The crisis engulfing Virginia’s Democratic leaders continues to rage two weeks after the first scandal. The controversies come at a critical time, as the entire state legislature — where Republicans have a tiny 51-49 majority in the House and another tiny 21-19 majority in the Senate — is up for re-election in November. Here’s an update on where things stand for each of the state’s embattled Democrats: Governor Ralph Northam Northam’s bizarre press conference in which he decided it wasn’t actually him in the yearbook photo he had owned up to the night before — and in which he was
After a primary on Tuesday that defied expectations, Virginia has its candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General in 2017. Virginia is one of two states that holds elections every year (the other is New Jersey), and this year will have important consequences. As we detailed in March, political analysts will be watching Virginia very closely this year as a barometer for how voters are feeling about the Trump administration and as a bellwether for the 2018 midterm elections. Virginia was reliably red for decades but began shifting to a purple state in the 2000s. Barack Obama won the state in