The midterm elections sit fewer than 475 days away. While that might seem like a long time, campaigns are already going strong.
However, the midterms aren’t the only election on the way. Virginia will hold its state race elections this November.
Along with all of the members its House of Delegates, Virginia will also elect new statewide officers, and those races are attracting high-profile surrogates.
Former president Donald Trump has endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin.
Friday, President Biden crossed over the Potomac River to campaign for Democratic candidate and former governor Terry McAuliffe.
Though Democrats control Virginia’s governorship and both chambers of its state house at the moment, Virginia has proven to be a swing state in federal and statewide elections in modern times. For that reason, some are calling Virginia a bellwether state, or in this case, a bellwether commonwealth.
