Biden has DNC plow $1.2M into Virginia amid Youngkin fundraising blitz
RICHMOND — President Biden directed the Democratic National Committee this week to pour $1.2 million into Virginia legislative races to counter record-smashing fundraising by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), whose prospects as a potential last-minute presidential candidate could rise or fall with the outcome on Nov. 7.
The money will bring the DNC’s contributions to the Democratic Party of Virginia this year to $1.5 million — 15 times more than it invested four years ago, the last time all 140 seats in the state Senate and House of Delegates were on the ballot.
Both chambers are up for grabs given Republicans’ slim lead in the House and Democrats’ narrow majority in the Senate, with new political maps and a host of open seats creating opportunities and uncertainty for both parties.
The outcome on Election Day is likely to determine whether Youngkin can enact a conservative agenda that includes corporate tax cuts and a 15-week ban on abortion (with some exceptions). The results also could feed or kill the presidential buzz that’s surrounded the former Carlyle Group executive since he flipped seemingly blue Virginia red nearly two years ago.
The state’s two Democratic senators, Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, have recently urged the White House to direct more DNC funding to the General Assembly contests, which will test the strength of both parties in a state that Youngkin narrowly won a year after Biden carried it by 10 points. Biden informed both senators Thursday night that the money was on its way.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/02/biden-fundraising-virginia-democrats/