Demand for gun safety could flip Virginia legislature from red to blue
Gun policy is the top issue among Virginia voters, who will head to the polls on Nov. 5.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 04, 2019Gun policy is the top issue among Virginia voters, who will head to the polls on Nov. 5.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 04, 2019GOP leaders in Prince William County did what national Republicans still have not done with Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - October 02, 2019Rep. Morgan Griffith’s comments come the same day as Trump’s threat of ‘civil war’ if he’s removed from office.
By Oliver Willis - October 01, 2019State Sen. Amanda Chase (R-VA) has not apologized for her ad targeting gun groups.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2019Progressives won victories in California, where a new law protects workers in the gig economy, and a new task force in Minnesota will address violence against Native women.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 20, 2019Days after begging the NRA to reward her for blocking gun action, Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase (R) is now campaigning on her willingness to shoot gun control advocates.
By Josh Israel - September 20, 2019A conservative megadonor from Illinois is taking advantage of Virginia’s no-limits campaign finance system to bankroll embattled Republican Virginia state legislator Nick Freitas.
By Josh Israel - September 17, 2019State Sen. Amanda Chase (R-VA) is hoping to cash in on her pro-NRA votes during her time in the Virginia legislature.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 16, 2019With a 4-3 vote, the school board in Stafford County, Virginia, adopted nondiscrimination and equal opportunity policies to protect LGBTQ students and faculty.
By Josh Israel - September 11, 2019Wins for voters in North Carolina and California, as well as the first congressional delegate from the Cherokee Nation, are worth celebrating this week.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 06, 2019Weeks after Virginia Republicans abruptly ended a special legislative session on gun safety, the NRA cut their leader a huge check.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 05, 2019Virginia state Sen. Bill DeSteph refuses to support even the most popular gun safety measures.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 06, 2019Republicans in Virginia are ‘gonna get annihilated’ in November’s election for their lack of action on gun violence, Trump’s former campaign chair said.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 06, 2019State Del. Nicholas Freitas ‘flagrantly ignored’ the rules and could hurt Republicans’ chances of maintaining a majority after the November 2019 election.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 01, 2019The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus won’t appear with Trump at a Jamestown celebration.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 30, 2019State Senate Republicans in Virginia voted to abandon an effort to pass gun control measures in the state after GOP lawmakers revolted.
By Emily Singer - July 09, 2019Democratic-controlled states expanded health care access, made voting easier, and strengthened protections for victims of hate crimes.
By Emily Singer - June 21, 2019Republicans were dealt a blow when the Supreme Court dismissed their challenge against fairly drawn state legislative districts.
By Emily Singer - June 17, 2019While Trump was creating diplomatic disasters, Democrats were passing landmark legislation and blocking extremist GOP laws in states across the country.
By Emily Singer - June 07, 2019Republican Dave Brat couldn’t stop complaining about his constituents. After they fired him on Tuesday, he won’t have to worry about them anymore.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 07, 2018Virginia voters continue to abandon the GOP.
By Eric Boehlert - November 06, 2018Republican Rep. Dave Brat complained to incarcerated drug addicts that his life is ‘tough’ too because he faces negative ads in his re-election race.
By Oliver Willis - October 18, 2018Trump seems to have been playing politics with disaster relief.
By Eric Boehlert - September 11, 2018An attempt to rig a House race in Virginia for GOP Rep. Scott Taylor has completely blown up, implicating several staffers in a scandal just months before the election.
By Oliver Willis - September 05, 2018Republican Rep. Scott Taylor refuses to condemn his party’s openly racist Senate nominee because he doesn’t ‘give a sh-t.’
By Matthew Chapman - July 09, 2018While several Republicans are trying to distance themselves from openly racist Virginia Senate candidate Corey Stewart, Trump’s cheering him on.
By Eric Boehlert - June 13, 2018Corey Stewart had ties to an overt white nationalist. Virginia Republicans nominated him anyway.
By Matthew Chapman - June 12, 2018Virginia Senate candidate Corey Stewart told white nationalist Paul Nehlen ‘I can’t tell you how much I was inspired by you’ in a video posted to his personal YouTube account.
By Matthew Chapman - June 04, 2018George Allen’s endorsement didn’t work for Ed Gillespie. But Rep. Barbara Comstock apparently hopes it will work for her.
By Matthew Chapman - May 30, 2018Virginia Republicans can’t seem to find a single viable candidate for the U.S. Senate. They’re starting to accept Tim Kaine is here to stay as Virginia senator.
By Matthew Chapman - April 06, 2018