Happening Now: Governor Glenn Youngkin and Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger greet reporters after having lunch at the Executive Mansion with their spouses. @8NEWS
Breaking: In a letter obtained by 8News, @GovernorVA tells Virginia's congressional delegation that Virginia will not be participating in the new IRS Direct File Program.
The program would allow taxpayers to file their taxes online for free directly on the IRS' website.
Chesterfield County School Board Chair Dot Heffron must immediately resign after her comments promoting the murder of Charlie Kirk. Nobody who would cheer murder should be allowed within 100 yards of a student. I call on leaders from both parties to not only publicly condemn her
About 40 people are here in Midlothian at @RobWittman’s mobile office hours. They are concerned about what they say are Republicans’ efforts to make cuts to Medicaid, Social Security, SNAP, and other crucial services.
.@GovernorVA says he was “shocked” @SpanbergerForVA sent a letter to UVA. He called it “inappropriate” and filled with errors.
He says there is only “one governor” and it’s him.
Abigail Spanberger's margin of victory currently sits at 14.8%.
That's the largest margin for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Virginia since Albertis Harrison won by 27.8% in 1961.
That was 18 years before Abigail Spanberger was born.
Democratic House Speaker @SpeakerDonScott says Virginia Republicans lost last night in part because they spent so much time focusing on transgender cultural issues like “where these kids peeing, where they pooping” instead of focusing on kitchen-table issues.
New: Governor-elect @SpanbergerForVA wants the University of Virginia to pause the process of selecting a new president until she is sworn in as governor and a full Board of Visitors is appointed.
Breaking: Along party lines, the House of Delegates has passed a proposed constitutional amendment that could allow Democrats to redraw Virginia’s congressional districts in time for the 2026 midterm elections.
Caught this cute moment after a young man asked @GovernorVA why he signs bills in cursive.
Youngkin tells him, "You have to practice your cursive signature so that when you're governor, you can sign bills too."
The kid replies, "I don't know that I want to be governor."
Here is a copy of @JasonMiyaresVA’s memo to UVA and VCU Health Systems saying given President Trump’s executive order, “The chemical and surgical mutilation of children must end immediately.”
Good: I leave with no regrets.. I didn’t run for Congress promising to bring the money back home, to deliver the earmarks or the pork projects I didn’t run promising to work across the aisle, to compromise, or find common ground or to get things done.