Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (9/17/23)

New campaign finance numbers, here's where things stand; Pres. Biden Says “Here in VA, the stakes have never been higher”; GOP candidate - “Everybody is not concerned or worried about women's rights"

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• Video: On “Face the Nation,” Sen. Mark Warner Says We’re “8 or 9 days away” From a Government Shutdown, That It’s Time for Speaker McCarthy to Ditch the Far Right and “put together a bipartisan effort…to keep the government funded”

• 7/1-8/31 Campaign Finance Numbers Are In, and Early Voting Starts on Friday; Here’s Where We Stand in the Crucial Races for VA State Senate and House of Delegates

• With Just 7 Days Until Early Voting Starts, Virginia Campaign Finance Numbers for 7/1-8/31 Coming In Now

• Video: Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Says Far-Right Extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene Is “On my team…we all want the same things”

• Flip and Defend-A-District Friday: Volume XIII (Sen. Monty Mason, Russet Perry, Del. Jeion Ward, Del. Vivian Watts)

• VIDEO: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Jennifer McClellan Slam 2024 Republicans’ MAGA Agenda

• President Joe Biden Says “Here in Virginia, the stakes have never been higher”; Pledges to “Do More” to Financially Support Virginia Dems

• Video: Planned Parenthood Virginia PAC to Invest over $1.5 Million to Support  Key House and Senate Reproductive Rights Champions

• ICYMI: Virginia Republicans Scrub Websites of Extreme Abortion Stances

• Video: Check Out “The energy and response ahead of VP Kamala Harris’s visit to Hampton University this morning”

• Video: At Last Night’s HD65 Debate, Democrat Josh Cole Defends Freedom to Choose, While His Far-Right Opponent Declares, “Everybody is not concerned or worried about women’s rights”

• NEW AD: Majority Project Lays Out The Consequences if MAGA Extremists Get Total Control

• Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA03) Slams House GOP Impeachment Sham That’s “based on nothing other than innuendo and unproven allegations”

• In Virginia SD02, the Differences Between Democrat Kathy Beery and Far-Right-Republican Mark Obenshain Could Not Be Starker

• Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) Highlights Severe Consequences of Government Shutdown for Virginia

• Video: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Says “Kevin McCarthy is feeding the right-wing outrage machine so he can placate his craziest Members who are threatening to oust him from his post”

• Rural New Deal Would Revitalize Rural America, Help Bridge the Divide

• Fairfax County School Board (At-Large) Dem Nominee Kyle McDaniel: “my [GOP] opponent…was teargassed by the Capitol Police while trying to storm the building”

• “After reading the article, I honestly don’t think this changes anything even in a tossup seat”

• A Marquee Race for 2023: The Woman Prosecutor vs. the Billionaire Trust Fund Baby