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The rundown
A look back at audio interviews with Hashmi, Stoney and Lateef about their run for LG.
Despite Trump’s desire to find a solution, Miyares files urges SCOTUS to uphold ban on TikTok.
Youngkin’s announces funding to increase visitation for Virginia’s festivals.
Catch up on some of the lieutenant governor candidates
Earlier this year, I talked to most of the Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor. State Sens. Aaron Rouse and Ghazala Hashmi, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, Prince William Chair Babur Lateef and federal prosecutor Victor Salgado are all seeking the nomination.
Rouse chose not to participate, and Salgado announced his campaign just recently.
Candidates are due to report their fundraising totals at the end of the year, but here is what they reported raising as of June 30.
Hashmi: $197,483
Lateef: $355,693
Rouse: $450,766
Stoney: $791,768
The new numbers that we will get to see in January will be much more indicative of the momentum behind their campaigns.
Listen to the conversations with Hashmi, Stoney, and Lateef below:
This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today.
This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today.
This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today.
Going against Trump, Miyares urges SCOTUS to uphold TikTok ban
Attorney General Jason Miyares filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States along with 21 other states urging the Supreme Court of the United States to uphold the ban on TikTok that will go into place if their parent company doesn’t sell off their ownership of the platform.
