Delegate Danica Roem announced today she wants to be Senator Danica Roem.
The journalist turned lawmaker who was swept into office in a blue wave of Virginia Democrats in 2017, including Gov. Ralph Northam, announced a bid for a newly-created, vacant 30th Virginia State Senate seat.
(The Center Square) – Twenty attorneys general are demanding that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “immediately disband” the agency’s newly created Disinformation Governance Board and “cease all efforts to police Americans’ protected speech.”
In a letter dated May 5, they argue the board is unconstitutional, illegal, and un-American. If Mayorkas doesn’t shut it down, the AGs say they will sue.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va., 7) will speak before the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce members.
In November, the incumbent Democrat up for reelection will speak at a chamber-sponsored event at Stevenson Ridge bed and breakfast, Meeting Street, Spotsylvania, from 10:30 a.m. until noon, Tuesday, May 10.
by Dan McCaleb
(The Center Square / Potomac Local News) Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday that a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on an abortion rights case was an “egregious breach” of trust and would be investigated.
The son of a Stafford County Deputy threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Fredericksburg Nationals game on Sunday, May 1, which honored local law enforcement and military personnel.
Crystal Vanuch, a Stafford County Supervisor and Republican candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, accompanied James, 10, to the mound. With his glove in hand, a confident James wound up the pitch and sent it hurtling toward home plate.
(The Center Square) – A Virginia Senate committee controlled by Democrats voted to reject a proposal that would have suspended the commonwealth’s entire 26.2-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline for three months.
The Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted 12-3 to prevent Senate Bill 6001 from passing. Each of the committee’s Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Emmet Hanger, R-Augusta, voted against the bill. Three of the four Republicans voted to advance the legislation.
Yesli Vega, a member of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, is running for office in the state’s new 7th Congressional District.
Caleb Max, a Loudoun County businessman whose running for a congressional seat once held by his grandfather Republican Frank Wolf, is an early favorite.
Manassas Park Democrats are seeking candidates to run for Governing Body.
The city’s Democratic Party will hold an unassembled caucus for city council nominations Saturday, May 14, 2022, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., at Manassas Park City Library, 9701 Manassas Drive.
