EP62 - Virginia AG Race: State of Play on Jay with Paul Goldman

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The episode discusses the current state of the Virginia Attorney General's race and the political dynamics involved.

EP62 - Analysis of the Virginia Attorney General’s Race: State of Play on Jay with Paul Goldman. In podcast episode 62 of the Black Virginia News podcast we have a discussion on the current state of the play for the Virginia Attorney General’s race Attorney General Jason Miyares is working to keep the conversation off of his record as President Donald Trump continues to violate the constitution and send the military into American cities. A text messaging story that put the spotlight on his Democratic challenger, former Delegate Jay Jones, has assisted Miyares a great deal in changing the subject off of himself and Trump. Will a lack of vocal support by top Democrat in Virginia for Jay Jones impact Democratic gubernatorial nominee and former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger? Unlikely, since Spanberger maintains a strong polling lead in a race were here challenger, current Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears focuses a questionable amount of attention on trans bathroom issues. Paul Goldman and Lauren Burke discuss the history and the current “state of play with Jay” in Virginia. Paul Goldman is an attorney based in Richmond. He served as campaign manager for the historic and successful…

People in this episode

Host: Black Virginia News

Guest: Paul Goldman

Topics covered

• Virginia Attorney General Race
• politics
• elections
• Democratic Party
• campaign analysis

Keywords

• Virginia AG race
• Jason Miyares
• Jay Jones
• Abigail Spanberger
• political analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democratic Party of Virginia

Books & works: Governor L. Douglas Wilder

Places: Virginia

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