While the district has been a safe Republican seat in past elections, University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato‘s Crystal Ball moved CD 16 from “Safe Republican” to “Likely Republican” in March, calling it a “deep sleeper Democratic target.”
As of the last fundraising reports Kaine’s war chest is formidable, with more than $17 million in the bank and nothing spent to hold off a Democratic challenger. Stewart has less than $1 million. That will prove a major factor in the race, according to Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics, who observed that Kaine reported many times more money than his emerging GOP rival. “That’s just an incredibly lopsided difference,” Skelley said.
What’s interesting here is the way in which McCaskill, and Democrats generally, talk about abortion rights – long emphasizing the broader context of health. It’s not only a “less emotionally charged way to talk about it, but a more realistic way ... because so many facets of it have to do with health care,” says Jennifer Lawless, an expert on women and politics at the University of Virginia.
Census data for the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA-NC metro area – the most recent numbers available are for 2011 – show that nearly every non-seasonal housing unit, about 94 percent, has air-conditioning, much of it from central-air units, said Hamilton Lombard, a demographer with the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia. Still, that’s not to say there aren’t some people who need help.
Katherine Basbaum, a cardiovascular dietitian for the University of Virginia health system, is skeptical of this meme’s assertion. She told us that potatoes and butter would provide enough macronutrients for the body at a “very basic level,” but added that remaining alive and remaining healthy are two very different things.
(By Barbara Perry, Gerald L. Baliles Professor and director of Presidential Studies at UVA’s Miller Center) Justice Anthony Kennedy’s sense of humor is as quirky as his jurisprudence. He likes to start public lectures with a reference to the frustrations of modern travel: “My wife and I recently returned from Europe and, when we went to the baggage claim, our luggage was missing. When I reported the loss to the airline agent, he asked, ‘Has your flight arrived?’ ‘No,’ I replied, ‘I am a mere shadow of my existential self!’” He certainly cast a broad shadow over the U.S. Supreme Court and its d...
The University of Virginia recently announced a $5 billion fund-raising campaign with an interesting twist: instead of lying low until the public phase begins, UVA is building excitement for a public campaign start date that is still over a year away. UVA's campaign is part of a trend of college mega-campaigns that span years and aim to raise billions.
(Video) We spoke to brand new Americans at the Monticello naturalization ceremony and found out what being an American means to them.
When his UVA classmates discussed the story of a peasant woman who found joy amid pain and isolation, Josh Pritchett didn’t say anything. That’s because he was flashing back to his time in the hole, to being locked in solitary confinement for violent fights. So while the others talked about symbolism in 19th-century Russian literature, he was thinking about how, with the passage of days in that cold cell, dreams became beautiful, and anger faded into serenity. This spring, Pritchett went back behind bars – by choice.
(Commentary by Lillian Bevier, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita) Sixth Circuit Judge Amul Thapar is one of the six judges whom President Trump is considering to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Kennedy’s retirement. For the last seven years, Judge Thapar and I have co-taught an intensive week-long class about judicial philosophy at the UVA Law School. In this context, I have learned much about his approach to judging and his understanding of the judicial role.
Brice T. Cocke of Daphne, Alabama lost his University of Virginia class ring 47 or 48 years ago on Carolina Avenue in South Roanoke. A landscaper found it in some dirt June 6, and a neighbor worked with a jeweler, UVa's alumni office and a national fraternity to identify the owner and return it.
James Stone, Wytheville’s longest practicing physician, is hanging up his stethoscope. Over the years, he’s delivered babies and treated everything from sniffles to dangerous infections. Forty-five years ago, Stone had already earned an undergraduate degree from the Virginia Military Institute and graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1968. After finishing his residency at Norfolk General Hospital and completing a stint in the military, he decided to strike out on his own.
Ria Scott has been named the new women's golf coach at Virginia after nine seasons leading the Oregon Ducks. The Ducks played in the postseason in every season in her tenure and Scott coached each player in UO's career top-10 in season scoring average.
(By UVA student Amy Zhang) This week we celebrate the United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, commemorated every year on the first Saturday of July. Cooperatives’ success in sustainable development, wealth creation, and poverty alleviation give many hope for an equitable future. As we commend cooperatives, it is important to recognize and understand how they function.
Archaeologists are currently working to excavate a slave quarter at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest. It's a part of a field school through the University of Virginia.
Another reason for the lopsided fundraising numbers is that a lot of the big money Republican donors are staying away from Corey Stewart — like the Koch brothers, for example, or the National Republican Senate Committee. Geoff Skelley at UVA’s Center for Politics says they have other races to fund. “There are 10 seats that are up that Democrats control that are in states that Donald Trump carried in 2016, and so starting with that list those all would rank ahead of Virginia from the get-go.”
Larry Sabato, UVA professor of politics, said this was not the first time the administration had used the White House Twitter feed to attack Democratic senators. “The 2020 campaign unofficially began the night Trump won in 2016. It is well underway as of now,” he said. “Trump knows when he attacks a Democrat, it helps him or her with the party base. My enemy’s worst enemy is my best friend.”
Beginning in 2002, Amy Coney Barrett has taught at her alma mater, the Notre Dame Law School. She has also served as a visiting associate professor and John M. Olin Fellow in Law at the George Washington University Law School and as a visiting associate professor of law at the University of Virginia.
Jerry Stenger, director of the state climatology office at the University of Virginia, said the rains raised stream flows and improved groundwater. "We are looking at a very different potential situation than we were a couple of months ago," Stenger said. "The chances of having serious water supply problems throughout this area are greatly reduced."
Sid Milkis, a professor at UVA’s Miller Center, spoke about the legacy of the Declaration of Independence, and whether America is currently living up to the ideals written by Thomas Jefferson in that document.