What to Look For in Virginia Politics 2023
If you thought 2022 was eventful in Virginia politics, wait until 2023! Why? Because next year’s REALLY going to be wild, with the entire Virginia General Assembly up for grabs — and along with it the proverbial “ballgame” for Youngkin’s right-wing agenda, whether or not women will retain full reproductive autonomy in Virginia, whether, whether or not Virginia will lurch backwards on clean energy and environmental protection (and voting rights, civil rights, criminal justice reform, LGBTQ equality, you name it).
As if all that’s not enough to make 2023 an eventful year, we’re also going to have a special election for State Senate District 7 (go Aaron Rouse!) on January 10; a special election for House District HD35 (go Holly Seibold!) on January 10; a special election for U.S. House in VA04 on February 21; quite possibly a special election for Jennifer McClellan’s State Senate District 14; quite possibly a special election for House of Delegates after the SD14 special election is decided (if either Del. Lamont Bagby or Del. Jeff Bourne win it); etc. Plus, we’ll have many primary and general elections for important local offices – county boards, city councils, school boards, etc. And we’ll have the 2023 Virginia General Assembly session, of course, in which Youngkin will be pushing his agenda against the Senate Democratic “brick wall” (we’ll see if it holds for another year or if cracks develop).
We’ll also, of course, be getting closer to the 2024 presidential primaries and caucuses, which means that we’ll see which Republicans – Youngkin? – announce for the GOP(Q) nomination…and there could be a lot of them, particularly if Trump is on trial, in prison, in severe legal jeopardy or whatever. Also, as we get closer to 2024, we’ll see which Republican(s) announce for US Senate against Tim Kaine, as well as who announces for U.S. House in competitive districts like VA02, VA07 and VA10. And god knows what wildcards we’ll have in 2023 on any number of fronts.
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