A group of demonstrators with tiki torches stand on a sidewalk as Republican candidate for governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin arrives on his bus for a campaign event in Charlottesville, Va., October 29, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Jim commented on the Intercept story about Lauren Windsor and the Lincoln Project attempting to defend their role in the

Ed Durr (Screenshot via Fox News) Republican Edward Durr defeated New Jersey Senate president Stephen Sweeney in New Jersey’s third district. “I was never really a big political person, I’m very blue collar. My father was a carpenter, I did carpentry, and then I gravitated into truck driving — that’s what I do for a

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin speaks during his election-night party in Chantilly, Va., November 3, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The stakes simply will be too high for conservative Republicans to defer and allow Trump to use the election as an extended ego trip to air his grievances about 2020. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I f you

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy addresses supporters at an election-night event in Asbury Park, N.J., November 3, 2021. (Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters) Democratic New Jersey governor Phil Murphy was reelected to a second term on Tuesday, narrowly defeating Republican challenger and former assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli. The win marks the first time in 44 years that a Democratic

Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin speaks during a campaign event in Alexandria, Va., October 30, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The House GOP campaign arm is now targeting an additional 13 Democratic House seats ahead of the 2022 midterms after Republicans had a number of surprising successes on Election Day, including a win for Republican Glenn

Left: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy addresses supporters at an election-night event in Asbury Park, N.J., November 3, 2021. Right: New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli in a campaign video, October 25, 2021. (Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters; Campaign ad image via YouTube/Jack4NJ) The New Jersey gubernatorial election was too close to call by the end of

Opponents of critical race theory attend a packed Loudoun County School board meeting in Ashburn, Va., June 22, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, reacting to incoming election results in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, stated that “critical race theory, which isn’t real, turned the suburbs 15 points to the Trump insurrection endorsed Republican.” While it’s

Campaign signs for Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin stand together on the last day of early voting in the Virginia gubernatorial election in Fairfax, Va., October 30, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) In Virginia, every year is an election year. In addition to voting in federal elections in even-number years like the rest of the

Terry McAuliffe speaks during a campaign rally in Dumfries, Va., October 21, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) In the Virginia gubernatorial race, it’s a new — and the last — week, but the same old story. Twenty four hours ahead of Election Day, a new survey from Fox 5 DC and Insider Advantage shows Republican Glenn Youngkin

Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin speaks during a campaign event in Old Town Alexandria’s Farmers Market in Alexandria, Va., October 30, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) With the Virginia gubernatorial race just a day away, prominent Virginian political commentator Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball is changing its rating for the contest from ‘Leans Democratic’ to ‘Leans Republican.’

Republican Glenn Youngkin (left) and Democrat Terry McAuliffe (right) on the campaign trail for the Virginia governorship. (Evelyn Hockstein and Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) While all signs point to Glenn Youngkin as the one with momentum in the Virginia governor’s race, the one thing that continues to give me pause in predicting he’ll win is the wildcard

A group of demonstrators with tiki torches stand on a sidewalk as Republican candidate for governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin arrives on his bus for a campaign event in Charlottesville, Va., October 29, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The anti-Trump organization the Lincoln Project became the subject of intense criticism after it coordinated a hoax show of

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe speaks to supporters during a campaign event in Charlottesville, Va., October 28, 2021 (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Elias is infamous for using outlandish and racist legal arguments to contest GOP election victories and change election laws to benefit Democrats. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I t shouldn’t surprise anyone that Terry McAuliffe, the

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe speaks during his campaign rally in Richmond, Va., October 23, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) During an appearance on Meet the Press Sunday morning, Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe claimed that his statement at a recent debate against Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin that parents shouldn’t be involved in their children’s

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin arrives to a campaign rally at the Augusta Expo on October 28, 2021 in Fisherville, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) With Republican Glenn Youngkin taking the lead in the RealClearPolitics average of polls in the Virginia governor’s race, Democrats are doubling down on their longstanding strategy of labeling Youngkin a

