Happening Now: Governor Glenn Youngkin and Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger greet reporters after having lunch at the Executive Mansion with their spouses. @8NEWS

I have reached out to @GenBert2026's campaign for comment, but they have not provided one yet.

New: I asked @MarkWarner about the @SenLouiseLucas indictment. "Anytime you've got criminal charges like this, they're serious," said Warner. "You're presumed innocent until the facts or the case proves otherwise." "Why are they releasing this, what, 11 days before the election? Why didn't they do it earlier, or do it right after the election?"

House Minority Leader @delterrykilgore on @SenLouiseLucas. “The charges against Senator Lucas are serious, and go beyond the world of politics. They will be resolved via our judicial system, as they should. House Republicans will continue to do what we’ve been doing all along: working to make life more affordable for all Virginians.”

On @SenLouiseLucas, @SpeakerDonScott says in part, "The Trump administration’s weaponization of the justice system is deeply troubling — as are the allegations made in this indictment. Today we have heard only from the Trump administration, and Senator Lucas will have her chance to respond to these charges in court.”

Breaking: On @SenLouiseLucas, Governor Abigail Spanberger says in part, "In our American system of justice, people are presumed innocent until proven guilty, and that is true for Senator L. Louise Lucas. She and her family deserve the opportunity to present their defense and speak to the allegations presented." Spanberger added, "The timing of this indictment undermines the U.S. Department of Justice’s previously longstanding policy of not taking legal actions — to include indictments or significant investigative steps — close to an election and sadly, this timing further erodes the trust the American people deserve to have in the Department of Justice.”

Senate GOP reacts to Lucas indictment

Republican Delegate @WrenWilliamsVA says @SenLouiseLucas should resign.

House Majority Leader @C_Herring has no comment on the @SenLouiseLucas indictment. She says she hasn’t read it.

The Lucas indictment claims that some of @SenLouiseLucas's alleged actions happened on state property "at her legislative office at the Capitol complex in Richmond."

On @SenLouiseLucas, Senate Majority Leader @ssurovell says in part, “The federal indictment unsealed this week contains serious allegations, and Senator Lucas is entitled to the same presumption of innocence that every American receives.  She is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.  I will not comment on the evidence in this case, and I urge others to show the same restraint.” Full statement is below.

Senator Louise Lucas responds saying, “I will not back down.”

According to @cnn, "A Virginia grand jury has indicted Democratic state Sen. L. Louise Lucas and several others, including members of her family, on charges that she engaged in a racketeering conspiracy to sell marijuana and launder the proceeds." cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…

Nobody loves elections like the Commonwealth of Virginia

On Monday, I joined @DCNewsNow for Sunrise on The Hill to talk about the midterm elections in Virginia and the three proposed constitutional amendments on Virginians' ballots.

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones opposes the proposed Dominon/NextEra merger. According to a transcript of the video below released by his office, Jones says, in part, "Right now, in Virginia we have some foundational issues with our energy system that we have to address: the grid is overworked, we need more energy to meet the demand that we have, and costs are too high for every single one of us. And that’s exactly why we have opposed this merger in front of the SCC, because the transaction won’t do anything to address those fundamental issues."