Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (7/12/26)

Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (7/12/26)

Tom Perriello on how to win Trump district VA05; ICE Brutality in Suffolk; Rep. James Walkinshaw says "Mr. Platner should look in the mirror"; Virginia rises to #3 in Top States for Business ranking

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• Video: Tom Perriello Explains Why He Believes He Can Win VA05, Which Trump Won by 12 Pts., This November

• Sen. Mark Warner Applauds “Road to Housing” Act Becoming Law – “without the president’s signature”

• ICE Brutality Clearly Has Not Stopped — Here’s Video of It Happening on 7/6 in Virginia

• Prince William County Supervisor Kenny Boddye: “On Tuesday, I voted to say no to what could have become the largest data center complex in the world”

• [UPDATED with Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07)’s massive fundraising numbers] Fmr. Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Raises Nearly $1.6M in Q2, Has More Than $3.5M Cash-on-Hand to Defeat Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02)

• Let’s Keep Public Funds for Public Schools

• When We Stopped Reading the Same Story

• Gov. Abigail Spanberger Statement on Virginia Rising to #3 in CNBC’s “America’s Top States for Business” Rankings

• Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Says “Mr. Platner should look in the mirror…and evaluate his own…behavior over the course of his adult life” and His Dishonesty “with Mainers about that behavior”

• Sen. Mark Warner Raises Alarm on FBI Diverting Critical Resources to Investigate Debunked Accusations Surrounding 2020 Presidential Election in Georgia

• VA Adult-Use Cannabis Law Patrons Sen. Lashrecse Aird, Del. Paul Krizek Rebut “inaccurate reports and social media claims” About New Law

• Video: Sen. Mark Warner Speaks with Roland Martin, Compares Trump to Orban, Says There Has to Be Accountability

• Virginia AG Jay Jones Joins Multistate Opposition to Postal Service’s Attempt to Undermine Voting Rights

• Thoughts on VA Del. Holly Seibold’s Argument That Voters Get “frustrated with politics that feels more focused on protecting incumbents…keeping power concentrated among the same people”

• Video: UVA Prof. Larry Sabato Says DSA Primary Wins, While Few, Represent “an image problem for Democrats whether they think it is or not”

• RELEASE: Elaine Luria Releases First Ad, “Ready,” Highlighting Commitment to Fighting Corruption and Taking on Rising Costs for Working Families

• One Year After Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Voted for Trump’s “Big UGLY Bill,” Virginians Are Paying the Price

• Video: Gov. Abigail Spanberger Argues re: Data Centers That Being “upset about something…[is] not how you make good policy”

• The Ban on Mass Voter Purges Beginning August 5, 2026