Virginia 2015 Midterms - Megathread

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Why can't Virgina just be normal and hold their elections at the same times as everyone else?

I gives people on this forum something to do during odd years (duh)

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So John Watkins is retiring. Senate control could get interesting now, since a very competitive district is open.

That's too bad.  He's been a great legislator.

I think he may be more crucial than Puckett was to any kind of Medicaid expansion.  Democrats need Republicans they can work with.

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Morrissey announced his resignation on Thursday, but he's going to be going for his party's renomination anyway.  The nominating process for the seat has caused some controversy, as it will be limited to about 100 Democrat "party members in good standing." The assumption seems to be that this will help keep Morrissey from being renominated, but also some are questioning whether the district's large African American community will be adequately represented by this process.

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http://www.richmond.com/news/local/crime/article_2820c905-ca02-5f6a-a10e-09d7c858e5a6.html

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dude just won reelection with 42% of the vote, from jail.