Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington, said the results of the Loudoun race could be a bellwether for the Republican Party nationally, many of whose members would like to imitate Youngkin’s success last year in Virginia.

“Loudoun County has really become ground zero in Republican efforts to win back the suburbs,” he said. “If the renewed Republican efforts translate to gains in Loudoun, you can expect similar efforts elsewhere.”

 

Loudoun school board race partisan, tense and a test of GOP appeal (The Washington Post)

"It's a really good question as to why he would want them. He really didn't even seem to be all that interested in these national security concerns, briefs, or other things he did take as President. The only other thing I could speculate is that it must have been about some sort of leverage in his post presidency," said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.

Mar-A-Largo Documents Revealed (CTV News Canada)

"There are a wide range of factors that could impact turnout this year including recent expansions in early voting access and a heated political climate. "We can say it is kind of a high-water mark in terms of issues that bring people to the polls right now," said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.

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Holding the Center (Richmond Magazine)

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)