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|name=Virginia
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|flag=Flag of Virginia.png
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|motto="Sic Semper Tyrannis" (Thus Always to Tyrants)
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|nick=The Old Dominion State
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|capital=Richmond
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|language=English
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|governor=Abigail Spanberger
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|gparty=Democrat
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|senator2=Mark Warner
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|s2party=Democrat
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|s2phone=(202) 224-2023
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|s2email=http://warner.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm Contact
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|senator1=Tim Kaine
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|s1party=Democrat
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|s1phone=(202) 224-4024
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|s1email=http://www.kaine.senate.gov/contact Contact
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|population=8,600,000 (2020)
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|date=June 25, 1788 (10th)
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'''Virginia''' was one of the first [[colony|colonies]] in [[North America]] in the 1600s and became a state of the [[United States of America]] in 1788.
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'''Virginia''' (Officially '''''The Commonwealth of Virginia''''') is one of the fifty [[United States]]. Named in honor of [[Queen Elizabeth I]] of [[England]], Virginia was also nicknamed the ''Old Dominion'' by King Charles II because it remained loyal to the crown during the [[English Civil War]] and throughout [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s years. Virginia was the first colony in [[Colonial America]] in the 1600s and was a leader in the [[American Revolution]].
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By 2021 Virginia was dominated politically by federal employees, lobbyists, and contractors in its more populated northern half.  They vote overwhelmingly for [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] to keep the entitlements flowing, at the expense of the rest of the country.
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The state Constitution of Virginia, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  As a part of the ''Virginia Bill of Rights'', it says:
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:''That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.''
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==Politics==
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[[File:Va-gov.jpg|thumb|330px]]
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In partisan terms, the two parties compete furiously for the legislature and the governorship. In presidential elections, Virginia was reliably Republican from 1968 until 2004, but in 2008 Obama won, thanks to the growing liberal strength in the Washington suburbs.
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The 2009 election for governor was a referendum on the Obama administration. Republican [[Bob McDonnell]], Virginia's former attorney general, defeated Democrat State Senator [[Creigh Deeds]]. Since 1977, the political party that has won the presidency has, in every case, lost the Virginia governorship in the next election.
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McDonnell explained that "The business community was the first to recoil" from policies such as "card check"—legislation to allow union organization by signing cards instead of by a secret ballot—and cap-and-trade environmental policies. "But health care now dwarfs previous concerns -- handing over the best medical system in the world to the federal government. It affects everyone." Conservatives, he contends, are more activated than at any time since 1993. A young McDonnell campaign worker exuded confidence, boasting, "We have the enthusiasm Obama's people had last time."<ref>Michael Gerson, "A Virginia Model For a GOP Comeback?" [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/AR2009082703256.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 '"Washington Post'' Aug. 28, 2009]</ref>
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The Virginia Senate has 22 Democrats and 18 Republicans. The House of Delegates, however, consists of 59 Republicans, 39 Democrats, and two Independents who caucus with Republicans.
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[[File:Loudon-County-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Parrent arrested at Loudoun County, Virginia school board meeting after his daughter was raped in a [[public school]] transgender bathroom.]]
