And now, “there is a lot of pent-up demand” for legislation benefiting the interests of the urban and suburban voters who were instrumental in putting that new Democratic majority in power, says Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington…“Rural interests have dominated the conversation” for the last few decades when the General Assembly was under GOP control, but the shift to Democratic power signals substantial changes in regional control as well, notes Farnsworth.
