ralph Northam is going on a listening tour. If he genuinely listens, he has a chance to be a transformative leader. Will he?
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Ralph Northam’s Effort to Learn About Racism Is Off to a Rocky Start The embattled Virginia governor, who says he will not resign, apologized after referring to slaves as “indentured servants” in an interview.
By Sarah Jones
Senators Call on Justin Fairfax to Resign After Second Sexual Assault Allegation After a second woman accused Virginia Lt. Governor Fairfax of sexual assault — and provided corroborating evidence — national Democrats want him out.
By Matt Stieb
Blackface Scandal Spreads to Mississippi’s Lieutenant Governor Republican gubernatorial front-runner Tate Reeves joined and remained in a fraternity famous for racist antics — not all that long ago.
By Ed Kilgore
Virginia Scandals Cast Shadow Over Democrats’ Election Hopes Even after the immediate crises pass, they may hurt Dems’ chances for shoring up state control, and even revive hopes that Trump could win the state.
By Ed Kilgore
Virginia’s Racist Past Is Present Ralph Northam and Mark Herring may have grown since their blackface days. But so did the black contemporaries subjected to their culture of ridicule.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Virginia Lieutenant Governor’s Accuser Releases Statement “I cannot believe, given my obvious distress, that Mr. Fairfax thought this forced sexual act was consensual.”
By Amanda Arnold
Read the Statement Accusing Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Sexual Assault “I cannot believe, given my obvious state of distress, that Mr. Fairfax thought this forced sexual act was consensual,” writes Dr. Vanessa Tyson.
By Sarah Jones
Scandal Engulfs Virginia’s Top 3 State Officeholders The governor and attorney general wore blackface. The lieutenant governor is facing sexual-assault allegations. The way forward is unclear.
By Ed Kilgore
This Is Not About Ralph Northam’s Feelings The Virginia governor wants to avoid easy answers to his racism scandal. He can start by recognizing it’s not actually about him.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Digs in Despite Calls to Resign Northam denies appearing in a racist yearbook photo, but admits to putting on blackface.
By Adam K. Raymond
Northam Denies Yearbook Racism, Admits Blackface Racism — and Still Won’t Resign The Virginia Democrat is trying to salvage his governorship by admitting he once won a dance contest by moonwalking in blackface.
By Chas Danner
equal rights amendment
Jan. 15, 2019
Virginia Could Soon Place the Equal Rights Amendment in the U.S. Constitution The Old Dominion would be the 38th state to ratify the ERA, which is enough if Congress and the courts decide to set aside a ratification deadline.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 18, 2018
Dave Brat Tells Incarcerated Addicts He Has a Hard Life, Too “You think you’re having a hard time?” said the Virginia congressman. “I’ve got $5 million of negative ads going at me. How do you think I’m feeling?”
By Sarah Jones
2018 midterms
Oct. 16, 2018
Dave Brat Takes Pelosi-Bashing to Its Apotheosis Against Anti-Pelosi Opponent Democrat Abigail Spanberger had to remind her Republican opponent of her name after he mentioned Pelosi 21 times in a debate.
By Ed Kilgore
Is America’s Greatest Ham Tradition Doomed? Bad news out of the “ham capital of the world” is evidence of an industry that might be in trouble.
By Clint Rainey
virginia is for capitalism
July 8, 2018
By Devon Ivie
Primaries Set Up Big General-Election Battles From a wave of Democratic woman in Virginia to a shot at a GOP Senate seat in Nevada, the June 12 primaries set tables for a November banquet.
By Ed Kilgore
GOP Could Get Even Trumpier in June 12 Primaries The primaries range from big gubernatorial fights in South Carolina and Nevada to open House races in Virginia to ranked-choice voting in Maine.
By Ed Kilgore
Thanks to GOP Tax Bill, Homeowners Rushing to Prepay Property Taxes Before 2018 New restrictions on the deductibility of local property taxes are driving many homeowners to pay early and get the deduction one more time.
By Ed Kilgore
A Timeline of the Wildest and Most Suspenseful Election of 2017 The delegate in Virginia’s 94th district will be decided by a random drawing, and that’s hardly the weirdest part.