Outgoing President Donald Trump looks on at the end of his speech during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 presidential election results by Congress in Washington, D.C., January 6, 2021. (Jim Bourg/Reuters) The Wall Street Journal recently printed a letter to the editor from Donald Trump, and good for them; while it

A group of demonstrators with tiki torches stand on a sidewalk as Republican candidate for governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin arrives on his bus for a campaign event in Charlottesville, Va., October 29, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The Lincoln Project has claimed credit for organizing a demonstration meant to draw a connection between Republican Glenn Youngkin’s

Candidate for Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe speaks during his campaign rally in Dumfries, Va., October 21, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The Lincoln Project has taken credit for an absurd stunt on Friday in which a group of people showed up at a Glenn Youngkin rally holding tiki torches and posing as supporters of the Republican.

Demonstrators dressed as “Unite the Right” rally-goers with tiki torches stand on a sidewalk as Republican candidate for governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin arrives on his bus for a campaign event in Charlottesville, Va., October 29, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The Lincoln Project claimed credit for organizing a white supremacist stunt in front of Glenn Youngkin’s

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) questions witnesses during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in Washington D.C., September 16, 2020. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Reuters) Adam Kinzinger announced this morning his retirement from Congress in a five-minute video statement which clearly hinted that he is looking ahead to another run for office: Looking forward to the

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin speaks in McLean, Va., July 14, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Glenn Youngkin, the Republican nominee vying to be the next governor of Virginia, has pulled ahead of his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, according to a new Fox News poll of likely voters released Thursday. The poll shows Youngkin receiving the support

Kevin Hulbert puts pro-Youngkin signs up as people gather to protest different issues during a Loudoun County School Board meeting in Ashburn, Va., October 26, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters) While most pollsters find the Virginia gubernatorial race to be tied (or Democrat Terry McAuliffe slightly ahead), a new Fox News poll shows Republican Glenn Youngkin jumping

No, not really. The lesson Terry McAuliffe has taught political candidates is that if you want to accuse your opponent’s business of preying on the young and killing the elderly, be sure you didn’t invest millions in that company. If you did invest millions in that company, don’t start complaining that the business didn’t kill

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy takes part in a regional cannabis and vaping summit in New York, October 17, 2019. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) As I discussed yesterday, the New Jersey governor’s race should be getting more attention, hasn’t been polled much lately, and contains some warning signs for Democrats looking down the road at 2022. It

Adam Laxalt (Image via Adam Laxalt Facebook page) A Reno television station’s decision to pull an unsubstantiated Democratic ad attacking Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt is evidence that Democrats and his opponent “will say anything to win this race, no matter if it aligns with the facts or not,” and that Nevadans “can’t trust their

Senatorial candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a rally with former President Trump in Perry, Ga., September 25, 2021. (Dustin Chambers/Reuters) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Georgia Senate candidate and Trump ally Herschel Walker, giving the former NFL star a stamp of approval from a Republican establishment that has long been skeptical of his

President Joe Biden campaigns for Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe at a rally in Arlington, Va., October 26, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) President Biden portrayed Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin as an “acolyte” of former President Trump at a rally in Arlington, Va. on Tuesday, a week before the general election. Biden spoke at a campaign

Candidate for Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe speaks during his campaign rally in Dumfries, Va., October 21, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Local Virginia TV stations including ABC, CBS and NBC have refused to air an ad depicting sexually explicit materials that are widely available to students in school libraries in the state, citing federal law which

Candidate for Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe speaks during his campaign rally in Dumfries, Va., October 21, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Terry McAuliffe made an extraordinary in-kind contribution to the campaign of his Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, when he declared during their debate that, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe fist bumps former former President Barack Obama during his campaign rally in Richmond, Va., October 23, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Glenn Youngkin’s last-minute surge is ruffling all the right feathers. The Virginia gubernatorial candidate’s beleaguered Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe — whose campaign has been pulling out all of the stops