Lucas isn’t just any politician. She’s our most powerful state legislator and was the driving force behind redistricting, which gave her a national profile.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is founding 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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Black voters were the most enthusiastic for the redistricting amendment. Southwest Democrats were the least.
The Democratic vote was down across Virginia, but it was down inconsistently. The highest retention rate from last November was generally in localities with high Black populations.
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The curious silence of Jay Jones and the Lynchburg Republican firehouse primary
Lynchburg Republicans want to test state law and create a mechanism to nominate candidates without using a state-run primary. Will the attorney general let that go forward?
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More than 3/4s of the signatures that led to mayor’s suspension came from just one part of Martinsville. It’s a neighborhood unlike the rest of the city.
Virginia’s removal law has created a situation where petition-signers have alleged a felony, but there’s no criminal indictment. What does this tell us about the law?
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Low turnout in Southwest and Southside helped cost ‘no’ the election. Here are the numbers.
Republicans missed an opportunity to win the special election. Turnout in Democratic areas was down, while turnout in some Republican areas was up. Not all of them, though. Two key Republican areas, Southwest and Southside, posted some of the lowest turnout rates in the state.
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Election shows rural voters enraged over redistricting. They have little, if any, recourse.
That’s because they have so few Democrats whom they can punish at the polls, either directly or indirectly.
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Virginia Supreme Court blocks certification of redistricting election. What this might mean.
Is this a sign a ruling is imminent? Is it a sign that the court will toss out the election? Or is this simply a sign the court wants to issue a thoughtful ruling and not piecemeal things?
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If history had played out differently, we might have had a Kingdom of America (and a Duke of Virginia)
King Charles III’s visit to the United States on the 250th anniversary of American independence is a reminder that the American Revolution was not inevitable. Some had ideas for other arrangements.
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Redistricting case puts at least two Virginia Supreme Court justices in awkward spot: They will soon be up for reelection.
Virginia is one of only two states where legislators elect Supreme Court justices. Now those justices must rule on whether the legislature followed the law. Would ruling that General Assembly cut legal corners endanger their judicial careers?
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Rasoul won’t run for Congress
The Democratic legislator from Roanoke had said he might run in a redrawn 6th District. Meanwhile, a New York Times analysis finds the “no” side carried the new district in the special election, raising questions about just how Democratic it might be.
