Blue Virginia

Earlier this afternoon, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) was on WAMU's The Politics Hour, where he and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) discused "how a...

Per VPAP, see below for "how much candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates raised in 2024, grouped by the partisanship of their district...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, January 17. ‘It’s going to be rough’: what...

See below for video and a few highlights from Sen. Mark Warner's press availability earlier today. Lots of questions on TikTok, and that's certainly...

A new poll from CNU's Wason Center is out this morning; see below for results and highlights. " In the governor’s race, Congresswoman Spanberger...

Courtesy of VPAP, see below for the latest fundraising totals for the second half of 2024 – and cash on hand (as of 12/31/24)...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, January 16. Economic growth could fall 50% over...

See below for reactions by Virginia's Congressional Democrats to the announcement today of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. I agree strongly with...

Personally, I can't stand Marco Rubio, but his confirmation is 100% guaranteed, and he's one of the least-horrible Trump nominees, so it makes sense...

The following is from Sen. Mark Warner's office regarding his questioning this morning of Donald Trump's nominee for CIA Director, John Ratcliffe.  Also, check...

See below for a press release from the Piedmont Environmental Council, as well as a press release/fact sheet from State Senator Russet Perry and...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, January 15. It’s the S-Curve, stupid: New model...

Good stuff from the Virginia House Democratic Caucus: House Democratic Caucus Passes Constitutional Amendments to Safeguard Reproductive Rights, Marriage Equality, and Voting Rights Richmond, VA — Today,...

A few minutes ago, the Virginia House of Delegates passed - on a party-line vote, not surprisingly - HJ1, a constitutional amendment which "Provides...

See below for video and a partial transcript of Sen. Tim Kaine questioning Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who...

From the Abigail Spanberger for Governor campaign, impressive fundraising totals (as expected). So here's the thing - if you're Bobby Scott and you're thinking...

From the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus: "The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus (VLBC) has released their 2025 Legislative Agenda at a 10 AM press conference...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 14. The Floods This Time: In the...

This bill - patroned by Del. Debra Gardner, and supported by the organizations listed below - should be a no brainer for a bunch...

Virginia Democrats respond to Gov. Glenn Youngkin's State of the Commonwealth (SOTC) address this morning. Thankfully, this was Youngkin's final SOTC address, as we'll...

The 2025 Virginia General Assembly kicks off this morning, and as always there will be a lot of bills to consider. Here are just...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 13. The Los Angeles fires won’t affect...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 12. How the climate crisis fuels devastating...

Good news from Richmond, although only after BAD news for the past week.  The big question at this point is, how on earth did...

When Glenn Youngkin first started running for governor of Virginia in early 2021, he had just been forced out of the Carlyle Group, where...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, January 11. To resist the climate crisis, we...

From Sen. Mark Warner's office: "Today, following the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments regarding the divestiture of TikTok by its parent company, Chinese-based ByteDance, U.S. Sen....

Yesterday, an Emerson College poll of the 2025 Virginia governor's race had Democrat Abigail Spanberger up just 1 point over Lt. Governor Winsome Sears...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, January 10. 2024 was Earth's hottest year on...

by Sam Shirazi On Tuesday, Virginia Democrats got some much needed good news, as they held SD32 and HD26 in eastern Loudoun County to maintain...