Gov. Youngkin skewered after attacking teen on Twitter for exposing whitewash at Executive manse

Virginia’s new Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is truly proving himself to be an outstanding right-wing extremist. He may have entered the gubernatorial race last year as a non-Trump GOP politician, …

The GOP's red vested charlatan in Virginia gets unmasked

Parents of young children and teens across Virginia this week got a taste of what it means for a purple-ish state to roll the dice on a Republican candidate for governor in the midst of an ongoing …

Republicans' obsession with policing teachers, schools is a losing issue

As Republicans focus on ginning up outrage over the supposed teaching of critical race theory, the overwhelming majority of Americans believe that their local classrooms and libraries should include …

Youngkin 'having a ball' as Virginia's education system descends into chaos

Sure, he’s just two weeks in office and being sued by seven school districts and a group of Chesapeake parents, but Virginia GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin is “having a ball” despite upending the …

Virginia’s racist Gov. Youngkin sets up email hotline to expose teachers—it’s not going as planned

On Tuesday, pretend not-Trumper Gov. Glenn Youngkin set up a “tip line” for Virginia conservatives to use to drop dimes on educators who dare bring up the whiff of our country’s collective history of …

Youngkin asks Virginia parents to turn in teachers for teaching 'divisive' concepts

“Report your kid’s teacher for admitting racism exists” is apparently going to be to 2022 as “report your coworker for communism” was to the early 1950s. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has a freakin’ …

'See y'all on Monday': Anti-masker mom threatens to bring loaded gun to school over mask policy

It’s months and years into the pandemic, but schools are still being threatened by both anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers. In the most recent incident, Page County Public Schools in Luray, Virginia, said …

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin demonstrates how Republicanism works in one awful stroke

On Wednesday, incoming Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced his selection as secretary of natural resources for the state of Virginia. That selection? Andrew Wheeler.

That would be Andrew Wheeler, former …

Youngkin too inept to realize he can't pull Virginia out of carbon initiative on his own

Virginia governor-elect Glenn Youngkin is ready to pull the plug on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Speaking at the annual Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce meeting, the Republican said …

Glenn Youngkin is already being rebuked by right-wingers for insufficient loyalty to MAGA madness

Racism and bigotry were the jet fuel that launched Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin to his gubernatorial victory earlier this month. Somehow, he got the fuel mix right, adding just enough incendiary …

43% of Republicans say they want no teaching on the history of racism whatsoever

Henry Ford famously said, “History is more or less bunk.” Of course, he was a horrible, virulent racist who Hitler praised as an “inspiration” in Mein Kampf, so his sentiment makes a certain amount of …

Making sense of what Virginia means and doesn't mean for Democrats in 2022

Tuesday and the handwringing that followed has undoubtedly been unpleasant. As Democrats on Wednesday tried to assess the magnitude of the post-election fallout, one astute observer chimed in with …

Senate Republicans still haven't quite caught on that they can't possibly replicate Glenn Youngkin

Senate Republicans, tantalized by the campaign of Virginia GOP governor-elect Glenn Youngkin, clearly have no idea how they’re going to replicate his candidacy in battleground races next year. …

Youngkin won by keeping Trump at bay. Congressional Republicans can't possibly replicate that

Virginia GOP Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin cracked the code. The consensus of multiple election analysis pieces is that Youngkin entertained the fringe views of Trump voters just enough while also …

Morning Digest: GOP takes Virginia governor's race for first statewide win in more than a decade

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Voting rights are on the ballot this year in these key elections

Tuesday’s elections include several contests that have critical implications for the right to vote, including ballot measures where voters will directly decide whether to expand access to the …

Ahead of Virginia results, Republicans declare another supposedly 'stolen' election

Even before the polls opened in Virginia on Tuesday, Republican pundits lined up to assure their base that any election resulting in a Democratic victory was supposedly “stolen.”

This is …

Trump reminds Virginia voters he is very much on the ballot under the name of Glenn Youngkin

After months of meticulously avoiding any contact, photo ops, or visits with Donald Trump, Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin got yet another unwelcome intrusion into the final 24 …

Morning Digest: Illinois' new congressional map double bunks two pairs of incumbents

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Morning Digest: Defeated Georgia senator weighs primary challenge to governor despised by Trump

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …