(Not) gone for Good Fifth District Republican Bob Good will serve a second term in Congress, after beating Democratic challenger Josh Throneburg on November 8 by 16 percentage points—around 48,600 votes. After last year’s redistricting, the 5th is considered competitive, but remains Republican-leaning, according to FiveThirtyEight. A Democrat has not won the seat since 2008. […]
(Not) gone for Good Fifth District Republican Bob Good will serve a second term in Congress, after beating Democratic challenger Josh Throneburg on November 8 by 16 percentage points—around 48,600 votes. After last year’s redistricting, the 5th is considered competitive, but remains Republican-leaning, according to FiveThirtyEight. A Democrat has not won the seat since 2008. […]
In Virginia’s state prisons, just about everything costs money, from phone calls to soap to toilet paper. And because incarcerated people make less than 50 cents per hour, they often rely on their loved ones to help them cover prison’s prohibitive costs, putting many families into debt. To alleviate the burden these fees put on […]
Activists accuse ACPD of biased policing From July 1, 2021, to February 28, 2022, 20 percent of drivers stopped by the Albemarle County Police Department were Black, though Black residents make up only 9.6 percent of the county’s driving-age population, according to a 2022 traffic stop data report released by the Virginia Department of Criminal […]
Republican Representative Bob Good and his 5th District Democratic challenger Josh Throneburg met for their first and only forum on October 26 at Hampden-Sydney College—after Good refused or ignored multiple debate requests from Throneburg. The two candidates shared their starkly different positions on a string of hot-button national and international issues, including student loan debt, […]
The University Police Department and National Organization of Black Law Enforcement hosted a procedural justice workshop, titled Policing With Our Community, at UVA on October 26. The event provided insight into not only the ways in which police departments could improve their relationship with the communities they serve, but also foster trust and loyalty within […]
Personnel policy updated The City of Charlottesville has updated its personnel policy months after controversy erupted over Allen Groat, a city IT employee who attended the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The new policy offers guidance on city employees’ use of social media and prohibits off-hours behavior that undermines trust in […]
As Bob Good’s two-year term comes to a close, the representative for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District has reason to feel secure in a potential victory on November 8—VA-5 has elected Republicans for years, with the last Democrat winning by a hair in 2008. For this article, C-VILLE Weekly wanted to hear Good defend his record […]
For nearly two decades, Virginia’s 5th District has been deep red—a Democrat has not won here since 2008. After last year’s redistricting process, the district is considered competitive, but remains Republican-leaning, according to FiveThirtyEight. Democrat Josh Throneburg, an ordained minister and small business owner, believes he has what it takes to finally flip the district […]
Montpelier ‘feeling good as hell’ Three months after a dispute between the Montpelier Foundation Board and the Montpelier Descendants Committee was resolved with the historic installation of 11 new foundation board members recommended by the committee, an invitation to musical superstar Lizzo has put the historic property back in international news for a decidedly more […]
Since Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration announced its proposed transgender student policy on September 16, thousands of students, parents of transgender children, and LGBTQ+ activists and supporters across the state have protested against it. The threat of increased suicides among transgender youth pushed Sigma Omicron Rho, the University of Virginia’s only queer and gender-inclusive fraternity, to […]