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September 3, 2020 at 3:44 PM

Visual: A Primer on Lobbyist Entertainment

Visual: A Primer on Lobbyist Entertainment In Virginia, lobbyists can provide free meals and entertainment to legislative and executive officials. Once a year, lobbyists are required to disclose entertainment expenses. This visual explains why, in practic…

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August 29, 2020 at 5:29 PM

VPAP Weekly Update

VPAP Weekly Update Win a Free Ticket! Refer two friends to VaNews by September 14, and you'll be entered into a drawing to win a free ticket to VPAP's Annual Fundraiser! Refer a Friend This y…

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August 28, 2020 at 3:14 PM

Visual: A Primer on Lobbyist Compensation

Visual: A Primer on Lobbyist Compensation Each year, Virginia lobbyists are required to disclose how much they were paid. VPAP has begun posting the information on its site, along with a new data visualization that explains why the data makes it difficult…

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August 26, 2020 at 3:16 PM

Visual: In July, Trump Narrowed Virginia Fundraising Gap

Visual: In July, Trump Narrowed Virginia Fundraising Gap In July, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reported more than $1 million in donations from Virginia residents -- his fourth six-figure haul in the last five months. President Donald Trump …

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August 25, 2020 at 2:44 PM

Updated Visual: Demand High for Mail-In Ballots

Updated Visual: Demand High for Mail-In Ballots Early voting doesn't begin for several weeks, but the pandemic has increased demand for mail-in ballots across Virginia. As of August 23, nearly 440,000 voters had applied for mail-in ballots, an increase of…

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August 19, 2020 at 3:29 PM

Visual: Paths to the House of Delegates

Visual: Paths to the House of Delegates VPAP takes a closer look at the backgrounds of the 99 men and women who currently serve in the Virginia House of Delegates. This visual timeline traces each Delegate from their place of birth, their education, milit…

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August 18, 2020 at 8:29 PM

Visual: Hispanic Virginians Disproportionately Hit by COVID-19

Visual: Hispanic Virginians Disproportionately Hit by COVID-19 In Virginia, Hispanic residents have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. While Hispanics make up 10 percent of Virginia's population, they account for more than one-third of confirmed CO…

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August 18, 2020 at 7:29 PM

Visual: Paths to the Virginia Senate

Visual: Paths to the Virginia Senate VPAP takes a closer look at the backgrounds of the 40 men and women who serve in the Virginia Senate. This timeline traces each Senator from their place of birth, their education, military experience, current occupatio…

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August 15, 2020 at 5:29 PM

VPAP Weekly Update

VPAP Weekly Update See Issues to be Covered in Next Week's Special Session Explore the bills filed by legislators ahead of the special session of the General Assembly, which begins Tuesday, August 18. Gov. Ralph Northam call…

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August 10, 2020 at 3:14 PM

Visual: Line Forming for Mail Ballots

Visual: Line Forming for Mail Ballots Early voting in Virginia doesn't begin until mid-September, but VPAP's latest visualization shows many voters already have requested an absentee ballot by mail. In the congressional district that includes Arlington Co…

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August 8, 2020 at 5:29 PM

VPAP Weekly Update

VPAP Weekly Update Win a Ticket to VPAP's Sept. 16 Event Want to join in on the fun? Enter a drawing to win a ticket by referring two friends to VaNews using the button below. To qualify, your referrals must subscribe by Mond…

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August 6, 2020 at 8:20 PM

Visual: Virginia Tweaks Vote-By-Mail Procedures

Visual: Virginia Tweaks Vote-By-Mail Procedures In June, one in five Virginia primary election voters cast ballots by mail. But election officials in some localities predict that voters' desire to avoid crowds during the pandemic will make mail the prefer…

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August 5, 2020 at 2:29 PM

Visual: In-Person or Remote? Virginia's Back-to-School Plans

Visual: In-Person or Remote? Virginia's Back-to-School Plans With the pandemic on the loose, Virginia's public school districts will start the 2020-21 school year with a variety of instructional models. VPAP maps this fluid situation, with 20 districts at…

