Based on retirements alone, more than one-quarter of the Senate will be new; so will one-third of the House of Delegates. Election defeats could push the turnover higher.
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.
Southwest Virginia once led the state in electing women to the General Assembly. Now it lags. Will that change this year?
We might have a record number of women seeking legislative seats, but many are in districts where it’s hard for their party to win.
Virginia wants more health care workers. So does Canada. That’s why it’s recruiting nurses from Ireland and Africa.
Canada, unlike the United States, has turned to immigration as a way to ease its workforce shortages. That’s why its tech hub now has more workers than Silicon Valley.
Virginians agree on one thing, poll shows: Social media is bad for us
Democrats and Republicans all agree that political extremism is a problem but each blames the other side.
School debates made simple: Democrats trust teachers, Republicans trust parents
A poll by Christopher Newport University shows stark partisan differences over who should be in charge of education.
Some districts will get new legislators without a single vote being cast
That’s because those districts are so strongly weighted toward one party that the party nomination is tantamount to election. In some cases, there’s no one else on the ballot and probably won’t be.
A century before the NCAA Final Four, Ruth Terrett started Virginia Tech’s first women’s basketball team
In 1921, Tech enrolled its first 12 female students, who weren’t allowed in any of the school’s clubs, or even the quad. Meet the woman who started Tech’s women’s basketball team anyway — and scaled the water tower for good measure.
Virginia Tech’s Final Four appearance began with a ‘fluke’ of history: an unlikely Virginia congressman who pushed gender equality
The legal stage for Title IX was set by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Rep. Howard Smith of Virginia was the one who had sex discrimination added to the list of prohibitions.
A ‘battery belt’ is rising in the Southeast. How can Virginia become part of it?
The decision by a lithium processor to pass over Pittsylvania County in favor of South Carolina highlights the growth of this new industry cluster in the Carolinas and Georgia.
If Democrats want to win the Roanoke Valley’s state Senate seat, here’s what they need to do
Democrats will need to produce a big enough margin in Roanoke to outweigh Republican-voting Roanoke County, Salem and Montgomery County. Can that be done? Here’s a look at previous elections.