Whenever I write about politics here in my home state of Virginia, I like to remind readers that it’s always an election year in the Commonwealth. The second a presidential or midterm campaign season closes, our gubernatorial or state races begin. The fundraising texts ramp up and the mailboxes once again are filled with mailers. It’s exhausting.
This year, we have a gubernatorial election to replace our Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, who, sadly, cannot run for two consecutive terms. Youngkin caught lightning in a bottle in 2021, coming from out of nowhere to not only win in a crowded primary field, but also capture a Governor’s Mansion that hadn’t had a Republican in residence for nearly a decade. He did it by siding with parents who were outraged at the teachers’ union-led COVID school closures while also smarting at the many hard-left school boards…
