“This really is a split decision. Neither side is very happy, but there is a huge relief that there appears to be a budget,” said Steve Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington.
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Voters should expect party politics in this nonpartisan school board race (The Baltimore Banner)
Governor Moore’s Endorsed Candidates Win or are Leading in Maryland Democratic Primaries (WJLA-TV, DC)
“This has been a very good night for Governor Moore,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington. Farnsworth predicted that Moore, who also easily won his own Democratic primary on Tuesday, will continue to be mentioned as a possible 2028 presidential candidate given the successes of many of his endorsed candidates in Maryland’s Democratic primaries.
Farnsworth Featured in Column by Fredericksburg Free Press
Professor Emeritus of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth was featured by the Fredericksburg Free Press in a column titled, "Thank you to the professor who has been taking my calls for almost 30 years."
Columnist Jonathan Hunley begins the article by writing, "No more faculty meetings, and no more papers to grade. But we’ll still get to hear his thoughts on politics on TV and radio, and read his comments on this website. That’s my two-sentence upbeat conclusion about the retirement of Stephen J. Farnsworth from the University of Mary Washington after three decades in higher education.” Read the column in the Fredericksburg Free Press.
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While it seems no one left Richmond Monday happy, University of Mary Washington political science professor Stephen Farnsworth said any deal is better than no deal for the Democratic trifecta currently leading the Commonwealth.
Spanberger’s labor betrayal is business as usual in Virginia (People’s World)
The Virginia Mercury recently published an observation by Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington that “Spanberger appears to be caught between two audiences”: vying for Republican support by sacrificing a progressive agenda that won’t turn the boat over for centrist Democratic approval.





