Special Spring Break Polling update this Thursday at 4pm. (Friday Zoom cancelled due to Good Friday.)
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WPA’s Amanda Iovino [1] will bring us the latest on 2024 POTUS nominations, US Senate race here in Virginia, general mood of the country, and top line reactions to the expected indictment of Donald Trump.
Click here for that Polling Zoom/Slide Deck [2]or hit reply to be added to the weekly Zooms. Just write Add Me. Recent Real Clear Politics average [3] for GOP 2024:
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Thinking beyond 2024, let’s look at 2025 possible candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General:
Governor
Democrats
former Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy
Delegate Eileen Filler Corn
former Congresswoman Elaine Luria
Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
Delegate David Reid
Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney
Republicans
Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears
Attorney General Jason Miyares
Recent poll on that hypothetical GOP matchup [5]
Independents
former Congressman Denver Riggleman
Lt. Governor
There will be many.
Attorney General
Democrats
Fairfax CA Steve Descano
former Delegate Jay Jones
Henrico CA Shannon Taylor
Republicans
Delegate Tim Anderson
AG Jason Miyares
General Assembly Retirement Tracker Update with years of service
Senator Dick Saslaw – 48
Senator Steve Newman – 35
Senator Janet Howell – 32
Senator Tommy Norment – 32
Senator John Edwards – 28
Senator John Cosgrove – 22
Senator Lynwood Lewis – 20
Senator Jennifer McClellan – 18
Senator Jill Vogel – 16
Senator John Bell – 8
10 Senators for 259 combined years of service
Delegate Ken Plum – 44
Delegate Kathy Byron – 26
Delegate Rob Bell – 22
Delegate James Edmunds – 14
Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn – 14
Delegate Kaye Kory – 14
Delegate Margaret Ransone – 14
Delegate Matt Fariss – 12
Delegate Roxann Robinson – 13
Delegate Jeff Campbell – 10
Delegate Glenn Davis – 10
Delegate Kathleen Murphy – 9
Delegate Mike Mullin – 8
Delegate Jeff Bourne – 7
Delegate Dawn Adams – 6
Delegate Wendy Gooditis – 6
Delegate John Avoli – 4
Delegate Tim Anderson – 2
Delegate Nadarius Clark – 2 (running in another district but had to resign to do so)
19 Delegates for 237 combined years of service
29 Incumbents voluntarily retire for 496 combined years of service
There will be AT LEAST 7 more incumbents that will lose primaries with a MINIMUM of 72 more years of service lost.
Grand total will be at least 36 incumbents and 568 years of service.
Thursday’s Zoom On Hold Message courtesy of Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve:
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