State Races

Princess Blanding was excluded from the gubernatorial debate on Tuesday despite qualifying for the ballot as the Liberation Party candidate. But as a community activist who began her political career as a protester for social justice, Blanding didn’t wait for a place on the stage to make her voice heard.

Former and possibly future Gov. Terry McAuliffe says his Republican rival, Glenn Youngkin, would end abortions in Virginia.

Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin disagreed sharply, sometimes personally, on a host of issues Friday night during their first gubernatorial debate.

In a recent TV ad, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe says Glenn Youngkin, his Republican opponent, “called COVID relief ‘unnecessary,’” a charge the two candidates have been tussling over since June. We fact-checked the claim and found McAuliffe has taken liberty with Youngkin’s position on the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that sent $1,400 checks to many people and aid to state and local governments.

Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin says Virginia’s public education has suffered in recent years and puts some of the blame on Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe, who led the state from 2014 to 2018.

The Virginia Redistricting Commission voted on Monday to begin drawing new legislative maps some two weeks later than expected in the latest delay in the commonwealth’s redistricting process.

Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin says critical race theory has become pervasive in Virginia schools and must be expunged.

In a recent TV ad, McAullife says he worked with “reasonable Republicans to get things done” when he led Virgina from 2014 to 2018. Among those accomplishments, he notes that school funding increased by $1 billion during his term. White letters appear on the screen saying, “Under Terry McAuliffe record investment in education.”

President Joe Biden recently lauded once and possibly future Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s record as a job creator when he led Virginia from 2014 to 2018.

Republican Glenn Youngkin says he wants to build a “rip-roaring” economy, protect the Second Amendment, and bring down the cost of living. But if the devil is in the details, you won’t find much on the gubernatorial hopeful’s website, TV ads, or public appearances.