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Host of Federal Fallout podcast. Follow for Virginia Elections 🗳️ (Views expressed are mine personally) contact: federalfalloutpod@gmail.com

Arlington, VA
Joined December 2009
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Sam Shirazi
5 years
Take a moment to read the last Facebook post of the Mayor of North Ogden Brent Taylor who was killed in Afghanistan while serving with the Utah National Guard and vote.
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Jake Tapper 🦅
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FB post from Utah Lt Gov @SpencerJCox includes last post from North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor, who was KIA in Afghanistan:
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RT @JuliaManch: Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger is out with a new op-ed in @FoxNews hitting Republicans over….
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Link to video:
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Real ones remember the Stephen Colbert White House Correspondents Dinner . One of the great comedic performances of all time. They can never take that away from you
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Twitter right now
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Same-day registrations will also be important in HD-41 and HD-71. Traditionally these have been very Democratic. In 2024, Trump did surprisingly well with them. But also types of voters who could see big swing away from GOP. Will be good gauge of where young vote is right now.
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Dems want to make a play in HD-34. They need same-day registration of JMU students and gains from 2024. There were 2,342 provisionals in 2024 in Harrisonburg w most same-day registrations. Harris only won 55% of them. But young voters are elastic and could see swing towards Dems
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đź‘€VA House of Delegates Dems are adding another seat to target. HD-34 is college town seat based in Harrisonburg, home of JMU. It was Trump +7%, but VA has same-day registration so college students would be key. Certainly a reach, but could be competitive if GOP turnout not there
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RT @JessicaTaylor: Which cost Republicans the #VAGov race in 2013 — only time recently it’s gone for the WH party in power.
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RT @BradKutner: ��We’re republicans in Virginia. We’re the underdog. But Sears is an underdog” @markdharris with @winwithwinsome’s campaign.….
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RT @BradKutner: NEW from me: I spoke with @SpanbergerForVA and @winwithwinsome about how they’d handle #valeg’s data center future. They….
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The incumbent is GOP Del. Tony Wilt. He won by 13% in 2023 so it’s certainly a stretch for Dems . But if they make it competitive, could end up being “Tilt Wilt” at the end.
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đź‘€VA House of Delegates Dems are adding another seat to target. HD-34 is college town seat based in Harrisonburg, home of JMU. It was Trump +7%, but VA has same-day registration so college students would be key. Certainly a reach, but could be competitive if GOP turnout not there
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@TylerEnglander
Tyler Englander
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House Dems are casting a large net and adding House District 34, currently held by Tony Wilt, to their list of battleground districts. Donald Trump won this district 53%-45% last year.
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RT @TylerEnglander: House Dems are casting a large net and adding House District 34, currently held by Tony Wilt, to their list of battlegr….
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Every Virginia election since 2005, the party out WH has used the President as a foil. Only time it didn’t work was 2013 largely because of House GOP shutdown. Given scale of Federal cuts and impact to Virginia, not a big surprise “Federal fallout” would be a part of the campaign
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Michael O'Connor
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New from me: @winwithwinsome said in June that Trump's election and DOGE had hurt her campaign. Sears: “Just DOGE, DOGE, DOGE, DOGE and Trump and DOGE and Trump. And so then I started down six points. Dropped me six points in January.”.
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RT @oconnor_reports: New from me: @winwithwinsome said in June that Trump's election and DOGE had hurt her campaign. Sears: “Just DOGE, DO….
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RT @AllenSW23: Another big leader at UVA taking a new job. This marks the fourth high-profile vacancy in less than 5 months.
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RT @IAPolls2022: AP/NORC - Trump Approval . Approve: 40% (+1).Disapprove: 58% (-2).——.Trump's approval on handling. Immigration .Approve….
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Winsome-Earle Sears has changed her campaign manager. Will Archer is a pastor without campaign experience and there were probably rumblings behind the scenes from Republicans. This is after a day of tough headlines in terms of fundraising and polling.
@kirk_bado
Kirk A. Bado
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Lagging in polls and fundraising, Winsome Earle-Sears tried to hit the reset in #VAGOV.
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RT @kirk_bado: Lagging in polls and fundraising, Winsome Earle-Sears tried to hit the reset in #VAGOV.
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Not much of a stretch to say environment in Virginia is closer to 2017 than 2021. Caveat there is still decent amount of time left until voting starts . Big loss for GOP in Virginia may be explained away by Federal cuts . But creates more headwinds heading into the midterms.
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Blue Virginia
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Fmr. VA LG Bill Bolling (R): "This race could be worse than 2017, when. Gillespie lost by +9% to. Northam. However, Gillispie was a better candidate than Sears, and Spanberger is a better candidate than Northam, so this margin could be larger."
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