The panel, moderated by VA FREE Executive Director and former delegate Chris Saxman, included McGuireWoods Senior VP of Infrastructure and Economic Development and Government Relations Services Tracy Baynard, University of Mary Washington Director for the Center for Leadership and Media Studie Stephen Farnsworth, RAMA International Director and former delegate David Ramadan and Sen. Kannan Srinivasan (D-32).
Midterm election warning signs stoke Trump lame-duck talk (Washington Examiner)
“In politics, it seems like there’s always buyer’s remorse about a year into a presidency, there’s often a great deal of dissatisfaction with what the voters decided a year earlier,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. “A year in is when the opposition tends to be energized.”
Virginia governor-elect Spanberger aims to use carrots, not sticks to build support for new housing (Homes.com)
“Particularly in urban areas of the state, there’s been this rapid escalation in home prices,” Stephen Farnsworth, who teaches political science at the university of Mary Washington, told Homes.com. “That creates all kinds of economic uncertainty for people who want to buy a house and wonder if they’ll ever be able to.”
Money Shouts in Virginia Politics (The New Energy Crisis)
“There’s an old saying that money talks–the big contributions that are possible in Virginia means that money shouts,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a professor at the University of Mary Washington.
Trump’s warm embrace of Mamdani complicates 2026 GOP messaging (Washington Examiner)
“I imagine Republicans will continue to run against the specter of Mamdani in special elections and the midterm elections to come,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. “His vision of the Democratic Party is the vision that energizes the Republican base.”
U.S. Congress Votes to Force Release of Epstein Files (CTV News Canada)
“I don’t think that this signature is going to necessarily amount to all that much to be honest. There is a good chance that many of the documents that people are interested in will be withheld by the Justice Department,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.




