Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe enters governor’s race
4 years ago

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe enters governor’s race

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has formally announced his candidacy for next year’s gubernatorial contest in a race that will serve as a barometer of voter sentiment during President-elect Joe Biden’s first year in office. McAuliffe held a news conference Wednesday outside an elementary school in Richmond, promising that increased education spending would be his top priority if elected. He focused his remarks Wednesday on the need for “bold” action to address Virginia’s lagging teacher pay and inequities in education funding. Lee Carter, a Democratic socialist who was first elected to the state House in 2017, has formed a committee that allows him to raise money for a potential gubernatorial contest.

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Former state lawmaker launches bid for Arkansas governor
2 years, 10 months ago

Former state lawmaker launches bid for Arkansas governor

Associated Press  

— Former state Rep. Jay Martin announced Tuesday that he would seek the Democratic nomination for Arkansas governor, portraying himself as a more conservative option for voters in this year’s Democratic primary. Martin, who served in the state House in 2003-2007, joins a crowded field vying for the party’s nomination in the May primary. Martin, who ran unsuccessfully for the …

Biden says Virginia race wasn’t blowback against him
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden says Virginia race wasn’t blowback against him

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Democrats’ setbacks in Tuesday’s elections underscore that the party needs to “produce for the American people,” but he pushed back against the notion that the off-year election results were a repudiation of his presidency. In Virginia’s governor’s race Democrat Terry McAuliffe lost to first-time Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin in a state that …

AP FACT CHECK: Biden distorts Virginia’s electoral history
3 years, 1 month ago

AP FACT CHECK: Biden distorts Virginia’s electoral history

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Downplaying his party’s loss in Virginia, President Joe Biden suggested that Democrat Terry McAuliffe couldn’t have won the governor’s election based on the state’s history of rejecting candidates in that race when their party occupied the White House. BIDEN: “No governor in Virginia has ever won when he’s of the same, or he or she’s the same party, …

Republicans take Virginia governorship in first major election of the Biden presidency
3 years, 1 month ago

Republicans take Virginia governorship in first major election of the Biden presidency

Salon  

Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe in the race for Virginia governor, the first major election of the Joe Biden presidency. Youngkin, a Republican businessman with no political experience, announced his bid back in January, campaigning on a number of hot button issues that have in recent years come to the fore of the culture war, like transgender …

Virginia governors race is first ‘test of Biden’s presidency’
3 years, 1 month ago

Virginia governors race is first ‘test of Biden’s presidency’

Al Jazeera  

A Republican challenger in the race for Virginia governor is giving Democrats a scare in the state’s November 2 election that is seen as a referendum on President Joe Biden and his first year in the White House. Virginia is a state that President Biden won easily in 2020, but former hedge fund manager, Republican Glenn Youngkin is running neck-and-neck …

A post-Trump test for Democrats looms in Virginia election
3 years, 1 month ago

A post-Trump test for Democrats looms in Virginia election

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — For four years, nothing rallied Democrats like the push to get Donald Trump out of office. Democrats in Virginia are scrambling to stave off disaster in the state’s governor’s race — the most competitive major election since Trump left the White House. Still, McAuliffe spent the vast majority of his record fundraising haul warning voters that his …

Virginia's race for governor is a test for Democrats' — and Trump's — staying power
3 years, 1 month ago

Virginia's race for governor is a test for Democrats' — and Trump's — staying power

NPR  

Virginia's race for governor is a test for Democrats' — and Trump's — staying power Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Alex Brandon/AP Alan Mullis was so flattered that Republican Glenn Youngkin paid a pit stop in McKenney, Va., a town an hour south of Richmond — or as Mullis puts it, "the middle of boondocks" — that he …

Biden easily won Virginia. Why is McAuliffe struggling?
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden easily won Virginia. Why is McAuliffe struggling?

Associated Press  

ROANOKE, Va. — As Terry McAuliffe made his case for the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia this summer, he argued the state wanted “seasoned” leadership. And some allies worry that McAuliffe’s hyper-focus on former President Donald Trump may not energize voters in the same way it did when he was in office. McAuliffe’s team privately points to the drag …

Biden ties Republican in race for Va. governor to Trump
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden ties Republican in race for Va. governor to Trump

Associated Press  

ARLINGTON, Va. — President Joe Biden framed the Virginia governor’s race as a repudiation of his predecessor, tying the Republican candidate to former President Donald Trump as he campaigned for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in what’s become a tight and increasingly bitter campaign. He charged that Youngkin “not only embraces some of the essential lack of character, he endorses Donald Trump’s …

McAuliffe’s backslapping political brand put to test in 2021
3 years, 2 months ago

McAuliffe’s backslapping political brand put to test in 2021

Associated Press  

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Terry McAuliffe is a blur of handshakes, hugs, backslaps and smiles as he glides through the friendly crowd at Gethsemane Baptist Church seeking help from above. One of his favorite quips: “I got as much energy today as the day I was born!” Jake Rubenstein, who served as McAuliffe’s personal assistant during his 2013 campaign and …

