State Legislature Special Election Megathread v3

[CityofSinners]

@Nova Green

This is a proper mess. Legally speaking I can't think dems can't do much. Whichever party has a quorum and the most votes in the chambers can set the agenda.

It is dubious from a moral and small d democratic standpoint to circumvent the voters will like this. Dems share some of the blame for running candidates for two offices at once.
A resign to run law and stricter rules for setting special election dates would help in the future to prevent a mess like this.

[CityofSinners]

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[CityofSinners]

Could Virginia be competitive in 2024? I could see it being closer than a state like Michigan at least. Youngkin seems to have really shifted the state to the right.

How much did Beshear or Edwards shift their states to the left?

[CityofSinners]

This election feels both like a re-run of 2022 and a preview of the VA 2023 election. Dems go all-in on abortion and repubs do the same for crime/inflation.

[CityofSinners]

The nice thing for partisans is, that you have so many comparisons to make the result look good for your side.
Republicans can talk about the seat being Biden+10 and trending left, their candidate outperformed Kiggans by 2 points, abortion not hurting them that much.
Democrats can talk about the seat being in republican hands for 30 years, Youngkin winning the seat by 4 and their prior bad performance in VA special elections.