For anyone needing food assistance, CFH and the Capital Area Food Bank are putting on a distribution event at the East End Mobile Home Park in the City of Manassas from 5-7PM tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 20) at 9021 Centreville Road, Lot 60A. #Virginia

This is a great step. No kids should go hungry.

School meal debt shouldn’t exist — and help is on the way for Virginia students! This week, I filed SB 4 for Virginia to offer universal free school breakfast. It feeds kids, saves families money and alleviates an administrative & financial burden on schools. #valeg lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...

Manassas Park making national news! 🥲 Our little city that can!! #Virginia #vagov

Sabrina is just one of the incredibly talented, highly trained Virginians in the military promoted for meritorious achievement who’s being kicked out for existing as a trans person under this administration. She earned everything she achieved. Firing her is effing dumb. richmond.com/opinion/colu...

And the stats I’m most proud of: Emerge Virginia alumnae as Governor: 1 (+1) Emerge Virginia alumnae in the House of Delegates: 25 (+8) (That’s one-quarter of the House of Delegates, up from just two 10 years ago.) Emerge Virginia alumnae in elected offices: 61 (+10) @emergeamerica.bsky.social

With all ballots now counted for the 2025 #Virginia general election, here are the final numbers for statewide offices: Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger: 57.58% (D+15.36%) Lieutenant Governor-elect Ghazala Hashmi: 55.65% (D+11.56%) Attorney General-elect Jay Jones: 53.14% (D+6.68%)

Update 4: Post-election absentee mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrived by noon last Friday are now in from the City of Richmond. Barring any corrections, that should be it for the 2025 #Virginia general election. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B93C...

Update 3: Provisional ballots from Norfolk are now in which means all provisional ballots have now been reported. Just waiting on you with those post-election absentee mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day and arrived by noon last Friday, RVA. Just you.

Update 2: Hampton and Rappahannock provisionals are now in. Remaining ballots to report: Provisional ballots from Norfolk. Post-election absentee mail-in ballots (postmarked by Election Day and arrived by noon last Friday) from the City of Richmond.

Update: Richmond provisionals are now in.

WHAT'S STILL OUT: Virginia localities with some form of vote from last week's election that isn't reported on the Department of Elections website: Provisional ballots: Hampton Norfolk Rappahannock Provisionals + PE mail-ins: Richmond city (Reminder: Virginia has two Richmonds: City and County.)

All votes are now reported for the three SD-30 localities: Prince William County, Manassas Park and Manassas. We were waiting on provisional ballots for Manassas. Of 135 votes, they broke 109 D, 26 R. Governor-elect Spanberger won the City of Manassas by 31 percentage points: 65.42%-34.42%.

The Virginia Department of Elections website shows only two localities that have reported both provisional ballots and post-election mail-in ballots that were postmarked by Election Day and arrived by noon Friday: Amelia County and the City of Richmond. Some localities are missing just one category.

Update: All votes are now in and Andrew ended up 257 votes (0.89%) short of a *major* upset in the Harrisonburg/Rockingham seat for the #Virginia House of Delegates anchored at James Madison University. This was the closest HoD race for 2025. Welcome to the frontline for 2027.

Also: I was annoyed provisional ballots weren't reallocated back to precincts like early in-person early ballots and mail-in absentee ballots (regular and PE), so we passed my bill SB 1044 this year to do that. So now you can see provisional vote totals by precinct. lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...

For the SD-30 localities: All vote totals are out from last week's election for Prince William County and the City of Manassas Park: Early in-person, Election Day, mail-in absentee, provisional and "post-election" absentee (mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrived by noon Friday). 1/2

Black veterans buried at a cemetery in Manassas are being honored with a memorial bench after having been long overlooked.

"...the sales tax exemption for data centers accounted for $2.73 billion of the tax savings..." A multi-trillion-dollar industry doesn't need our tax dollars to incentivize it to do $#!+. That's money we need to fix roads and feed kids, not subsidize corporate greed. richmond.com/news/state-r...

On the one hand, neutral data collected and analyzed academically and presented as unbiased and factual is how things are supposed to work. On the other hand, a group of uninsured people serving as an accidental "control group" and then dying is just effed up. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“Roem…says targeting trans children is a losing proposition. “’The Republican Party is simply wrong about this. People don’t want their politicians signaling out and stigmatizing the very people they’re elected to serve.’” @nbcwashington.com #Virginia #vagov www.nbcwashington.com/news/politic...

One other thing: No matter what happens with the final vote count, this race is going to be near the top of the list for both parties in 2027: one on defense, one on offense. There are a *lot* of JMU alumni on both sides of the aisle in VA gov't, including the Senate majority and minority leaders.

For #Virginia election watchers: post-election (PE) absentee mail-in ballots (ballots that were postmarked by Election Day and arrived at elections offices by noon today) and provisional ballots are now being tallied. Race to watch is #HD34: City of Harrisonburg (JMU) + Rockingham County.

Some people might think that the 13 Democrats who flipped seats in the Virginia House of Delegates Red to Blue might not have staying power and will just be washed out when the pendulum swings back. Let’s look at the Class of ’17, when we flipped 15 seats Red to Blue + held an open Democratic seat.🧵

“‘The data center industry (is) a multi-trillion-dollar industry. They profit from the end result of this. And who pays the higher bills? We do,’ said state Senator Danica Roem, whose 30th District includes this area.” www.princewilliamtimes.com/localnews/no...

Attacking constituents is a losing strategy, and a lot of Republicans learned that the hard way this week.

