[Townhall] This is it, Election Day in Virginia. If you don’t live there, I can understand why your eyes would gloss over and you’d move on without reading more. Then again, you clicked on this headline, so you’re at least interested in the topic, so keep reading. Because the election in Virginia isn’t just about Virginia, it’s like looking through a wormhole into the future, as the campaigns run, at least by Democrats, are pretty much what the Democrats will be running from Joe Biden on down.
I live in Maryland, but very close to the Virginia border. That means I’m "treated" to campaign ads from both states (and the District of Columbia, but the only real contest in those elections is in the Democrat primary). While Maryland isn’t in the midst of an election cycle at the moment, Virginia has off-year elections for their legislature. Every seat is up for grabs in the states House and Senate.
Republicans control the House, Democrats have the Senate. If Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin can flip the Senate and hold the House, he will be able to get much, maybe most, of his agenda through and his stock in the veepstakes increases exponentially. If Democrats hold or gain, Youngkin’s remaining tenure (Virginia limits governors to one term, which is kind of stupid because there’s little accountability to voters) will be essentially pointless. |