Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (7/19/26)

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Thoughts on Gov. Spanberger's polling, performance after six months in office; campaign finance numbers for 2Q26; Sen. Lucas Says Data Centers Are “not a fight that I wanted to pick with the governor"

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• It’s Time for a Blue Wave Like No Other

• Video, Highlights: Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) Rappahannock Townhall (7/18)

• Prince William County Supervisor Kenny Boddye: “Before they became headlines, they were fathers. They were workers. They were human beings.”

• Video: Rep. Don Beyer, VA Sen. Barbara Favola, and Arlington Chair Matt de Ferranti Join Protect Our Care and SEIU to Launch “Sick of It” Campaign in Virginia as Republican Health Care Cuts Drive Up Costs and Rip Away Care

• Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s Press Release Marking Six Months in Office: Annotated!

• Virginia’s U.S. House Democrats Sign Letter to DHS Secretary, ICE Acting Director “calling for independent investigations into Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Guerrero’s deaths”

• Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Rips Doug Mastriano (Trump’s Nominee for Ambassador to the Slovak Republic) for Being Conspiracy Theorist, in Pro-Trump Mob on 1/6/21, etc.

• Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Says Todd Blanche’s Last-Minute, Pro-Forma Meeting with Epstein Survivors Is “insulting on its face”

• Audio: Sen. Lucas Says Data Centers Are “not a fight that I wanted to pick with the governor”; Calling Gov. Spanberger a “Data Center Diva” Was “maybe…too cute by half”

• Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says “Don’t believe anything [Trump says in his speech tonight] until it’s fact checked and verified”; “this is a loser who can’t acknowledge that he lost in 2020”

• Graphics: As of 6/30, Cash-on-Hand for Virginia’s Candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House

• Today, Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti Is Being Compelled to Appear in a Closed-Door/Secret/Sham Hearing Run by the Horrendous “Gym” Jordan

• Dominion Files NextEra Merger Application, Starts Clock Ticking on Proposed $66.8B Deal

• Eight Thoughts on the New VCU Poll, Which Has Gov. Abigail Spanberger “Underwater” Six Months Into Her Governorship

• Ahead of Trump’s Speech Tomorrow on Elections and Voting Machines, Sen. Warner Issues Memo, “Election Security Claims: Facts and Context”

• Video: Sen. Mark Warner Presses ODNI Nominee Jay Clayton for a Promise That He “will not interfere with or comment inappropriately on U.S. elections”

• Former U.S. Navy Commander Elaine Luria Releases Plan to “Right the Ship in Washington”

• Stop ICE Violence and Hold Virginia Republicans Accountable

• Audio: Favorite for the VA GOP’s 2026 U.S. Senate Nomination, Bert Mizusawa, Pushes Unconstitutional Third Trump Term and Wants Taxpayers to Fund Trump’s Corrupt Ballroom

• Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Says “If there was body cam footage of these incidents, the level of outrage across the country would be exponentially higher than it is today”

• VA06 Democratic Nominee Beth Macy’s Outreach to Rural Voters Featured in the NY Times

• VA01 Dem Candidate Shannon Taylor Raises Nearly $750k in 2Q26, Holds Nearly $1M COH

• Republicans’ Corruption. Virginia’s Cost.

• Full Video of the July 6 Loudoun County Data Center Town Hall

• Gov. Abigail Spanberger Announces First-in-the-Nation Energy Affordability Initiative

• Don’t Believe the Fossil Fuel Industry Hype: Return to RGGI Is Good for Virginians

• 10 US House Swing Seat Candidates Fighting for Clean Energy & the Environment – Plus One More from Virginia!

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