Markus Schmidt
Senior Politics Reporter and Deputy Editor at The Virginia Mercury
Sr. politics reporter | deputy editor at @MercuryVirginia Previously: @CardinalNewsVA, @RTDNews, @bild Email: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
virginiamercury.com | Markus Schmidt |Nathaniel Cline |Charlotte Woods
With early voting already underway and primary day set for Tuesday, Virginia’s House of Delegates races are shaping up to be a revealing test of party identity, grassroots energy, and electoral ambition. For the first time in many years, Democrats have fielded candidates in all 100 House districts — a feat that underscores just how determined the party is to hold the majority it won back two years ago, and how fired up its base has become heading into another high-stakes election year.
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1 week ago |
rappnews.com | Markus Schmidt |Nathaniel Cline |Charlotte Woods
With early voting already underway and primary day set for Tuesday, Virginia’s House of Delegates races are shaping up to be a revealing test of party identity, grassroots energy, and electoral ambition. For the first time in many years, Democrats have fielded candidates in all 100 House districts — a feat that underscores just how determined the party is to hold the majority it won back two years ago, and how fired up its base has become heading into another high-stakes election year. kAmkDA2?
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2 weeks ago |
loudountimes.com | Markus Schmidt
Virginia’s Democratic U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are slamming the Republican spending plan moving through Congress, warning that tucked among its billion-dollar tax cuts for the wealthy is a dangerous gift to the gun industry that rolls back long-standing safety rules for firearm silencers. kAmx? 2 3=:DE6C:?8 ;@:?E DE2E6>6?E %9FCD52J[ E96 D6?2E@CD D2:5 E96 AC@A@D2= H@F=5 H62<6? 8F? =2HD E92E 92G6 366? :? A=246 D:?46 `hbc 3J 6=:>:?2E:?8 C68:DEC2E:@?
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3 weeks ago |
henricocitizen.com | Markus Schmidt
Virginia’s Democratic U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, D-Va., are slamming the Republican spending plan moving through Congress, warning that tucked among its billion-dollar tax cuts for the wealthy is a dangerous gift to the gun industry that rolls back long-standing safety rules for firearm silencers.
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3 weeks ago |
virginiamercury.com | Markus Schmidt
Virginia’s Democratic U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, D-Va., are slamming the Republican spending plan moving through Congress, warning that tucked among its billion-dollar tax cuts for the wealthy is a dangerous gift to the gun industry that rolls back long-standing safety rules for firearm silencers.
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