Virginia recently adopted progressive new voting measures championed by Democrats. Then the people rewarded Republicans, putting the levers of state government back in GOP hands. Now a new chief executive, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, is railing against the discussion of systemic racism in public schools and rolling back covid restrictions. Still, Del. Sally Hudson is focused on the positive: an increasingly diverse legislature, plans to weaken corporate influence in politics, and new checks on gerrymandering.
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