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Governor of Virginia since 2022
Turning Point USA maintains a broad, rotating stable of conservative media personalities, politicians, and influencers who appear on its campus tours and events; prominent names tied to its programmin...
The provided sources disagree on which states had a Republican governor paired with a Democratic-controlled legislature in 2025: one dataset lists only , another lists , and a third emphasizes . These...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) routinely features a roster of high-profile conservative politicians and media personalities as speakers; prominent repeat names across reporting include Donald J. Trump, Viv...
Jay Jones sent private text messages in August 2022 in which he reportedly fantasized about shooting then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert and wrote that Gilbert’s children should “die in their mother’s arm...
Democrats flipped at least two gubernatorial seats in the November 2025 elections: , where Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, and , where Mikie Sherrill won the open governors...
Jay Jones publicly apologized for text messages in which he used violent, inappropriate language; he expressed remorse and said the language “has no place in discourse,” in comments reported October 1...
Winsome Earle-Sears has repeatedly aligned with conservative, Trump-era policy positions on issues such as healthcare cuts, immigration enforcement, and social policy, and political actors on the left...
Several state-level “age” bills across 2024–2025 reached governors’ desks with mixed outcomes: governors signed multiple laws raising minimum marriage ages or banning marriage under 18 in 2024, while ...
Charlie Kirk’s public rhetoric on race—marked by repeated attacks on systemic racism, opposition to critical race theory, and provocative characterizations of Black figures—places him on the more comb...
Local and state law enforcement prepared for the October 18 “No Kings” protests with stepped-up intelligence gathering, pre-positioned National Guard forces in some states, increased local deployments...
The current governor of Virginia will be Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who won the November 4, 2025 general election and is set to replace Republican Glenn Youngkin, who was elected in 2021 and was ine...
Democrats flipped one governorship from Republican to Democrat in November 2025: Virginia, where Democrat Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, taking the seat held by outgoing R...
In 2025 media and trackers listed several sitting Republican governors as possible 2028 presidential contenders — most frequently named were Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin and Georgia’s Brian Kemp, with ot...
Officials, law enforcement and political actors reacted swiftly and sharply after leaked 2022 texts showed Jay Jones fantasizing about shooting then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert and wishing death on his...
Available reporting shows Jay Jones was the subject of a scandal over resurfaced 2022 text messages in which he fantasized about shooting then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert and referenced harm to Gilbert...
Jay Jones’s claim about child involvement stems from , and multiple outlets and officials have treated those messages as authentic after their publication in October 2025; Jones has admitted sending t...
Jay Jones faced immediate public condemnation and bipartisan calls to withdraw after violent 2022 text messages were published, but he nonetheless won the Virginia attorney general race, meaning by el...
There is that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp publicly responded to comments made by Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears; multiple contemporary analyses and reporting excerpts reviewed here either do no...
Winsome Earle-Sears launched a 2025 campaign for Virginia governor after making history as Virginia’s first Black woman elected to statewide office; her campaign emphasizes conservative priorities whi...
Government officials offered a to the No Kings protests on October 18, 2025, with many Democratic leaders publicly affirming the protests as peaceful expressions of democratic concern while several Re...