Lucky 13 is the target number of seats this year for Democrats, who are hoping to flip the districts from red to blue. Stephen Farnsworth at the University of Mary Washington says the battleground is suburban. "They're often in outer ring suburban communities, particularly in the Richmond and Hampton Roads area where elections are won and lost in Virginia. These are contested spaces, these outer ring suburban counties," Farnsworth says. "They're not rural. They're not really urban. But they are places where both parties often can be competitive." Virginia Democrats are eyeing 13 potential seats that could flip blue this year (WVTF)

Dr Stephen J. Farnsworth, Professor of Political Science at the University of Mary Washington, told TRT World, "In any competition between Trump and Musk, some form of compromise seems the most likely eventual outcome." Elon Musk backs Conservative rebels, blasts GOP, teases a new party: What is the billionaire up to? (TRT News Turkey)

Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, says that candidates running for seats this year in the House of Delegates are hearing from voters about the issue of data centers, AI and energy generation. Youngkin sets veto record as energy, AI fuel gridlock (Virginia Business)

As the continued federal government cutbacks are materializing, "people are getting really worried about how that affects them,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. Congressman Wittman's recent public statement, “speaks to the effectiveness of public opinion in shaping” the policies of lawmakers, Farnsworth said.   Va. GOP congressman’s scrutiny on federal cuts, job losses needs company from other Republicans (Virginia Mercury)

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington, believes the dispute could “end up in the courts, like just about everything these days.” Virginia House clerk rejects three of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s vetoes (Virginia Mercury)

Political science professor Stephen Farnsworth from the University of Mary Washington, and author of Presidential Communication And Character, said: "Politicians who are familiar with or supportive of the tradwife movement can build a devoted following among those adherents because these politicians are demonstrating that they understand and can connect with that element of the voting public. Paying attention to those communities, particularly energised ones, is becoming increasingly the reality of politics in this country. If you don't reach out to your most energised potential supporters, you are undermining your ability to win a party nomination."   In Trump’s America, women trade progressive politics for pearls for the ‘tradwife’ idyll (The Straits Times Singapore)