Happening Now: @GovernorVA is unveiling lawmakers compromise to include a legal recreational marijuana market in the budget alongside @KrizekForVA and @lashrecseaird.
Retail sales will start on July 1, 2027 provided a budget is passed.
The State tax will start at 6% before rising to 8% in 2029.
Aird says the number of stores will be capped at 350 stores.
NOW:“This is what governing looks like,” @SpanbergerForVA says as she announces a legal weed retail market in #valeg@KrizekForVA and @lashrecseaird, the negotiations, flank her.
Aird: “to reach agreement you have to be flexible… too many have been harmed for us to get here.”
Thank you to @GovernorVA, Chair Torian, and @thedrmikejones for joining us at the Google Data Center job celebration at IBEW — and to everyone who made this moment and investment possible.
Virginia’s workforce is second to none!
I’m going to say something out loud that will help make sense of things in Virginia.
Spanberger is planning primaries to all of Senate leadership. They are looking at candidates against Lucas, Deeds, Locke and Surovell.
Everything else makes sense if you see what’s coming.
More than three million Virginians cast their ballots in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, and the majority of Virginia voters voted to push back against a President who said he is ‘entitled’ to more Republican seats in Congress with a temporary and responsive referendum. They made their voices heard.
I am disappointed by the Supreme Court of Virginia’s ruling, but my focus as Governor will be on ensuring that all voters have the information necessary to make their voices heard this November in the midterm elections because in those elections we — the voters — will have the final say.
🚨NEWS: Virginia now has Paid Family and Medical Leave!
Working Virginians will no longer be forced to give up their paycheck to welcome a child or care for a loved one facing a serious illness.
A historic step forward for the people who power Virginia’s economy.
Today, I signed the Momnibus — a package of bills to improve healthcare coverage for moms and babies.
No mother should have to fear dying from childbirth. We have the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income country, and we know Black women are at greatest risk.
Virginia voters have spoken, and tonight they pushed back against a President who claims he is ‘entitled’ to more Republican seats in Congress.
As we watched other states go along with those demands without voter input, Virginians refused to let that stand. We responded the right way: at the ballot box.
Spanberger's office is taking a knock at Republicans who are claiming that she just passed a bunch of taxes by putting out a press release with the funniest headline.
This year’s @TheAAPC Pollie Awards marked a major moment for GSG and our partners!
GSG Partner Angie Kuefler was named Pollster of the Year—one of the top honors in our industry. Her work in 2025 helped power two historic gubernatorial wins, electing the first Democratic woman governor in New Jersey and the first woman governor in Virginia.
GSG Vice President Katie Drapcho was named to AAPC’s 40 Under 40, recognizing her leadership across some of the country’s most high-profile races including Governor Spanberger’s historic win to her continued work with Governor Hochul this cycle.
We also brought home two Pollie Awards for excellence in polling:
🏆 Best in Polling for Regional Campaign (Pennsylvanians for Judicial Fairness)
🏆 Best in Polling for Ballot Initiative (Save Maine Absentee Voting)
Grateful to our clients and partners. These wins are shared.
Virginia’s redistricting referendum gives voters the power to respond.
To a President who says he’s “entitled” to more GOP seats in Congress before Americans vote in the midterms. To efforts in other states to give those seats to him.
Join me in voting YES by April 21.
🚨Professional news: I'm excited to join @StatesProjectUS as Senior Director of Strategic Communications.
I'll be helping state lawmakers and candidates communicate effectively and build governing majorities that improve people's lives.
Proud to be a part of this mission. 🇺🇸
🚨Professional news: I'm excited to join @StatesProjectUS as Senior Director of Strategic Communications.
I'll be helping state lawmakers and candidates communicate effectively and build governing majorities that improve people's lives.
Proud to be a part of this mission. 🇺🇸
The American people deserve leaders who are working to make their lives more affordable and deliver real relief for their families.
When we aren't seeing this, we have the power to demand more. And Americans are demanding more.
Gov. @SpanbergerForVA: Trump is enriching himself, his family, friends. The scale of the corruption is unprecedented. This is not what our founders envisioned. Is Trump working for you? We all know the answer is no