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Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin offers remarks about Blueprint Virginia 2030 as part of the Virginia Chamber's 12th annual Virginia Economic Summit &amp; Forum on World Trade at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 in Richmond, Va. (Eva Russo/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Youngkin wants Virginia out of carbon-reduction initiative

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Kentucky Gov.-elect Andy Beshear defeated the unpopular Republican incumbent by envisioning responsible spending, not socialism for all. (Associated Press/File)

Democrat election wins no indicator for national party

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

A mobile billboard urges voters to cast ballots for Democrats outside Centreville High School in Clifton, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)

The Latest: GOP holds on to Richmond-area Senate seat

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Voters walk through a sea of campaign signs at a polling station in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. All seats in the Virginia House of Delegates and State senate are up for election. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Correction: Election 2019-Virginia Legislature story

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren addresses the crowd during her town hall meeting at Chartway Arena at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Va., Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (Kristen Zeis/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

2020 Democrats flood Virginia for 2019 election push

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam addresses a commemorative meeting of the Virginia General Assembly on the 400th anniversary of the first House of Burgess meeting at a church in Historic Jamestown, Va., on the site where the meeting took place, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ** FILE **

Ralph Northam’s office circulated talking points from Planned Parenthood after infanticide interview

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 17, 1996 file photo, former Virginia Gov. Gerald L. Baliles poses with proofs of a book he wrote, &quot;Preserving the Chesapeake Bay,&quot; in his law office in Richmond, Va. Baliles, a Democrat known as the &quot;transportation governor&quot; and for his work to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and to increase foreign trade, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at the age of 79 after battling cancer. (P. Kevin Morley/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, File)

Gerald Baliles, former Virginia governor, dies at 79

By Alan Suderman - Associated Press

Former Virginia Gov. L Douglas Wilder smiles as he arrives for a news conference in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Wilder made an announcement about being cleared of wrongdoing in his appeal of a sexual harassment accusation. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ex-Gov. Wilder says panel clears him of kissing allegation

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

The Latest: Lawyer: panel found Wilder’s conduct concerning

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Northam announces new renewable energy contract

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Virginia gov says he’s restored civil rights to 22K felons

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Andrew Parker watches the latest on Hurricane Dorian from the bar at Huc-A-Poos pizza restaurant, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Tybee Island, Ga. Parker said he's been through eight hurricanes in his lifetime as a resident of Tybee. And like the others Parker said he plans on riding Dorian out at his home on the island. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

The Latest: Dorian churns north along North Carolina coast

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Virginia gov picks panel to remove discriminatory laws

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President Donald Trump, front, shakes the hand of Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax as prepares to address a commemorative meeting of the Virginia General Assembly at Jamestown Settlement on the 400th anniversary of the meeting of the original House of Burgess in Jamestown, Va., Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

EDITORIAL: The Democratic Party yields to its anti-Trump partisanship

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Amazon: New renewable energy project in Virginia, Ireland

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An advance team from the Secret Service walks past the reconstructed church at the Jamestown Settlement in James City County, Va. Monday, July 29, 2019, where the Virginia General Assembly will meet at 10am Tuesday to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first representative assembly in the Western Hemisphere. President Trump is scheduled to speak Tuesday at a nearby gathering at 11am. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Trump hails ‘righteous cause of American self-government’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

Virginia gov. seeks plan to broaden early education access

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FILE - In this May 8, 2014, file photo, former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder listens to a question from the media during a news conference at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Wilder says he is contesting an investigator's finding that he kissed a university student six decades his junior without her consent. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, File)

Ex-Virginia governor says harassment probe was unfair

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

Northam announces extra money for census outreach

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FILE - In this July 9, 2019 file photo, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, right, listens to speakers along with Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, left, during a rally at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Northam is struggling to raise big money in a key election year after a blackface scandal nearly ended his political career. New campaign finance reports filed Monday, July 15 show the Democratic governor raised slightly more than $300,000 between April and June. That’s far below the seven-figure hauls his predecessors, former Govs. Terry McAuliffe and Bob McDonnell, raised during similar periods when they were in office. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Blackface scandal dampens Virginia governor’s fundraising

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press