Erin Reed says state legislators 'are continuing to increase the ways in which they target the community.'

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

Virginia Republicans want to decimate laws promoting clean energy and curbing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.

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.

Republican Juan Pablo Segura kicked off his campaign by attacking school equity efforts and using an antisemitic trope to attack progressive prosecutors.

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.

‘I’m proud of my city,’ Mayor Levar Stoney said. ‘We’ve done something that a lot of communities have struggled with, and I think a ton of people are ready to turn the page.’  

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

McEachin had recently been reelected for a fourth time to represent the Congressional district comprising most of Richmond, Virginia’s state capital.

Despite several investigations led by Republicans in GOP-led states, there has yet to be any proof of election fraud from the midterms and most election results are being certified without issue.

‘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.

Virginia Republican Yesli Vega also claimed without evidence that women who have abortions ‘suffer so much.’

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares was part of a winning Republican ticket that claimed Democrats were soft on prosecuting sexual offenses.

Jarome Bell has also embraced conspiracy theories and opposed LGBTQ 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.

The expanded child tax credit is set to expire next week. Policy experts say that would cut off critical aid to tens of thousands of Virginia families.

Anti-LGBTQ groups are claiming that schools are violating the rights of teachers and parents.

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.

Voters who expressed concern about the pandemic overwhelmingly backed Democrat Terry McAuliffe. But most voters had other priorities.