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August 4, 2020 at 2:59 PM

Two Maps Show Virginia's Most At-Risk Areas for COVID-19 Hardship

Two Maps Show Virginia's Most At-Risk Areas for COVID-19 Hardship COVID-19 Stress Test for Local Governments Using three measures of fiscal health, the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development has come up with an index to …

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August 1, 2020 at 2:29 PM

VPAP Weekly Update

VPAP Weekly Update Get On The List VPAP has a new weekly compilation of political commentary. We call it VaViews.   The commentary is bonus content emailed each Sunday to readers who get two or more friends to subscribe to o…

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July 31, 2020 at 2:29 PM

Visual: COVID-Related Emergency Room Visits

Visual: COVID-Related Emergency Room Visits Virginia's 35 health districts monitor the percentage of hospital emergency visits by patients who exhibit or report symptoms consistent with COVID-19. While not all are confirmed cases, this data is one possibl…

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July 29, 2020 at 2:14 PM

Visual: One Year Out - Historic Look at Gubernatorial Fundraising

Visual: One Year Out - Historic Look at Gubernatorial Fundraising Candidates who have announced or who are pondering a run for Governor next year raised more than $3 million dollars in the first half of the year. How does that compare with the previous fi…

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July 27, 2020 at 6:59 PM

Visual: Legislators' Source of Campaign Funds

Visual: Legislators' Source of Campaign Funds VPAP ranks Virginia legislators by the percentage of money from six types of campaign donors, ranging from small donors who give $100 or less to businesses that lobby the General Assembly. There's also an opti…

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July 25, 2020 at 2:29 PM

Seeing stars?

Seeing stars? If you’ve missed Comet NEOWISE when it appeared in the night sky the last few weeks, don’t fret — another bright spot is headed your way. VaNews will appear in your inbox Monday morning, putting Virginia’s top headlines in your orbit. If t…

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July 24, 2020 at 2:29 PM

Visual: If Money Were Votes

Visual: If Money Were Votes VPAP's exclusive statewide map shows Trump v. Biden campaign donations in each of Virginia's 2,453 voting precincts. The data has been updated to include the latest donations through June 30. …

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July 23, 2020 at 5:14 PM

Visual: Money Follows Power

Visual: Money Follows Power While in control of the House of Delegates, Republicans enjoyed an advantage in raising money from companies and business trade associations that lobby the legislature. The fundraising dynamics were reversed this year after Dem…

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July 22, 2020 at 6:59 PM

Visual: In Virginia, Biden Continues to Outpace Trump

Visual: In Virginia, Biden Continues to Outpace Trump For the third time in the last four months, Democrat Joe Biden in June reported more than $1 million in donations from Virginia residents. Biden continues to outpace Republican President Trump. But Bid…

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July 22, 2020 at 5:14 PM

Visual: Twenty-somethings and COVID-19

Visual: Twenty-somethings and COVID-19 A weekly snapshot taken over the last three months shows Virginians aged 20-29 are becoming a larger share of confirmed COVID-19 cases. In May, twenty-somethings accounted for 1 in 7 confirmed cases. By July, the sta…

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July 21, 2020 at 7:29 PM

Visual: Without DMV, Voter Registration Continues to Lag

Visual: Without DMV, Voter Registration Continues to Lag Voter registration in Virginia, which historically peaks every four years during a presidential election year, continues to be another victim of the pandemic. The nearly 14,000 new registrations in …

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July 21, 2020 at 6:14 PM

Visual: Gubernatorial Candidates' Source of Funds

Visual: Gubernatorial Candidates' Source of Funds VPAP has organized the 2021 gubernatorial candidates by the percentage of money raised from seven types of campaign donors, ranging from those who gave $100 or less to businesses that lobby the General Ass…

