Vetoes affect ranked choice voting and voting rights lawsuits

Bills start to move through legislature but face uncertain reception by Youngkin

The Republican governor wants to pass a 15-week abortion ban.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin hopes to win a Republican majority in the General Assembly that will roll back reproductive rights.

As the 2024 battle for partisan control of the statehouse ramps up, swing-district Republicans are hiding their support for Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s unpopular abortion ban proposals.

Republican nominee Juan Pablo Segura in the 31st Senate District could be the deciding vote for Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s abortion ban proposal.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is now pushing Republicans to vote early in the November elections.

Most of the Republicans nominated to run in November are white and male.

The ACLU is suing the Virginia governor for automatically disqualifying people who complete felony prison sentences from voting.

Virginia's status as a key access point for reproductive freedom is on the ballot in 2023, writes U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan.

The Republican-run administration pulled out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, citing right-wing conspiracy theories.

Democrats say elections in Virginia in November present a clear choice on reproductive rights.

Virginia Republicans have pushed to make it harder to vote and to keep former felons from regaining their rights.

Abortion rights advocates warn that Virginia could soon see the same kind of near-total abortion ban just enacted in Florida if Republicans win full control of the General Assembly.

This year’s election could determine the fate of historic gun safety legislation Virginia Democrats enacted between 2020 and 2021.

Democrat Jennifer McClellan will be the state’s first Black congresswoman.

Leon Benjamin has said COVID-19 vaccines contain ‘satanic’ properties and the pandemic was manufactured by ‘elites’ to create a ‘new world order.’

Three varying anti-abortion proposals by Republicans have already failed to pass the Virginia Senate, making it unlikely further abortion restrictions will become law.

Aaron Rouse’s victory adds to the Democrats’ majority in the state Senate, where they plan to block anti-abortion legislation the Republican governor wants to enact.

The outcome of the state Senate election could have sweeping implications for abortion rights in Virginia.

Two-time losing candidate Leon Benjamin will again try to win the seat left open by the death of Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin.

‘Students will not stand to become politicized and will not stand to become part of the governor’s agenda or his next campaign,’ one organizer said.

Joe Lombardo wants to create a program of education saving accounts that experts say could take hundreds of millions of dollars from already underfunded Nevada public school systems.

Winsome Sears added that ‘the fight has only just begun’ over abortion rights.

The Republican governor-elect has been quiet on his campaign promise to ban ‘CRT’ in the state’s schools, since winning in November. But teachers are still on high alert.

State Sen. Amanda Chase announced her campaign to challenge Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) on Wednesday.

George Allen is one of several anti-LGBTQ extremists helping the Virginia governor-elect prepare for his new job.

One conservative political action committee focused on races in some of the wealthiest and least diverse parts of the country.

Some Republicans see the issue as a central part of their campaign strategy ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

Conservative outlets like Fox News, Newsmax, One America News, and the Sinclair Group of stations repeatedly misinformed viewers about the issues Virginia voters said were most important to them.