Virginia Mega Thread: The Youngkin Administration

[Epaminondas]

I think it's always been this way, including at every past convention. They've always been on Saturdays and it always is detrimental to observant Jews, people who work on weekends, military reservists, people who are out of the state, or people who just have lives and don't want to go to some godforsaken basketball arena in Roanoke or something. That's how conventions work.

When are they supposed to have their convention though, on Sunday or on a week day?

[Epaminondas]

Reading on RRH that retirements are coming thick and fast in the VA State Senate for 2023. So far,

Dems: Richard Saslaw (elected 1980), Janet Howell (1992), John Edwards (1996) … and potentially Louis Lucas (1992) as she is in a member vs. member primary.
GOP: Tommy Norment (1992), Emmett Hanger (1996), Steve Newman (1996) and Jill Vogel (2008)

[Epaminondas]

New ad dropped by Younkin's super PAC, hinting at a presidential run to "pursue Reagan's legacy".

Do Resign-to-Run rules apply to VA?

https://twitter.com/GlennYoungkin/status/1659167200316407808?cxt=HHwWgIC23eXxxYY...

[Epaminondas]

Since the strongest Republicans won their primaries in the 3 lean R seats and both of the rural-ish Dem incumbents have retired, [Democrats] fundamentally need to win a Youngkin +1 outer Loudoun based seat to hold the chamber.  There's also a McAuliffe +4 district in western Prince William that wasn't a clearly Dem leaning seat until the Trump era and swung back pretty hard to the right in the 2022 congressional vote.

But Youngkin won't be on the ballot.
Meanwhile, Biden has won

• 24 of 40 Senate seats by >5 points
• 55 of 100 House seats by >5 points, and another 4 by <5

Quite a contrast. Is there a repository for the 2022 congressional results by legislative district?

[Epaminondas]

When will Youngkin give a concession speech, and when will the VA GOP start their post-mortem?