By David Hood-Nuño, Jonathan Allen and Bianca Flowers WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats’ victories in Tuesday’s elections have exposed potential vulnerabilities in U.S. President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration agenda and bid to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion policies, analysts said. While the winners focused their campaign around cost of living issues, they also embraced the core…
Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger will defeat Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in the Virginia gubernatorial race, CBS News projected Tuesday, marking one of Democrats’ first major victories since President Trump’s win last year. Spanberger will be Virginia’s first female governor. Virginia’s off-year gubernatorial race tends to serve as a referendum on the president who was…
By Joseph Ax, Tim Reid and Maria Tsvetkova WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Abigail Spanberger won Virginia’s election for governor on Tuesday, U.S. media said, the first of several contests that will serve as an early gauge of how Americans are responding to President Donald Trump’s tumultuous nine months in office. Spanberger, 46, a former congresswoman and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday marks the nation’s first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and his leadership and policies dominated the debate in almost every race — even though the Republican was absent from the campaign trail. The biggest contests are in Virginia and New Jersey, the only states…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia will elect its first woman as governor Tuesday as Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger look to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Voters will also decide races for lieutenant governor, attorney general and the state House of Delegates. The commonwealth is holding one of two…