Winners and Losers: Youngkin Edition

The whole election came down to 70,000 votes. For me, this is the fun part where I look at my own MS Excel charts — yes, old habits die hard — with my own special math and reflect on what I got right and what I missed. Despite counsel otherwise, Princess Blanding of the Liberation […]

Republican Woman of Color Set to Make History Tomorrow

Sponsored Help Winsome Sears – Flip Virginia Red! Tomorrow won’t be the first time Winsome Sears attempts to make history. The conservative trailblazer pioneered a strategy two decades ago to win over minority voters that’s now paying dividends with Republicans. In 2001, Sears ran and won a race in a majority black district in the […]

Top Issue in Voters’ Minds and Early Voting Metrics Has Campaigns on Edge

In contrast to Fox News’ latest survey, a new poll by The Washington Post-Schar School shows the Virginia governor’s race within the margin of error. However, Friday’s snapshot of the race becomes more interesting when one examines the numbers closely. (RELATED: Fox News Poll Has Youngkin +8) The poll shows Terry McAuliffe leading by one-point […]

Quomodo Sedet Sola Civitas

A friend of mine is traveling the Mediterranean this week and shared a photo of a statue in front of the ruins of an ancient Roman temple. Inscribed on the pedestal were the opening lines of Constantine Kavafis’ Ionikon — words that might feel rather relevant to many a Virginian today: Just because we broke their statues, because […]

Monmouth: Youngkin TIED Among Registered Voters; McAuliffe +2 Among Likely Voters

Monmouth University shows the race shifting — but not necessarily tightening — as we head into the closing weeks of the Virginia gubernatorial contest, with Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin tied among registered voters yet down by 2 points against former Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe. The largest shift? While independents have moved significantly over the last few weeks and […]

Youngkin Calls Out McAuliffe After Dominion Bankrolls Fake Ads

Political outsider, successful business leader and Republican nominee for governor Glenn Youngkin’s campaign spokeswoman Macaulay Porter released the following statement after it was revealed that Dominion Energy has so far spent hundreds of thousands of dollars funding Accountability Virginia PAC, a deceptive political group airing false attack ads against Youngkin on behalf of Terry McAuliffe: […]

Video: McAuliffe Campaigns With Fellow Defund the Police Activists and ‘Stolen Election’ Conspiracy Theorist

Glenn Youngkin today released the following statement accompanying two new videos regarding Terry McAuliffe’s campaign tour with “defund the police” activists Keisha Lance Bottoms and Stacey Abrams. Abrams also has a long history of claiming elections were stolen, just like McAuliffe. SEE ALSO: New Youngkin Ad Exposes McAuliffe Campaign for COVID Misinformation “With Virginia facing a […]