Riggleman lost his seat after officiating a gay wedding, then became an adviser to the January 6th Committee. Now he's participating in what Stephen Farnsworth at the University of Mary Washington says is a long tradition in Virginia politics.

Riggleman endorses Spanberger, continuing a long line of cross-party endorsements in Virginia (WVTF)

The forum, co-hosted by the nonpartisan Prince William Committee of 100 and local chapter of the League of Women Voters, was moderated by Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton, Republican Hung Cao debate on inflation, abortion (Blacksburg Dispatch; Arlington Weekly Story)

At the Virginia 10th Congressional District Candidates Forum on Oct. 5, University of Mary Washington Political Science Professor Stephen Farnsworth asked Wexton, “What should the United States do with respect to the Russian – continuing Russian invasion and occupation of Ukraine?” The post WATCH: Rep. Wexton Repeatedly Stumbles Over Russia Question (CSN News)

Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington, said redistricting puts the 7th in a unique position because it’ll be new faces for voters. “In many ways, this is a district without an incumbent because the vast majority of people in the new 7th District were not in the old 7th District,” he said.

Spanberger reintroduces herself in 7th District (Inside Nova)

Youngkin was elected governor in Virginia on the basis of being “Trump-adjacent,” says Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, “sympathetic to the concerns of Trump voters without being the kind of dyed-in-the-wool culture warrior who would have crashed and burned in a Virginia election.”

Glenn Youngkin’s MAGA-Lite Image Isn’t Going to Win Over the GOP (The Daily Beast)