Virginia
VIRGINIA ELECTION RESULTS: Will Voters OK Spanberger’s Gerrymander? : The Other McCain
Posted on | April 21, 2026 | No Comments Polls close at 7 p.m. ET tonight and within hours we will know whether Virginia voters have approved a referendum that would redraw the Commonwealth’s congressional districts from their current alignment…
IT’S ‘STOP THE LOBSTER’ DAY!
After I called it “Spanberger’s lobster” last week, many others have taken up that phrase to describe the crustacean-like shape of the district that Democrats would inflict on Virginia if today’s referendum passes. Vote…
VA’s 21Apr Vote: This Dog Don’t Hunt : The Other McCain
Posted on | April 20, 2026 | No Comments by Smitty Somebody I know who is credentialed in the art of surveying people (pharma, for drug trials) was unimpressed by then quality of the question on the ballot tomorrow in Virginia. After feeding…
Natives vs. Newcomers in Virginia: What ‘Spanberger’s Lobster’ Is Really About : The Other McCain
Posted on | April 13, 2026 | No Comments Current Virginia congressional districts (click image to enlarge) When I was a young newspaper staffer in Rome, Georgia, my boss was Pierre-Rene Noth. He was half-Jewish and half-Catholic. His father had…
Memo From the National Desk: Tales of Fear and Loathing in the Commonwealth : The Other McCain
Posted on | April 12, 2026 | No Comments Filet-O-Fish combo and a deadline LOUISA, Virginia — It was a lovely 150-mile drive to get here for today’s “VOTE NO” rally at the Louisa County Courthouse. A sunny spring day, with the trees turning…
Stop the Gerrymander, Virginia! : The Other McCain
Posted on | April 12, 2026 | No Comments If the election of Abigail Spanberger as governor of Virginia has proven anything, it’s that there are no more “moderate” Democrats. Since taking office in January, Spanberger has been ramming through a…
Behind Enemy Lines In NOVA, The Fairfax County GOP Met Today : The Other McCain
Posted on | February 28, 2026 | No Comments by Smitty The lower half of the Fairfax High School auditorium was full, as just over 400 delegates from the various districts met. The population of the county is over a million, and votes +20D, but…