Opinion

Every governor, and every legislative majority, face challenges. Here are some of the ones the new governor and the expanded House majority will face.

The Democratic vote was up, but a big part of the election story was how much the Republican vote was down. That magnified the Democratic wave and made it look bigger.

The vice mayor of Lynchburg addresses a controversy over the minutes for one city council meeting.

And some of the losers might have been winners in other ways. Here’s who comes out ahead and who doesn’t.

In the debate over gerrymandering, we can “what about” our way back to Elbridge Gerry himself. Both parties have dirt on their hands when it comes to drawing lines that benefit one side at the expense of another.

It’s tempting for commentators to attribute the breadth of this victory to just one cause — the unpopularity of President Donald Trump in Virginia. He certainly played an outsized part in the election, but he wasn’t the only factor.

While the Flood of 1985 was raging across western Virginia, the state was also trying to conduct an election to pick a new governor.