r/VirginiaDems

Virginia jumped a spot to No. 3 in this year’s CNBC rankings of the Top States for Business, and the financial news network said the Old Dominion might have ranked higher except that its economy is still suffering from President Donald Trump’s DOGE cuts a year ago.

DOGE’s “chainsawing attack on public servants” has put families out of work and dampened consumer spending, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) said in an interview. Countering that requires “a long-term rebuild.”

She declined to mention her Republican predecessor, Glenn Youngkin, by name, but said she was proud of bettering his outgoing No. 4 ranking. “I’m sure it’s not lost on anyone,” she said.

The poll also finds that Virginians are strongly skeptical of data centers.

I know this is a long way ahead, and that the bigger focus is 2026, followed by the 2028 presidential election.

However, it’s good to have a rough idea on future plans. In my opinion, Jay Jones should not seek any political office in 2029, due to his past controversies, including text messages and speeding conviction. He underperformed Spanberger and Hashmi, and I think he only won due to Trump’s unpopularity + Spanberger’s and Hashmi’s large wins.

See also r/VirginiaGOP, r/VirginiaDems, r/Tidewater, r/HamptonRoads, and r/VirginiaNews.

See also r/VirginiaOpEds and r/VirginiaDems

We checked every Rob Wittman campaign pledge since 2007.

11 campaigns, 17 issue areas: almost all of it came back broken, deleted, or never attempted.

Now he wants you to hire him again.

WTF?

Our newsletter has the receipts.

See also r/FreeVirginiaNews and r/VirginiaDems

See also r/VirginiaOpEds, r/VirginiaGOP, and r/VirginiaDems.