Montgomery County Republicans lost some races they thought they should have won — for supervisor, school board and constitutional offices. Tech students factored in two races, but low turnout in some Republican precincts also cost the GOP.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org or 540-529-1136.
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State report says welfare programs help get people jobs but those jobs don’t get them out of poverty
The report says the programs encourage people to take “relatively lowpaying, dead-end, unstable jobs” rather than train for higher-paying, more promising jobs.
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People don’t ‘magically switch sides like a WWF wrestler based on you quoting a statistic’
Readers offer insights into how to calm a difficult political conversation. Another in our special project on civility.
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Report says Virginia doesn’t have enough child care but there’s little the state can do about it
The state report says the lack of child care keeps workforce participation rates low, and makes it harder for some people to get off welfare.
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Thomas Jefferson didn’t believe in Thanksgiving
He felt that the government declaring a day for giving thanks was an unconstitutional co-mingling of church and state.
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60 years on, John Kennedy’s legacy in Virginia can be measured with I-64 and clean drinking water
His administration overturned a state recommendation that the road go through Farmville and Lynchburg. He also created the first Appalachian Regional Commission.
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Should we have a Secretary for Rural Virginia? Here’s one example from up north. Way up north.
Some in Virginia have proposed such a position. Canada already has such a Cabinet post. Here’s what the first minister to hold the position says.
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Three ways the relationship between Gov. Youngkin and a new Democratic General Assembly could go
It’s been three decades since we had a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature.
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Rep. Bob Good blames Republican timidity on abortion for ‘low red turnout.’ The math shows otherwise.
Also: Are there really Marxists in Richmond? Good’s primary challenger says there are.
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Red state Kentucky saw Appalachian counties vote for a Democrat. Why that’s harder to duplicate in purple state Virginia.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear won counties in eastern Kentucky that are similiar to our Southwest Virginia. Here’s how he did it.