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☆ Virginia's Democratic Members of Congress Ask for DOJ Probe After Voters Removed From Rolls in Error
  + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
The governor has the sole discretion to restore those civil rights, apart from firearm rights, which can be restored by a court. It called on DOJ to look into the matter as a possible violation of the Voting Rights Act or other federal laws. The Virginia Department of Elections said in a statement Tuesday that impacted voters will receive written notification that their registrations have been reinstated. It also offered some pushback against the letter, saying it incorrectly claimed that voters were purged “without notice.”“This is false. Macaulay Porter, a spokeswoman for Youngkin, said in a statement that the effort to determine which voters may have been improperly removed was ongoing.
Persons: Glenn Youngkin's, General Merrick Garland, Macaulay Porter, Youngkin, ” Porter, Aryele Bradford, Corinne Geller, Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, Robert “ Bobby ” Scott, Gerry Connolly, Donald Beyer, Abigail Spanberger, Jennifer Wexton, Jennifer McClellan Organizations: —, Democratic, U.S . Department of Justice, Republican Gov, DOJ, Department of Justice, The Virginia Department, Elections, Virginia State Police, Department, U.S Locations: RICHMOND, Va, Virginia, Sens
☆ Joe Manchin is set to get a big win out of the debt ceiling deal on a gas pipeline that Virginia Democrats and environmentalists hate
  + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, has long pushed for a controversial gas pipeline. The debt ceiling deal will likely force federal agencies to approve the project's remaining permits. The Democrat and his fellow West Virginia lawmakers have for years pushed for the completion of a controversial 303-mile pipeline that would carry Appalachian shale gas from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia. Virginia's Democratic lawmakers are staunchly opposed to the pipeline provision. He plans to file an amendment to remove this harmful Mountain Valley Pipeline provision."
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☆ Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's potential late entry into the 2024 field seems destined to fail from the start
  + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( John L. Dorman | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Glenn Youngkin of Virginia is reconsidering a 2024 presidential run, per a recent Axios report. But such a decision would be rife with peril, with Youngkin far down the pack of GOP contenders. Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at his rally in Waco, Texas, on March 25, 2023. As of May 31, the GOP polling average on FiveThirtyEight had Trump ahead of DeSantis 54.1%-20.7%, with former Gov. Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert, left, gavels to order the special session of the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond, Va., on September 7, 2022.
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☆ Jennifer McClellan makes history as the first Black woman elected to Congress in Virginia
  + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Zoë Richards | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Democrat Jennifer McClellan has made history as the first Black woman elected to represent Virginia in Congress, NBC News projected Tuesday. McClellan, a state senator, defeated Republican Leon Benjamin in Tuesday's special election in the 4th Congressional District. McClellan was heavily favored to win in the reliably blue district, which covers Richmond and reaches counties bordering North Carolina. She said her commitment to voting rights stems in part from the challenges family members faced in their efforts to vote. In 2021, as Republican-led states passed legislation to restrict voting rights, McClellan co-sponsored Virginia's voting rights law to protect elements of the Voting Rights Act the Supreme Court struck down in 2013.
☆ Virginia Holds Special Election to Fill Empty House Seat
  + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Eric Bazail-Eimil | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Jennifer McClellan, a Democratic state senator, is the favorite to win Tuesday’s election. WASHINGTON—Voters in southern Virginia are casting their ballots in a special election Tuesday that could elect the first Black woman to Congress in the state’s history. Virginia’s fourth congressional district, a heavily Democratic area that runs from the capital of Richmond down to the border with North Carolina, has been without a member of Congress since Rep. Donald McEachin died late last November after winning re-election.
☆ Democrat Jennifer McClellan Wins Virginia House Seat, Becoming State’s First Black Woman in Congress
  + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Eric Bazail-Eimil | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Jennifer McClellan, a longtime state lawmaker, emphasized in her campaign racial justice, the economy and abortion access. WASHINGTON—Democratic state senator Jennifer McClellan won a special House election in Virginia Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in Congress, the Associated Press projects. Virginia’s fourth congressional district, a heavily Democratic area that runs from the capital of Richmond down to the border with North Carolina, has been without a member of Congress since Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin died in November after winning re-election.
☆ We asked House lawmakers about scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos. Most Republicans want nothing to do with him.
  + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +18 min
But Santos is clearly a problem for House Republicans. But three days later, Miller — who actually represents Ohio's 7th district — became the eighth House Republican to publicly call for Santos to resign. said Republican Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, who said that Santos "seems nice" even as he appeared unaware of the extent of his controversies. At a press conference on Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries pointedly declared that Santos was "an issue that Republicans need to handle." Santos and Ocasio-Cortez briefly spoke on the sidelines of a gaggle of GOP lawmakers on the House floor on Wednesday, January 4.
☆ Virginia on track to send first Black woman to Congress
  + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is The Evening Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
State Sen. Jennifer McClellan is on track to become the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress after she won the Democratic primary Thursday to fill the seat of Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin, who died last month from cancer. Lamont Bagby, the chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, in the primary. Morrissey resigned from his state House seat in 2014, but he then ran for that same seat as an independent and won in 2015 — while serving time in jail. Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia also threw his support behind her. McClellan had also won the support of other Black leaders in the district, including Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney.
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