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 …

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.”

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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 …

Morning Digest: McConnell swallows hard and makes his peace with Trump's MAGA favorite in Georgia

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: The last Republican in statewide office on the West Coast just said she'd resign

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 …

Youngkin ad silent on what book includes 'the most explicit material you can imagine'

A new ad for Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin features a solemn, almost anguished white woman talking about the wrongs done to her and her child by former Virginia governor and …

Morning Digest: Top Maryland Democrats line up to run for attorney general, including a congressman

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 …

Virginia Democrats far more likely to expand majority than lose it, despite 'horse race journalism'

When asked a straightforward question in late September—of whether he would certify the 2020 presidential election after the violent insurrection by Trump supporters—Glenn Youngkin, the Republican …

GOP's Youngkin woos right-wing voters then covers his tracks

Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin is working hard to win over the state’s right-wing voters while working even harder to keep moderate suburbanites and independents in the dark …

Morning Digest: Texas Republican earns primary challenge for sin of backing Jan. 6 commission

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 …

Antisemitic dog whistle, big ad campaign pile on to school board attacks in Virginia governor's race

The Republican push to turn schools into ground zero for their culture war is getting a cash infusion in Virginia, where Free to Learn Action is putting $1 million into an ad buy targeting former …

Morning Digest: Virginia redistricting commission collapses, punts work to state Supreme Court

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 …

Why we have to stop the Virginia GOP's stealth campaign to install an anti-abortion governor

There’s a lot riding on next month’s election in Virginia, where Republicans are spending heavily to try to retake the state and roll back huge progressive gains. Abortion rights are at the top of …

Morning Digest: Vulnerable Senate Democrats are all outraising the competition

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

Morning Digest: Baffled by new map, two West Virginia Republicans announce bids for wrong district

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 …

Youngkin supporters pledge allegiance to the insurrection at GOP Virginia rally

Where to begin with the Take Back Virginia Rally held in Glen Allen, Virginia, last night? How about, well, the beginning, when emcee Martha Boneta introduced a flag used at the violent Jan. 6 …