Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (9/19/21)

With 44 Days to Go, Where Does Virginia’s Gubernatorial Election Stand Right Now?; Youngkin Won’t Require COVID-19 Vaccines For Nurses Treating Immunocompromised Cancer Patients

Below are the top BlueVirginia.us stories from the past week. To support our work at Blue Virginia, please click here. Thanks to everyone who has contributed! 

• With 44 Days to Go, Where Does Virginia’s Gubernatorial Election Stand Right Now? For Instance, Is Glenn Youngkin “Trumpy” Enough to Really Rile Up Democratic “Base” Voters, as Happened in California with Larry Elder?

• It’s Undebatable That a Vote for McAuliffe is a Vote to Keep Progress Moving Forward in Virginia

• Chaz Nuttycombe Analyzes Newly Released VA Redistricting Commission Maps: “There are very few highlights about these maps. It’s like they started off mainly reasonable in Northern Virginia and went, ‘Hey, let’s make the rest of the state suck.’”

• It’s Been A Bad Week For Glenn Youngkin

• “Absolutely grotesque antisemitism on display from yet another @GlennYoungkin-aligned Virginia Republican — just one day after Yom Kippur”

• Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “One patient didn’t want the vaccine in her body but then was fine getting monoclonal antibodies infused”

• Glenn Youngkin Campaigns with Leading Virginia Anti-Vaxxer, “Big Lie” Proponent Who Was Censured by State Senate After She Was at 1/6/21 Pro-Trump Rally, Said “I reject the notion that there is racism,” etc.

• WaPo-Schar School Virginia Poll: Among Registered Voters, McAuliffe Up 6 Pts. (49%-43%); Among “Likely Voters,” McAuliffe Up 3 Points (50%-47%)

• As Early Voting in Virginia Begins, A Reminder of What’s at Stake

• NEW TV AD: Terry For Virginia Releases New TV Ad “Doctor” Featuring Dr. Joseph Sakran Calling Out Glenn Youngkin’s Dangerous COVID-19 Agenda

• Flip-[And-Hold-]A-District Friday: Volume X (Del. Jay Jones, Del. Ken Plum, Jasmine Gore, Trudy Berry, Stan Scott, Derek Kitts)

• Virginia Unemployment Drops Yet Again, to Just 4.0%; Gov. Northam Says “I’m proud of our roaring economic growth, and I look forward to seeing these trends continue”

• Sierra Club Virginia Chapter Endorses Hala Ayala for Lieutenant Governor; Anti-Environment Republican Winsome Sears Doesn’t Even Respond to Questionnaire

• KEY MOMENT: Glenn Youngkin Won’t Require COVID-19 Vaccines For Nurses Treating Immunocompromised Cancer Patients 

• Friday (9/17) Virginia Data on COVID-19: With Delta Now Dominant, Hospitalizations (2,174) Near Highest Level Since Mid February; 10-Day New Cases (+38,280) Near Highest Since Early February

• Video, Live Blog: Tonight’s (First) Virginia Gubernatorial Debate Between Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin

• WaPo Strongly Endorses “Shrewd, Pragmatic and Tireless” Terry McAuliffe for Governor, Says Electing Glenn Youngkin Would Be a “Grave Error”

• Voting Kicks Off in Virginia: Breaking Down How Campaigns Are Pushing Voters To Vote by Mail

• With Debate Tonight and Early Voting Starting Tomorrow, New Emerson College Poll Has Terry McAuliffe Up 4 Points, Mark Herring Up 6 Points

• Everytown for Gun Safety Pledges to Spend Upwards of $1.8 Million In Support of VA Democrats in 2021 Election

• Trumpist VA Sen. Amanda Chase (R) Says Glenn Youngkin Shouldn’t Smile or Shake Terry McAuliffe’s Hand, Should Treat Governor’s Race as “War” Against “Marxist Take Over”

• With Early Voting Starting This Friday, July 1-August 31 Virginia Fundraising Numbers Coming In…

• NEW TV AD:  Terry for Virginia Releases New TV Ad “All Talk” Showing the Truth About Glenn Youngkin’s Failed Wall Street Record

• THREE Independent Reports Show Dangerous Effects Of Glenn Youngkin’s Economic Plan – Would Cost Virginia Millions of Jobs, Decimate Funding for Education and Public Safety

• AG Mark Herring Continues Fight Against Texas Abortion Ban, Joins 23 Other AGs Filing “amicus brief supporting the DOJ’s challenge to Texas’ unconstitutional law banning abortions after six weeks”

• Video: VHHA Launches Statewide Outreach Campaign Aimed at Vaccine Hesitant Audiences Amid a More Than 1,000% Surge in COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations

• Remarks by VP Kamala Harris at a Fundraiser for McAuliffe Campaign Last Night: “What happens here in Virginia is…a bellwether for what will happen in the rest of the country”

• Terry McAuliffe Statement Celebrating Beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month/Declaración de Terry McAuliffe Celebrando el Comienzo del Mes de la Herencia Hispana

• DLCC and Affiliates Announce $2.3 Million Investment in Virginia

• New Study Finds Glenn Youngkin’s Economic Plan Would Cost 2.5 Million Jobs, Cut Personal Income by More Than $225 Billion Over Next 10 Years

• Sen. Tim Kaine Joins Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Protect Freedom to Vote, Strengthen Our Democracy

• Virginia Professional Fire Fighters Endorse AG Mark Herring For Reelection

• Terry McAuliffe Releases “Virginia Is For Vaccine Lovers” Campaign to Get Virginians Vaccinated, Rebuild Stronger Economy

• Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Gerry Connolly Urge Senate to Pass “Freedom to Vote Act”: “The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy - we must protect it”

• Glenn Youngkin Lies and Demagogues Yet Again, This Time on Supposedly “Skyrocketing” Gasoline Prices, Which Are…Uh, Actually *DOWN* a Penny From a Month Ago, and About Average Historically

• In Newport News, Gov. Northam Ceremonially Signs Voting Rights Act of Virginia

• August 2021 Revenue Report Finds Virginia General Fund Revenue Collections Up 18.9% From the Previous Year and 5.2% Fiscal-Year-to-Date

• McAuliffe Welcomes Salesforce Employees to Relocate from Texas to Virginia Following Draconian Texas Abortion Ban

• With Early Voting Beginning on Friday, Democratic Statewide Ticket Has “built the most robust coordinated campaign in Virginia history”