Bellwether - Virginia''s Political Transformation, 2006-2020

Bellwether tells the story of how the reliably Republican state of Virginia was transformed into a Democratic stronghold between 2006 and 2020.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword by U.S. Senator Tim Kaine
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Harbinger of Change
Chapter 1: The Cardinal Rule
Chapter 2: Virginia Exceptionalism
Chapter 3: Race Matters
Chapter 4: Reckoning with "The Virginia Way"
Chapter 5: Disruption and Continuity
Chapter 6: Pay to Play?
Chapter 7: Governors Come and Go
Chapter 8: Power in the Legislature
Chapter 9: Advocates
Chapter 10: Hot Buttons
Chapter 11: Because We Can
Chapter 12: The Power of Forty-Nine
Chapter 13: Trifecta
Conclusion: Reimagining the Virginia Way
Bibliography
About the Author
Index

About the author

David J. Toscano is an attorney who served seven terms in the Virginia House of Delegates until his retirement in 2020 and was the Democratic Leader in that body from 2011 until 2019.

Product details

• Authors: David J. Toscano
• Assisted by: Kaine Timothy M. (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780761873228
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-7322-8
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Virginia, Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Local, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, Legal profession: general, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government, Legal profession / practice of law: general, State elections;State Government;State politics;Virginia