Category Archives: UMW in the News

WATCH: Rep. Wexton Repeatedly Stumbles Over Russia Question (CSN News)

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)

Spanberger reintroduces herself in 7th District (Inside Nova)

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)

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

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)

2022 Virginia Business Political Roundtable (Virginia Business)

Virginia Business Editor Richard Foster will moderate a live, in-person discussion on November 8 with a panel of statewide political experts, debating the latest developments in the congressional midterm elections across Virginia and the nation, including Stephen Farnsworth, Professor and Director, Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington.
2022 Virginia Business Political Roundtable (Virginia Business)

New poll shows voters split between Kaine and Youngkin in hypothetical Senate race (WRIC)

“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)