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2026: An Impactful Voting Year for Virginians, Part 1

February 22, 2026
By: Hilaire Henthorne

2026 will be an impactful year for Virginians because four* constitutional amendments will be on the ballot, along with a Democratic primary election in June and the midterm elections in November. This is the first article in a four-part series that will take a closer look at three of these amendments.
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All Kinds of Virginia Women Support Reproductive Healthcare

August 11, 2025
By: Heather Massey

Reproductive healthcare access is a area of common ground for different kinds of Virginia women and has a significant role in the 2025 Virginia governor’s race, with some women saying that this issue is “reshaping how they plan to vote this fall.”
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“I want a better society for my kids. I’m passionate about healthcare. I’m a physician, my wife is in public health and the way healthcare is going right now is very frightening and I just want a candidate who is willing to go against what is happening on the national level. The vaccination piece is definitely scary, I think it’s really important to stay up to date with those things, the pandemic changed so much about how people trust the healthcare system, and while there are a lot of ways the healthcare system needs to improve, leadership from the top down needs to be solid and it’s just not solid right now”.

“I’m mostly concerned about the SNAP funding. Because in my profession, I know some people through Virginia Cooperative Extension who were doing nutrition education for SNAP beneficiaries, all of those programs were cut as kind of a ripple effect from the (Big, Beautiful) bill, but they lost those programs, which is important to me – nutrition information. I’m concerned about out healthcare, I’m concerned about what’s happening with immigration right now and for me personally, I’m soon going on Medicare, and I’m concerned with what’s happening with that. Things are so divisive, you can’t even really talk about issues in a calm way”.

“I am passionate about gun safety regulation. I am passionate about enforcement of the anti-trust laws. Those are two big ones for me. And also intelligent AI regulation and data center/environmental regulations. I have concern about the kind of Wild West style lack of regulation of artificial intelligence. I think we need to take a systematic thoughtful approach so that we targeted AI rather than just an uncontrolled profit for a few big companies”.

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