Virginia

October 4, 2024 — Scott Johnson

Cao vs. Kaine

Featured image Republican former Navy captain Hung Cao is running to unseat incumbent Senator Tim Kaine in Virginia. Cao’s site is here. The polls don’t give Cao much of a chance. Yet he is a most impressive American, while Kaine is a zero to the left (in the Spanish expression my wife has taught me). He must have a future somewhere in the world of Republican politics. Cao faced off against Kaine »
November 8, 2023 — Scott Johnson

Gibson on top [update: Gibson loses][With Comment by John]

Featured image Three hours ago the AP reported that Republican David Owen defeated Democrat former sex worker Susanna Gibson in the race for Virginia’s 57th District in the House of Delegates. The AP story runs under the headline “GOP’s David Owen wins Virginia legislative race over Democratic opponent who livestreamed sex videos.” We appreciate the reminder of the scandal Gibson had to surmount in her campaign, but I’m not sure the AP »
September 15, 2023 — John Hinderaker

A Feminist Heroine?

Featured image I wrote here and here about Susanna Gibson, a Democratic candidate for the Virginia House who, it turns out, live-streamed sex with her husband on the porn site Chaturbate, for money. One might think that this revelation would doom a legislative campaign, but no: Gibson has gone on offense, and the Associated Press reports that she is gaining support, especially among feminists: A Democratic Virginia legislative candidate whose race was »
September 14, 2023 — Scott Johnson

That old Twitter feeling

Featured image Virginia Democratic House of Delegates candidate Susanna Gibson is mired in a scandal of her own making. If she survives it, she deserves to be the “face” (broadly understood) of the Democratic Party. Like us, the Washington Free Beacon is giving the Gibson scandal the kind of attention it would get if she were a Republican. Joe Simonson’s Free Beacon story is headlined “Cocksure Virginia Democrat Slams Media for Reporting »