Strong endorsement from the coalfields as the Bluefield Daily Telegraph endorses Republican Ed Gillespie over embattled Democratic rival Ralph Northam:
Gillespie also is promising to fight for coal in Virginia, and advances in clean-coal technology. His opponent, Democrat Ralph Northam, instead supports an Obama-era Clean Power Plan that would kill additional coal mining jobs and unnecessarily raise electricity rates for struggling families across Southwest Virginia. Northam is the current lieutenant governor in the McAuliffe administration.
Make no mistake about it. Every vote that is cast on Nov. 7 will count. After four years of the harmful, anti-coal policies of the McAuliffe-Northam administration, change is urgently needed in Richmond. We urge all voters across Southwest Virginia, and the Commonwealth, to cast a ballot on Nov. 7 for Republican Ed Gillespie.
What follows is a by-no-means exhaustive list of major Virginia print publications and their endorsements for governor.
Bristol Herald-Courier: (n/a)
Culpeper Star-Exponent:
Danville Register & Bee:
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star:
Charlottesville Daily Progress:
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot:
Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Manassas InsideNOVA: Gillespie
Washington Post:
Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Gillespie
Roanoke Times:
Winchester Star:
With the election less than two weeks away, what will be surprising is whether or not there are any defections from the traditional roles.
The Washington Post, for instance — which has been relentlessly trying to convince itself that Gillespie is a horrible person — gave Ralph Northam a rock-solid F on education reform, one of the WaPo’s two marquee issues. Should the WaPo editorial board shift to the right against “the way we’ve always done it” on education and transportation, we could be in for a few surprises indeed.