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July 18, 2020 at 5:29 PM

VPAP Weekly Update

VPAP Weekly Update VPAP's Event Goes Virtual Mark your calendars for September 16, when VPAP will bring standup comedy, performed by Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn and Senator Emmett Hanger, into your home via Zoom. Due to COVID-…

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July 17, 2020 at 3:14 PM

Visuals: Congressional and General Assembly Candidate Fundraising

Visuals: Congressional and General Assembly Candidate Fundraising Pandemic Hits Legislative Fundraising The General Assembly adjourned in March, just as COVID-19 began to put the breaks on the economy -- and along with it political fundra…

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July 16, 2020 at 2:59 PM

Visual: A Look at 2021 Gubernatorial Fundraising

Visual: A Look at 2021 Gubernatorial Fundraising Mid-year campaign finance reports due at midnight yesterday were a key milepost for the 2021 gubernatorial contest. At this point, candidates and prospective candidates are raising money via a variety of ca…

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July 15, 2020 at 10:03 PM

Now Live: Mid-Year Campaign Finance Reports

Now Live: Mid-Year Campaign Finance Reports VPAP has posted the first batch of campaign finance disclosures from candidates and non-candidate PACs. The deadline is midnight, so reports available now are only those filed with the Department of Elections b…

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July 11, 2020 at 2:59 PM

VPAP Weekly Update

VPAP Weekly Update VPAP Launches Weekly Commentary Feed VaNews subscribers should check their inbox Sunday morning for a preview edition of VaViews, a new product that delivers a variety of opinion and commentary beyond what …

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July 5, 2020 at 4:59 PM

VPAP Weekly Update

VPAP Weekly Update Deepen Your Understanding of COVID-19 in Virginia If you couldn't tune in Thursday, you can watch a video of VPAP's panel discussion on "COVID-19 Data: What it Can (and Can't) Tell Us." Thanks to our four …

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July 2, 2020 at 6:57 PM

Tune In: COVID-19 Zoom Panel Starting Now

Tune In: COVID-19 Zoom Panel Starting Now In a few minutes, VPAP's panel will go live discussing the limits of COVID-19 data in Virginia. The Zoom discussion starts at 3 p.m. and allows for 500 participants. Register at the link below and tune in! …

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July 2, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Register for Today's Zoom Panel

Register for Today's Zoom Panel What COVID-19 Data Can (and Can't) Tell Us Join us at 3 p.m. this afternoon for a live panel discussion exploring the limits of Virginia's COVID-19 data. Epidemiologists embrace uncertainty. The public wants certainty. Every…

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July 1, 2020 at 2:59 PM

Visual: U.S. Senate Incumbents and Out-of-State Fundraising

Visual: U.S. Senate Incumbents and Out-of-State Fundraising Nearly six of every 10 dollars in campaign donations raised by Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) have come from outside Virginia. VPAP compares that to the 29 other U.S. Senators seeking re-election this f…

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June 30, 2020 at 9:38 PM

UPDATE: Speaker added to COVID-19 panel Thursday

UPDATE: Speaker added to COVID-19 panel Thursday Join us Thursday at 3 p.m. The Zoom discussion will explore the gap between the uncertainty inherent in epidemiological COVID-19 data and the certainty sought by the public. The registration link will be …

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June 30, 2020 at 5:29 PM

Visual: If Money Were Votes

Visual: If Money Were Votes VPAP's exclusive statewide map shows Trump v. Biden campaign donations in each of Virginia's 2,453 voting precincts. The data has been updated to include the latest donations through May 31. …

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June 29, 2020 at 8:41 PM

Join VPAP - COVID-19 Data: What it can (and can't) tell us

Join VPAP - COVID-19 Data: What it can (and can't) tell us Do you find yourself checking the daily COVID-19 statistics like they're the weather report? If only it were that easy. Epidemiologists understand the data can be unpr…

