the Whig Party, then as an independent. #OTD #history #vapol #vapoli #vapolitics #uspol #uspoli #uspolitics #politics
Future American president James Madison was born on 16 March 1751
#OnThisDay 16 March 1751 James Madison Jr. was born in Port Conway, Virginia. He served as the 4th President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. #OTD #history #uspol #uspoli #uspolitics #vapol #vapoli #vapolitics #politics
“The only way things don’t get dramatically worse in this country is if Trump’s opponents build an infrastructure of democracy. The “arc of the universe” doesn’t bend toward justice, it bends toward whoever pulls it.”
#dems #justice #resilience #longgame #fight #win #njpoli #vapoli #Papoli #capoli
Jay Jones (D) elected Attorney General in Virginia, defeating incumbent Jason Miyares (R), projects Fox News. #VAPoli
VA Dems will call for special session to deal with shutdown-related impacts but NYT reports they’ll consider redrawing Congressional maps to counter Trump push elsewhere. GOP gov nom Earle-Sears’ team calling it “cheap political stunt.” #VAPoli
GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
INBOX: New polling from Wilder School at VCU shows all 3 VA races tightening.
GOVERNOR: Spanberger 49, Earle-Sears 40 (Lt Gov narrows margin by 3 from last poll)
LT GOV: Hashmi 45, Reid 41 (narrowed by 6)
AG: Jones 47, Miyares 41 (narrowed by 3)
#VA #VAPoli
Early voting wraps Saturday ahead of Tuesday's special election in Virginia's 11th District to replace the late Rep. Gerry Connolly.
My interviews with James Walkinshaw (D) and Stewart Whitson (R), plus so much more n our #TheFinal5 #VA11 special: fox5dc.com/video/1702497 #VAPoli