The Republican hate speech towards trans kids was never a winning strategy - and it never will be. Maybe it’s time to try something radical, like focusing on real issues: traffic, infrastructure, cost of living, and making sure every kid gets fed at school, no matter what.

*sips tea* virginiamercury.com/2025/11/05/d...

I just got back home from Governor-elect Spanberger's party in Richmond. A few things: 1) Emerge Virginia had a banner night. EVA alumnae flipped the Governor's seat and 8 House of Delegates seats Red to Blue, retained all 17 of HoD incumbents and swept all six local races where they ran. 🧵

Billionaire withholds food from hungry children, swan-dives into silo of gold coins. More at 11.

Shoutout to my constituent who pulled up to Unity Reed HS in Manassas, turned up “Sweet Leaf” by Black Sabbath loud enough for me to hear it while handing out Election Day lit, waited to pick someone up and then headed out to “Snowblind.” Ozzy forever. 🦇 🤘 #MetalSky #Virginia

Ran into two of my metal friends in Old Town Manassas wearing “I Voted” stickers on their Lamb of God shirts while I’m in my Moonspell hoodie. Best. \m/ #MetalSky #Virginia

Today’s the first Election Day in the odd-number year I haven’t been on a ballot since 2015. Can‘t even begin to express enough gratitude to the voters of SD-30 for electing me to a four-year term in 2023. Sincerely. Winning four battleground campaigns in six years is necessary but exhausting work.

Polls are open Virginia! 6am-7pm. Go to iwillvote.com to find your polling location. Let's elect @vademocrats.bsky.social up and down the ballot, and make @abigailspanberger.com our next Governor!

Polls are now open, #Virginia! They close at 7PM. Go vote! #vagov #valeg

Polls throughout #Virginia open at 6AM and close at 7PM. Go vote! #vagov #valeg

NAACP and Advancement Project sue Virginia, saying election officials are rejecting student voter registrations over missing dorm-room info that isn’t required by law.  They argue it violates the CRA and could disenfranchise thousands of campus voters. virginiamercury.com/2025/11/03/c...

L: "Hi, I'm Highland County, home to Virginia's only organic maple syrup farm! I'm entirely west of I-81. I'm 416 sq miles w/ 1,832 active registered voters." R: "Hi, I'm Fairfax County, home to 11 Fortune 500 HQs! I have I-66, 95, 395 & 495. I'm 406 sq miles w/ 754,532 active registered voters."🧵

A disclaimer for Democrats watching the #Virginia election tomorrow I repeat annually: Don't freak out when the first trickle of results come in. The first results are almost always super Republican. They're from areas with smaller populations. There is a multi-tiered process for reporting:

You'll see various websites tomorrow with election results in #Virginia. VPAP.org is a long-time favorite for many and StateNavigate.org is a new one for this year. Just make sure you have the official one from the Virginia Department of Elections open: enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...

As an Elder Millennial who walked home from Pres. Obama's Manassas rally at the end of the '08 campaign, it's always special to watch him speak in #Virginia. But hearing him call out the administration for attacking trans people instead of fixing problems... thanks, Obama. For real. #YesWeCan

It’s been a busy Saturday: ✅Launched a canvass in Arlington with HRC and Equality Virginia PAC. ✅Had a constituent meeting at Baldwin Park in Manassas re: road safety and FOIA fee reform. ✅Marched in the Manassas Veterans Day Parade. ✅Had another constituent meeting in Bristow re: public service.

The Haymarket Regional Food Pantry is “hosting a special pop-up food distribution to support federal employees impacted by the recent government shutdown.” Nov. 9 1-4 PM “Federal workers can stop by, show their gov’t work ID and receive a box of shelf-stable groceries – no registration required.”

In-person early voting is open today (Saturday, Oct. 25) in each SD-30 locality. Where to vote in-district: Prince William County: Office of Elections (Manassas) and Haymarket Gainesville Library — 8:30AM-5PM City of Manassas: Town Hall — 9AM-5PM City of Manassas Park: City Hall — 9AM-5PM

We finally have a bus linking Manassas Park to Dulles! ✈️ NORTHBOUND: 1) Dale City commuter lot: 4:30, 6:25, 11AM 2) Manassas Park VRE station: 5:05, 7, 11:35AM 3) Dulles Kiss & Fly lot by the Metro: 5:49AM, 7:46AM, 12:27PM 4) Loudoun County Government Center in Leesburg: 6:21AM, 8:12AM, 12:55PM

When President Obama comes to Virginia at the end of a campaign, think of it like Bob Sheppard announcing "No. 42, Mariano Rivera" at Yankee Stadium as "Enter Sandman" cued up or (more aptly for VA) the crowd jumping in Blacksburg. He's our closer. And you don't leave your closer on the bench.

🤦🏻‍♀️ So they want hundreds of millions of dollars tax breaks for data centers that destroy our environment, consume massive amounts of energy and water, and cause so much community division while raising residential electric raises so, in return, they can run something that spectacularly fails? Right.

I introduced a bill to ban corporations from donating to our campaigns. This ⬇️ is exactly why. “As state legislators turn attention to concerns about power bills and data center siting, the industry has noticed, and given >$1.7M in contributions to state political campaigns in this election cycle.”

Update from the PWC Office of Elections: "Over 4,300 voters turned out today, the largest locality total for a single day in the 2025 General Election. This is nearly double the next largest day in Virginia this election, and just shy of the 4,678 PWC voters from last year’s opening Sunday."