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===Biden Putsch===
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{{See also|Democrat election fraud|Biden Putsch}}
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As [[Kanye West]]’s [[2020 presidential election]] campaign raced to get on the ballot before deadlines, [[DNC]] election attorney [[Marc Elias]] was fighting to disenfranchise voters, specifically targeting [[voter suppression]] of [[African American]]s.  Elias's involvement affirmed the belief that [[Democrat]]s were concerned that having Kanye West on the ballot, especially in [[swing states]], could siphon Black votes away from Democratic nominee [[Joe Biden]].  West made ballot status in [[Arizona]], [[Arkansas]], [[Colorado]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Vermont]], [[Tennessee]], [[Minnesota]], [[Idaho]], and [[Iowa]].  Marc Elias was the counsel in a suit to keep Kanye West off the ballot in Virginia.  The suit asked for immediate court intervention as deadlines approached for printing and mailing [[absentee ballot]]s.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/02/former-lawyer-for-hillary-clinton-kamala-harris-is-working-to-push-kanye-off-the-ballot/</ref>
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On election night 100,000 extra votes were tallied for Joe Biden.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/11/03/maybe-that-call-for-joe-biden-in-virginia-really-was-too-early-or-are-absentee-ballots-the-issue/</ref>
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===War on Parents===
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{{See also|War on Parents}}
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[[File:Biberaj.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Buta Biberaj]]
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The National School Board Association (NSBA) sent a letter to [[socialist]] leader [[Joe Biden]] complaining about parents speaking out at school board meetings.  The NSBA letter states that parents’ protests and speeches at school board meetings “could be equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism.”  The letter specifically cited the June 22, 2021 [[Loudoun County, Virginia]] incident as an example.<ref>https://nsba.org/-/media/NSBA/File/nsba-letter-to-president-biden-concerning-threats-to-public-schools-and-school-board-members-92921.pdf</ref>  The NSBA falsely claimed the parent was arrested in a dispute over critical race theory when, in fact, the parent was removed from the school board hearing after the school board publicly lied about the rape of the parent's daughter in a transgender bathroom by a boy wearing a skirt.<ref>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/10/13/parents-come-out-in-force-demand-loudoun-county-school-superintendent-resign-for-alleged-rape-cover-up-n456058</ref>  Biden handed the letter to regime chief procurator [[Merrick Garland]].  Garland issued a memo directing the FBI and numerous other federal and state agencies to take “measures designed to address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel,” as a clear example of the politicization of the [[Department of Justice]]. A liberal advocacy group sent the Office of the President a letter; Merrick Garland dutifully turned that letter into DOJ policy.  The memo's intent was to intimidate parents not to speak out at school board meetings against critical race theory.
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===Buta Biberaj===
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Buta Biberaj, Loudoun County prosecutor, received $861,000 from [[George Soros]]'s Justice and Public Safety PAC.<ref>https://www.vpap.org/committees/325342/donor/337496/?page=1</ref>  Biberaj sought to personally prosecute the father of a teenager who was allegedly raped by a gender-fluid student, according to the ''Daily Wire''<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-schools-tried-to-conceal-sexual-assault-against-daughter-in-bathroom-father-says</ref>  Biberaj defended moving the transgender boy who wore a skirt to gain access to the girls' bathroom to another school, where he then reoffended.
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Biberaj dismissed hundreds of domestic violence cases after which an accused wife-beater out on bond allegedly [[murder]]ed his wife with a hammer. An advocacy group called Virginians for Safe Communities led a recall effort against Biberaj, according to the ''Washington Free Beacon''.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/soros-backed-virginia-prosecutors-face-recall-amid-crime-surge/</ref>
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==Elected Officials==
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[[File:Winsome Sears.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Virginia made history in 2021 by elected a person leftists fear most.<ref>https://www.quora.com/Is-white-supremacy-to-blame-for-the-first-black-female-Lt-Governor-of-Virginia-like-people-are-saying-see-comment-bubble</ref>]]
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===Federal===
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*Sen. [[Tim Kaine]] (D)
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*Sen. [[Mark Warner]] (D)
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*Rep. [[Robert Wittman]] [R, VA–01]
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*Rep. [[Jen Kiggans]] [R, VA–02]
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*Rep. [[Robert Scott]] [D, VA–03]
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*Rep. [[Donald McEachin]] [D, VA–04]
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*Rep. [[Bob Good]] [R, VA–05]
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*Rep. [[Ben Cline]] [R, VA–06]
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*Rep. [[Eugene Vindman]] [R, VA–07]
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*Rep. [[Don Beyer]] [D, VA–08]
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*Rep. [[Morgan Griffith]] [R, VA–09]
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*Rep. [[Suhas Subramanyam]] [D, VA–10]
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*Rep. [[Gerry Connolly]] [D, VA–11]
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===Statewide===
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*Governor [[Abigail Spanberger]]
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*Lt. Governor [[Ghazala Hashmi]]
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*Attorney General [[Jay Jones]]
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==Geological Regions of Virginia==
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Virginia is commonly divided into five geological regions: Tidewater, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, V