News Census data snafu upends 2022 elections A six-month delay holding up the data that states use to draw their legislative districts is mangling plans for the 2022 elections, as...

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2020 was the safest year for state legislative incumbents in a decade, a study finds Yet while incumbents were becoming safer in general elections, they were more vulnerable in primaries...

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Some Virginia Democrats have lost touch with their heritage In Virginia, we have no U.S. senator on the ballot, just U.S. House members, plus maybe members of the House of...

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Recognize the General Assembly’s continued efforts to remove voting barriers With House of Delegates elections scheduled for Nov. 2, there will not be sufficient time for Virginia to implement new...

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Latinos see jump in college degrees, but gap widens, census shows The share of U.S. Latinos 25 and older with at least a bachelor’s degree grew 30 percent over 15...

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Census delays are scrambling the once-in-a-decade redistricting that will shape the 2022 midterms The COVID-19 pandemic’s deleterious impact on the 2020 Census is continuing to bleed over into 2021, and...

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Lawmakers kill bill calling for transparency in redistricting commission The Virginia Senate killed a House proposal to expand access to the commonwealth’s new redistricting commission and help make the process...

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