McAuliffe’s backslapping political brand put to test in 2021
3 years, 2 months ago

McAuliffe’s backslapping political brand put to test in 2021

Associated Press  

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Terry McAuliffe is a blur of handshakes, hugs, backslaps and smiles as he glides through the friendly crowd at Gethsemane Baptist Church seeking help from above. “Uhhh, it’ll be last minute,” he says not-so-confidently as McAuliffe moves to shake another hand. Such high-touch bravado worked for McAuliffe in 2013, when he became the only Virginia candidate …

Obama to campaign with McAuliffe in Virginia governor’s race
3 years, 2 months ago

Obama to campaign with McAuliffe in Virginia governor’s race

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Former President Barack Obama will campaign with fellow Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the final stretch of the Virginia governor’s race. McAuliffe initially said on “Morning Joe” that Obama would be coming Saturday, in a way that suggested the visit would precede Abrams’ events. McAuliffe, who preceded Northam in office, called Youngkin a “Trump wannabe” on Tuesday and …

McAuliffe, Youngkin clash over abortion, COVID in 1st debate
3 years, 3 months ago

McAuliffe, Youngkin clash over abortion, COVID in 1st debate

Associated Press  

GRUNDY, Va. — Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin clashed over abortion and vaccination policies Thursday in Virginia’s first gubernatorial debate of the general election season, as each sought to cast the other as extreme. Asked his position on President Joe Biden’s sweeping new vaccine mandates issued earlier this month, Youngkin called himself a “strong advocate” for the COVID-19 …

McAuliffe, Youngkin clash over abortion, COVID in 1st debate
3 years, 3 months ago

McAuliffe, Youngkin clash over abortion, COVID in 1st debate

Associated Press  

GRUNDY, Va. — Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin clashed over abortion and vaccination policies Thursday in Virginia’s first gubernatorial debate of the general election season, as each sought to cast the other as extreme. Asked his position on President Joe Biden’s sweeping new vaccine mandates issued earlier this month, Youngkin called himself a “strong advocate” for the COVID-19 …

GOP's 'Moderate' Candidate For Virginia Governor Keeps Feeding Election Conspiracies
3 years, 4 months ago

GOP's 'Moderate' Candidate For Virginia Governor Keeps Feeding Election Conspiracies

Huff Post  

Glenn Youngkin, the Republican candidate for governor in Virginia, has positioned himself as a moderate outsider, even as he continues to push the idea that his state and others need to do more to bolster the "integrity" of elections in the wake of Donald Trump's defeat. Win McNamee via Getty Images Glenn Youngkin, the Republican candidate in Virginia’s looming gubernatorial …

McAuliffe wins Democratic nomination for Virginia governor
3 years, 6 months ago

McAuliffe wins Democratic nomination for Virginia governor

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Terry McAuliffe, the energetic former Virginia governor and longtime fixture of Democratic politics, won the party’s nomination Tuesday in his quest for a second term in office. “And I’ve said, we’ve got to go big, we’ve got to be bold, and we need seasoned leadership to move us forward and to lift up all Virginians.” Virginia is …

Trump-Biden rematch by proxy? A governor’s race is shaping up as a key post-Trump test
3 years, 7 months ago

Trump-Biden rematch by proxy? A governor’s race is shaping up as a key post-Trump test

LA Times  

Terry McAuliffe, left, is running for the Democratic nomination to retake his former post. “The administration in Washington has moved so far left and moved so quickly, that when a state like Virginia stands up and says no, and an outsider like me beats Terry McAuliffe, it’s going to be a big statement.” But Democrats are moving quickly to define …

Millionaire investor joins Virginia governor contest
3 years, 10 months ago

Millionaire investor joins Virginia governor contest

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A former executive of a global investment firm, Glenn Youngkin, announced he will join Virginia’s race for governor, casting himself in a video as a conservative political outsider who worked his way up to amass his estimated $265 million of wealth. “I’ve spent the last 30 years building business and creating jobs.... It’s going to take an …

Virginia’s McAuliffe to make gubernatorial bid official
4 years ago

Virginia’s McAuliffe to make gubernatorial bid official

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Terry McAuliffe is trying to get his old job back. McAuliffe, once best known as a top Democratic money man and close friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s, will enter an already crowded Democratic primary. The governor’s race in Virginia will be one of the country’s marquee political contests next year, serving as a barometer of the …

Terry McAuliffe Files Papers To Run For Virginia Governor
4 years, 4 months ago

Terry McAuliffe Files Papers To Run For Virginia Governor

Huff Post  

Democrat Terry McAuliffe is now a step closer to running for his old job as Virginia governor. They want a Governor who will never put corporate interests over the people’s interest.” McClellan political director Nichole Wescott Hayes said McClellan is running to “lead Virginia boldly into the future.” “This election is going to be about which candidate has the vision …

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