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Julius Zinn's avatar

Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones have been sworn in to Virginia's statewide offices.

Coincidentally, Doug Wilder, the first Black governor of Virginia, is 95 today.

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Headline from a CNN poll pretty much sums up how a lot of Democrats probably feel: Democrats are deeply motivated for the midterms despite having dismal views of party leaders

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/politics/cnn-poll-democrats-are-deeply-motivated-for-the-midterms-despite-having-dismal-views-of-party-leaders

PDF of the poll: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26491962/cnn-poll-conducted-by-ssrs-2026-midterms-congress.pdf

Still very early, but among registered voters the poll shows Democrats holding a 5-point edge on the generic ballot. Among registered voters who are "deeply motivated to vote" it's a 16 point gap in favor of Dems.

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