A visit to a battle reenactment in rural Virginia revealed some surprising views about U.S. politics—and broad pessimism about continued peace.

Representative Abigail Spanberger is making a run for governor, and Democrats will need to fight to keep her swing district blue.

Fox News charged reverse discrimination against Asians. Some candidates ran on it. They all lost. And the story wasn’t true.

Tuesday’s elections could tell us a lot about which way the political winds are blowing—and whether Governor Glenn Youngkin will get carte blanche.

The upcoming Virginia legislative contests are going to provide a critical indicator of voter sentiment—and, potentially, Governor Glenn Youngkin’s political future.

If Republicans sweep next week’s elections, he’s probably in. He’s more affable and appealing than Trump. But don’t let that fool you.

The commonwealth’s off-year contest could have lasting repercussions for abortion rights—as well as Glenn Youngkin’s national ambitions.

What is your personal Mountain Valley Pipeline? What would it be like to force your co-workers to pretend it’s a good idea?

Centrists keep telling us that the party is too far left … in an attempt to move it to the right.

How the Christian nationalist movement’s well-funded strategists are aiming at voters in Virginia and beyond for 2024

Working as a police informant can be deadly—and people with a history of drug use are at extra risk of relapse or overdose.

Around the country, conservative parents are merging moral panics about critical race theory and queerness into one noxious package.

TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher about Virginia, race, and whether Democrats can change the dynamic heading into 2022.

In Virginia, Glenn Youngkin kept his distance from the former president and won. It won’t be so easy for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.

Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin connected with parents, and Terry McAuliffe did not. This, not critical race theory, is what Democrats need to reflect on.

The White House worried about backlash from the anti-vaxxer minority. As Virginia’s gubernatorial election shows, it should have worried about the Covid-weary majority.

Lawmakers are pressing forward with two massive bills that constitute Biden’s agenda, but Tuesday night’s results have laid the party’s midterm weaknesses bare.

The problem is low Democratic voter enthusiasm. Here are the things the president can do to solve it.

Trump’s Big Lie is the one thing that keeps Republicans together.

If Glenn Youngkin wins the governor’s race, will it really be such a disaster for Democrats? In a word, yes.