Fourteen Democratic lawmakers are running in the June 20 primaries, including two from Hampton Roads facing off in a high-stakes showdown. Six Republicans are also running, including two GOP delegates going head-to-head in Southwest Virginia.
Democrats, advocates and those hoping to regain their voting rights called out Gov. Glenn Youngkin for changes to Virginia’s rights restoration process, with many comparing the new policy to those from the Jim Crow era.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has changed how people with felony convictions get their civil rights restored once they serve their time, a shift from a Republican predecessor that one Democrat criticized as taking Virginia "back to 1902-era policy."
In what Northern Virginia parental rights advocate Asra Nomani branded "a reprehensible display of bigotry and xenophobia," Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke) joined…