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June 29, 2020 at 7:08 PM

Visual: June 2020 Primary Superlatives

Visual: June 2020 Primary Superlatives In this series of three maps, VPAP pinpoints the highs and lows of last week's congressional primary elections. Which precincts yielded the highest percentage of the votes for each candidate? What localities had the …

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June 28, 2020 at 4:59 PM

VPAP Weekly Update

VPAP Weekly Update Meet the June 2020 Primary Pundit Like her spare time spent sewing, knitting and crocheting, Sharon Ponton’s path to the pundit crown was “very old school.” She bested nearly 400 hopefuls who entered VPAP's…

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June 26, 2020 at 2:29 PM

Visual: In Virginia, Biden Out-Raises Trump 2:1

Visual: In Virginia, Biden Out-Raises Trump 2:1 Democrat Joe Biden has raised $3.5 million from Virginia residents this year through May, nearly twice as much as reported by President Donald Trump's campaign. The comparison may be misleading, however, bec…

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June 25, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Meet the June 2020 Primary Pundit

Meet the June 2020 Primary Pundit Like her spare time spent sewing, knitting and crocheting, Sharon Ponton’s win in VPAP’s Pundit Contest was “very old school.” Sharon, 64, has lived in Lovingston, the seat of rural Nelson County, for 30 ye…

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June 25, 2020 at 6:44 PM

Visuals: Republican Turnout

Visuals: Republican Turnout Putting GOP Turnout in Context More than 300,000 ballots were cast in a statewide Republican U.S. Senate primary. VPAP takes a look at how Tuesday's voter participation compares to other GOP statewide primaries he…

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June 24, 2020 at 5:14 PM

Visual: Absentee Voting in Virginia's Congressional Primaries

Visual: Absentee Voting in Virginia's Congressional Primaries VPAP has maps showing the extent that voters in Tuesday's primary elections sought the safety of early voting -- much of it by mail -- amid the coronavirus pandemic. Statewide, 10% of voters in…

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June 23, 2020 at 11:13 PM

CORRECTED LINK to Live Election Results

CORRECTED LINK to Live Election Results VPAP's election pages are now live. Tune in for real-time returns. VPAP provides maps and charts that make it easy to follow results from today's congressional primary elections. …

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June 23, 2020 at 10:59 PM

Live Election Results & Analysis

Live Election Results & Analysis VPAP's election pages are now live. Tune in for real-time returns. VPAP provides maps and charts that make it easy to follow results from today's congressional primary elections. …

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June 23, 2020 at 6:29 PM

Visual: Democrats Got the Memo on Voting by Mail

Visual: Democrats Got the Memo on Voting by Mail On the eve of today's primary elections, 60,000 Democratic voters in four congressional districts already had cast ballots. With a statewide U.S. Senate primary on their ballot, Republicans had cast fewer t…

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June 23, 2020 at 4:19 PM

Last Call for Pundit Hopefuls

Last Call for Pundit Hopefuls The polls are open until 7 p.m., but you can only predict the winners of Virginia's primaries until 3 p.m. today. The most accurate contestant will wear the 2020 Primary Pundit crown!   Start Pundit Contest …

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June 23, 2020 at 9:59 AM

Your Primary Day Checklist

Your Primary Day Checklist VPAP has got you covered with Primary Day resources: 1. See Your Sample Ballot Search your address in All Politics is Local to pull up your sample ballot. 2. Express Your Inner …

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June 22, 2020 at 8:35 PM

Visual: Anticipating GOP Turnout on Tuesday

Visual: Anticipating GOP Turnout on Tuesday The only statewide election set for tomorrow is a Republican U.S. Senate primary. How will GOP turnout stack up against statewide primaries in the last 31 years? VPAP lists them all with voter participation rang…

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June 22, 2020 at 5:04 PM

So You Think You're A Pundit!

So You Think You're A Pundit! Political spectators and speculators: it's your time to shine. Make your predictions for the winners of tomorrow's primary elections. If you're correct, you'll be crowned the 2020 VPAP Primary Pundit.   …

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