UPDATE 5:28 pm: For more, see the Post’s Virginia Politics blog.
…Colgan said the governor had not come through with funding. Colgan said he had simply come to the conclusion that the need to pass a state budget outweighed the need to secure funding for the project.
“Nothing’s different,” he said when asked why his position had changed. “It’s just a new day.”
Well, alrighty then!
![[UPDATED with Official Announcement] Audio: VA Del. Dan Helmer Says He’s Running for Congress in the Newly Drawn VA07, Has “the endorsement of 40 [House of Delegates] colleagues”](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/helmermontage.jpg)
