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Eze Amos/Getty Images GALAX, Virginia — Republican gubernatorial candidate Kirk Cox was several minutes into a wonky election security answer at a diner when January 6 came up again. Did President Joe Biden win the election? Cox avoided directly answering the question at this recent event, though he had previously acknowledged that reality, the one GOP frontrunner willing to do so. Instead, he refocused on proposals like voter ID requirements, which are popular with lots of voters. But now, Lin, a Trump supporter who had posed the Biden question, had another one. She wanted to know whethe...

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Virginia Republican lieutenant governor candidate attacked with homophobic mailers and text messages Mailers and text messages attack Del. Glenn Davis' support of LGBTQ rights in appeal to Republican base voters. 8SHARES Screenshot of the anti-Glenn Davis attack on transgender rights – Photo: Glenn Davis, via Twitter. A Republican candidate for Virginia lieutenant governor is being subjected to homophobic attacks casting him as a “gay Democrat” for voting for Medicaid expansion and supporting pro-LGBTQ measures. Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach) took to Twitter last week to accuse for...

Attacks on gay rights bubbled to the surface of one of the GOP statewide campaigns ahead of a May 8 nominating convention, prompting rebukes for one of the party’s candidates

GOP VA Guv Candidate Furious Over Chauvin Conviction: ‘Makes Me Sick’ Virginia state Senator Amanda Chase (R) addresses protesters on July 4, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Eze Amos/Getty Images) April 22, 2021 8:05 a.m. Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase (R), one of seven GOP gubernatorial candidates, bashed the verdict in ex-cop Derek Chauvin’s murder trial that found him guilty on all counts for the death of George Floyd earlier this week. “Friends, today’s verdict makes me sick,” she said during a campaign sto...