Campaign finance numbers from the first three weeks of Oct.
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Campaign finance update:
The latest numbers posted on the Virginia Public Access Project for campaign fundraising from Oct. 1 to Oct. 21 have arrived. This is the last campaign fundraising update from candidates before the election next week.
Governor
Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe raised $12,912,137 and has $1,900,869 cash on hand.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin raised $15,405,941 and has $7,867,569 cash on hand. This includes a $3.5 million loan from his personal fortune to his campaign on Oct. 13.
Liberation nominee Princess Blanding raised $4,550 and has $7,281 cash on hand.
Lieutenant governor
Democratic nominee Hala Ayala raised $2,435,387 and has $323,076 cash on hand.
Republican nominee Winsome Sears raised $597,949 and has $84,765 cash on hand.
Attorney General
Democratic nominee and incumbent Mark Herring raised $1,490,470 and has $212,852 cash on hand.
Republican nominee Jason Miyares raised $3,453,221 and has $2,026,741 cash on hand.
Campaign Geography’
Terry McAuliffe will be joined by President Joe Biden tonight in Arlington.
Today, Glenn Youngkin will be making stops in Clarksville, Danville, McKenney, Mecklenburg,
Fight over teaching ‘Beloved’ book in schools becomes hot topic in Virginia governor’s race - Washington Post
By Laura Vozzella and Gregory S. Schneider
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from 1987 has suddenly become the hottest topic in the Virginia governor’s race, as Republican Glenn Youngkin charged that Democrat Terry McAuliffe blocked parents from protecting their children from explicit classroom material, while McAuliffe responded by raising the specter of book-banning.
At the heart of the issue: “Beloved,” the novel by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison about a Civil War-era Black woman who kills her own 2-year-old daughter to spare her from the evils of slavery.
More gubernatorial links
Biden Set to Campaign With Terry McAuliffe Ahead of Virginia Election
Pence appearance in Virginia not tied to Youngkin, campaign insists
After years of bipartisan giving, Dominion Energy leans into Democratic control
Here’s how the court will draw Virginia’s new political districts - VPM News
by Ben Paviour
The Virginia Redistricting Commission has missed a final deadline to draw new state legislative maps, kicking the process to the Virginia Supreme Court.
The court’s seven justices won’t draw the lines. Instead, they’ll hire two experts who will work together to come up with finished maps.
DCCC launches a new ad attempting to cause conflict between Trump & Emmer
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a new ad on Tuesday attempting to start a conflict between former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. The ad is intended to highlight NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer’s and House Republicans’ growing frustration with President Trump.
“For months, Tom Emmer and the NRCC have been privately voicing frustration with Trump’s antics, but are too afraid to speak up publicly against his false claims about a rigged election,” the DCCC said in a press release.
The ad will be even more personal for Emmer and Trump with TV ads in their hometowns of Delano, MN and Palm Beach, FL, and with billboards in Florida spotlighting their feud.
“For months, Tom Emmer and the NRCC have been privately voicing frustration with Trump’s antics, but are too afraid to speak up publicly against his false claims about a rigged election,” the DCCC continued in their press release. “Now, after attempting to belittle Trump’s threat as those from a “private citizen”, and warning that Trump’s involvement with the GOP’s hostile primaries were “not gonna be helpful”, the DCCC is making sure voters see where Emmer and House Republicans truly stand with the President.”
Watch the ad below:
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