By Adam K. Raymond
The GOP’s Biggest Problem Is Not Its Candidates, But Its President Trump can’t accept that he is damaging his party down-ballot. And that could send his party off in search of illusory “fixes.”
By Ed Kilgore
Clerical Error Puts Virginia’s House of Delegates in Limbo Republicans could still lose control or be forced into a power-sharing agreement.
By Ed Kilgore
The Democrats Really Can Win the House in 2018 There’s a long way to go, but Trump’s approval ratings, the generic ballot, and the 2017 results all point to huge blue gains.
By Ed Kilgore
Candidate Whose Girlfriend Was Killed on Live TV Wins on Gun-Control Platform Chris Hurst campaigned partially on a gun-control platform after his girlfriend was murdered on air in 2015.
By Sarah Spellings
Democrats Gain State Government ‘Trifectas’ in New Jersey and Washington In what could be an appetizer for 2018, Democrats began chipping away at GOP dominance of state governments.
By Ed Kilgore
One Year After Trump’s Victory, the Democrats Aren’t in Disarray The first 12 months of the Trump presidency have been better for Democrats than most would have ever imagined.
By Eric Levitz
There’s a Lot at Stake in the VA Governor’s Race — and Democrats Are Worried Polls are now very tight in a nasty culture-war campaign. If Republican Ed Gillespie wins, look out in 2018.
By Ed Kilgore
Race-Baiting 2017 GOP Campaigns Could Infect the 2018 Elections The racist campaigns the GOP is running in Virginia and New Jersey could spread everywhere next year.
By Ed Kilgore
Will the Obama Coalition Turn Out in 2018? Virginia Might Offer Some Clues Non-presidential election falloff in the base is a long-standing problem for Democrats that they haven’t clearly solved.
By Ed Kilgore
Virginia Democrats Spooked by Fears of a Falloff in Turnout Virginia Democrats are haunted by Trump’s 2016 win. But they’re also bugged by the turnout falloff that nearly beat them in 2013 and 2014.
By Ed Kilgore
New Polls Show Crazy End to 2017 Elections Is Possible The GOP is threatening to win in newly blue Virginia, while a Democrat is doing well in deep-red Alabama. Clear lessons from 2017 may be hard to find.
By Ed Kilgore
Democrats Panicking Over Virginia Show Signs of Post-Trump Stress Disorder Every indicator shows Northam poised to win the Virginia governor’s race. But so did the indicators for Hillary Clinton, which has Democrats spooked.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Tweets His Way Into the Virginia Governor’s Race The same day a new poll shows the Democratic candidate taking a big lead.
By Ed Kilgore
steak and snake
Sept. 25, 2017
By Clint Rainey
Chipotle Has Reopened That Restaurant Where People Got Violently Ill CEO Steve Ells insists they “took aggressive action to correct the problem.”
By Clint Rainey
health concerns
July 18, 2017
By Clint Rainey
The Democrats’ Losing Streak Will Likely End in November The party needs a win in a nationally significant and competitive contest. There is still hope this year.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Ultra Corey Stewart Throws Scare Into Conventional Republicans Everywhere What Dave Brat did for Tea Party insurgents in 2014, Corey Stewart may have done for Trump fans going into 2018: create a deep fear of primaries.
By Ed Kilgore
Northam Beats Perriello in Virginia Democratic Primary The Virginia Democratic Establishment candidate for governor won on the strength of a solid performance among African-Americans and key swing regions.
By Ed Kilgore
The Democratic Primary in the Virginia Governor Race Is Getting Very Interesting The winner will be general-election favorite. Some observers see a distinct Bernie versus Hillary flavor to it.
By Ed Kilgore
Failing GOP Candidate in VA Shows Limits to Attacks on ‘Political Correctness’ Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Corey Stewart seems to have gone too far by running on the Confederacy.
By Ed Kilgore
Virginia Governor’s Race Is Good Test for Post-Trump Election Strategy It’s early yet, and both parties have gubernatorial primaries, but Virginia’s likely to join New Jersey in showing an anti-Trump off-year backlash.
By Ed Kilgore
Will Virginia Democrats Make the Gubernatorial Race a Referendum on Trump? One candidate is focusing on state issues while the other is linking his campaign to anti-Trump protests.
By Ed Kilgore
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