Virginia 2015 Midterms - Megathread

[moderatevoter]

So next year, Virginia has midterm elections for House of Delegates and State Senate. I figured I'd make a thread to keep everything in one place.

Kicking off this thread...

Apparently Speaker Bill Howell is being primaried by Susan Stimpson, a former candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Funnily enough, unless I'm just making things up, Howell backed Stimpson in her ill-fated bid.

This primary is because the "largest tax increase in Virginia's history," which was passed during Howell's Speakership.

[moderatevoter]

In other news, Pat Mullins is stepping down as Chairman of the RPV.

The partisan composition in Richmond might not change much, but this is already looking like an interesting cycle in regards to the RPV's direction.

[moderatevoter]

I believe Obama won that district?

In 2013, Comstock narrowly held Murphy off. I'm not surprised Murphy won this time.

As it was a Special Election, turnout was naturally low. But considering the poor weather and road conditions in Northern Virginia yesterday, turnout was probably even lower than it would have been on another day.

[moderatevoter]

So a new poll was released recently:

Obama is at 44/50. McAuliffe has a 52% approval rating (!)

The poll also has voters' thoughts on redistricting, the McDonnell trial, and other relevant topics.