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Hashmi leads fundraising in Va. lieutenant governor race
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, led all lieutenant governor candidates in fundraising during the final reporting period before Virginia’s June 17 primary, as six Democrats compete for the lieutenant governor nomination to face Republican John Reid. Hashmi raised $742,841 from April 1 to June 5, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. Campaign finance reports published Tuesday show that former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney came in next at $702,234 followed by Sen. Aaron Rouse, D-Virginia Beach, who raised $660,180.
Analytics company to add nearly 250 jobs in Crystal City
Amid concerning local economic trends, there’s some good news. Arlington-based Technomics is investing more than $5 million to add nearly 25,000 square feet of space and 250 employees to its Crystal City office. Gov. Glenn Youngkin, County Board Chair Takis Karantonis, state Sen. Adam Ebbin and Del. Adele McClure touted the new jobs in an announcement ... Tuesday morning.
Reports: Virginia Democrats outdoing Republicans in raising campaign contributions
Democratic House of Delegates hopeful Kimberly Pope Adams raised the second-highest amount in Virginia of contributions to House campaigns for the latest campaign reporting period, according to the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project. Pope Adams, who has already locked up the Democratic nomination in the 82nd House District, reported a total of $262,048 in money raised for the April 1-June 5 window, based on data from the Virginia Department of Elections that was compiled by VPAP. That trailed only House Speaker Don Scott of Portsmouth, who raised just over $344,000 for the period.
Trump’s trade war impacting Va. port, reshoring hopes
As President Donald Trump’s tariff wars heat up, Virginia businesses and the industries that support them are feeling the burn. That’s according to the Virginia Advisory Committee on International Trade that met in Richmond Tuesday. When the committee last met in April, the word of the day was uncertainty. And according to Riverwind Advisors investment firm president Bob Feeser, not much has changed. “Most businesses can deal with almost any kind of trade policy regime and tariff, but there has to be some certainty that you can plan around,” he said at the meeting held at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership office.
Stoney points to predecessor as Richmond water crisis seeps into lieutenant governor race
Richmond’s water crisis is trickling into the lieutenant governor’s race. Former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney says he wishes the city’s prior administration had fixed the city’s water plant issues that, among other things, led to the Jan. 6 breakdown that left much of the city without drinking water for six days. Referring to efforts to replace the water plant’s switchgear, a key piece of equipment in the breakdown, Stoney shifted some of the blame to his predecessor, Dwight Jones, who served as Richmond’s mayor from 2009 to 2016, before Stoney’s eight-year tenure.
Richmond spent $100K since 2023 on billboards boasting ‘safe, reliable’ drinking water
City officials since December 2023 spent nearly $100,000 on billboards proclaiming the safety of Richmond’s drinking water. But the billboard on display during the city’s second water crisis last month was an error, a city spokesperson told The Times-Dispatch. The six-month ad campaign included messaging on the controversial billboard located in a historic Black cemetery in Richmond’s North Side. Former Mayor Levar Stoney last year requested billboard giant Lamar take down the sign out of respect, but the company declined.
Trump wants Confederates’ names back on Army bases, including 3 in Central Virginia
President Donald Trump wants to return the names of Confederates to several U.S. Army bases, including three in Central Virginia. On Tuesday, June 10, Trump was set to speak at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in honor of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. During his speech, he spoke on a variety of current events, including the ongoing protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles, California. Trump also announced his intent to restore the names of Confederate leaders to several military bases. In recent years, these bases were renamed after other military figures.
David Hogg defies DNC leadership by wading into another primary for open seat
Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg, the Gen Z activist at the center of a major intraparty dispute, is wading into another contested primary with an endorsement in the race to succeed the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia), a contest that reflects broader generational and ideological tensions Hogg has stoked. Hogg’s political group, Leaders We Deserve, is backing 37-year-old state Del. Irene Shin, who is part of a crowded Democratic field vying later this month to fill Connolly’s seat in Northern Virginia after his death last month. One of Shin’s opponents is Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw, a 42-year-old former chief of staff to Connolly whom the congressman endorsed to succeed him before he died at age 75.
Big money is flowing into Virginia’s primary contests
All those streaming ads you’ve been seeing for political candidates cost money, and broadcasting statewide in Virginia is expensive. The lieutenant governor might be the highest post on the ticket in next week’s primary, but the race for the Democratic nomination for attorney general is attracting top dollar campaign cash. The latest campaign finance disclosures show former Delegate Jay Jones and Henrico County prosecutor Shannon Taylor have both raised more than two million dollars. J. Miles Coleman at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics says that’s because rival interest groups are throwing money at this Democratic primary.
GOP candidates square off in primary for House District 97 in Virginia Beach
Virginia's 97th House District is one of the seats up for grabs in the upcoming election, as two Republicans are vying for the chance to unseat a Democratic incumbent. The House district covers a large portion of Virginia Beach. The Virginia primary is on June 17. Republicans Tim Anderson and Christina Felder are running against each other in the primary for the opportunity to challenge Del. Michael Feggans.