"Improved Democratic prospects in the midterm elections come from the improvement in Biden's poll ratings and the decision of the abortion issue by the Supreme Court," said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science  at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. Biden’s Popularity Rises (CTV News)

“Governor Youngkin has been building his national profile in recent weeks as he campaigns for Republican candidates around the country, and that could help him if he chooses to run for the Senate,” Stephen J. Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington and director of UMW’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, said in a statement accompanying the poll. New poll shows voters split between Kaine and Youngkin in hypothetical Senate race (WRIC)

“Those committees have to spread money out to a lot of races around the country. And Republicans traditionally have been better funded than Democrats. So Democrats in the House and Senate are very concerned about not being outspent,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington. 

No thanks, PAC man (Augusta Free Press)

Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, said Spanberger’s vocal push to police lawmakers’ stock-trading abilities hits a sweet spot in politics: finding a unifying issue that taps into people’s frustration with elites in Washington that transcends party lines.

Spanberger has centered a stock-trading ban. Pelosi says a vote is coming. (Washington Post)

"There are two things that have happened. One is that this district has been redesigned," said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington. "The other is that Donald Trump is now a former president." Abigail Spanberger, Yesli Vega, and the Fight for Virginia’s 7th District (Pod Virginia)