Virginia Democrats go to the polls Tuesday to pick â oops! Thatâs how we used to write these primary set-ups. Now, with early voting, itâs more accurate to say that Virginia Democrats have been voting since April 23 â and weâll find out Tuesday night who theyâve picked to run for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
There have been few public polls so all we can go by is how the candidates â who probably do have access to some private polls â are reacting to one another.
For all the restiveness we see on the Democratic left, the party appears poised to nominate at least two candidates who would qualify as being part of the âestablishment.â Will they nominate three?
Where health care stands at the Virginia primaries Nicole Pasia | Jun 3, 2021
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As Virginia gears up for its primary elections on June 8, several candidates have health care reform lined up in their agendas. Ballots for attorney general, governor, and lieutenant governor consist fully of Democrat candidates, while district seats in the House of Delegates are up for contest across both parties.
The gubernatorial election has six candidates, including current Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who cast the tie-breaking vote to expand Medicaid in the Commonwealth in 2018. At the 2021 Virginia State of Reform Health Policy Conference, he said the pandemic underscored the need to expand. affordable health care.