Video: Gov. Abigail Spanberger Says That "with a president who’s even more unpopular than he was the last time we faced a midterm for him, we can win 3-4 seats in Virginia [this November]...and we have to do it!”
Video: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Vows, After “egregious decision by [SCOVA]”, to Restore 10D-1R Map in Virginia “in advance of 2028”; "And I can tell you right now, as a guarantee, we are taking back control of the...House of Representatives in November."
Video: After Interviewing Last Prison Guard to See Jeffrey Epstein Alive, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10 - Loudoun) Says “I do believe [Epstein] did commit suicide”; "It was clear incompetence &...lack of oversight over...Epstein that led to him being able to commit suicide"
If the NY Times/Siena Poll (D+11 Among RVs; D+14 Among “Almost Certain/Very Likely” to Vote) Is Correct, VA Dems Could Pick Up Three US House Seats in November (Likely VA02, possibly VA01 and maybe even VA05?)
Audio: VA Senate Majority Leader Surovell Says Gov. Spanberger’s Veto of Collective Bargaining Legislation “Not Great” for Their Working Relationship; "Historically, Democratic governors don't veto Democratic bills"; "we're still trying to figure out this governor and her style"
Gov. Abigail Spanberger Signs 25 Bills: Assault Weapons Ban, Marijuana Resentencing, Clean Energy Innovation Bank, Protections Against Immigration Retaliation etc.
Virginia AFL-CIO Charges Gov. Abigail Spanberger With Having “turned her back on working people”; Vows “Virginia’s labor movement will not forget this moment” ("...we believed we finally had a Governor who understood the dignity of work")
Gov. Abigail Spanberger Signs Bills to Cap Cost of Insulin, Lower Healthcare & Prescription Drug Costs; “No Virginian should be rationing insulin because of what it costs at the pharmacy counter"
VA Gov. Abigail Spanberger Betrays More Than Half a Million Public Service Workers By Vetoing Historic Collective Bargaining Legislation; "The Governor thinks she knows what is best for workers, and that is precisely the problem. She is not listening to workers."
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08; Arlington, Alexandria): As Inflation Rises, “Trump is alternating between bloviating to his lackeys about his ballroom and yelling at clouds in manic late night social media tantrums.”
VA Democrats’ Emergency Application to the U.S. Supreme Court Argues VA Supreme Court’s Decision Was “deeply mistaken,” “violates federal law in two separate ways” (Also: "The text of the Virginia Constitution...unquestionably refute[s] the Virginia Supreme Court’s interpretation")
Gov. Abigail Spanberger Signs Landmark Paid Family & Medical Leave Law; "Virginia is the first state in the south to create a paid family & medical leave program"
NY Times Reports on the “fury and desperation that has gripped [Dems] after Friday’s ruling” – and Some Radical (Unlikely?) Options Being Considered; Virginia Dems mostly aren't commenting, but Rep. Subramanyam (D-VA10) says he'd even support "replacing the state’s Supreme Court justices"
Fmr. Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA05) Set for Showdown with Rep. John McGuire (R-VA05) over Skyrocketing Costs and Corruption; "The Only Democrat in a Generation to Win Virginia’s Fifth District Is Committed to Winning It Again"