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Yesterday — 27 October 2025Main stream

Virginia Democrats to Begin Redistricting Votes in Latest Battle for Congress

27 October 2025 at 22:12
State lawmakers are convening to take a vote that would allow redistricting before next year’s midterms, though the process would take months.

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Legislators are, technically, gathering this week as part of that year-and-a- half-old special session which Gov. Glenn Youngkin called in May 2024 that was never adjourned.

Why Attacks on Spanberger Don’t Seem to Stick in Va. Governor’s Race

27 October 2025 at 17:02
Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee, has a commanding lead in polls. Her Republican rival, Winsome Earle-Sears, has focused on a texting scandal involving the Democrat running for attorney general.

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Public and private polling in Virginia show Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican nominee for governor, trailing former Representative Abigail Spanberger in the waning days of the campaign.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Letitia James Case Shows Ruthlessness of Justice Dept. in Trump’s Grip

For the Trump administration, creating an aura of criminality around the indicted New York attorney general — through public scrutiny of her and her relatives — may be as important as a conviction.

© Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times

Letitia James pursued President Trump in court. Now, his administration is pursuing her.
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