1. Virginia Legislative Elections Put Abortion on the Ballot.
- Author
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Milligan, Susan
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MODERATES (Political science) , *ABORTION , *REFERENDUM , *BALLOTS , *GUBERNATORIAL elections , *PUBLIC opinion , *ELECTIONS - Abstract
The GOP hopes the approach will convince enough moderate voters that the democrats are "extremists" on abortion, while Democrats - noting the records and comments of individual legislative candidates - say it's just another step toward a total ban in the state. Virginia Delegate Danica Roem has a simple campaign mantra as she runs for Senate as a Democrat next month: "Fixing roads and feeding kids." He needs only to have the GOP flip two seats in the 40-member state Senate and hang onto control of the 100-member House of Delegates - where Republicans have a 50-46 advantage, with four vacancies - to achieve his goal. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023