Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg

.@GeorgeMasonU is Virginia’s #1 school for social mobility. That’s what the Trump and Youngkin Administrations are attacking right now. They are attacking a school that excels at helping Virginians improve their lot in life.

Love that Henrico County continues to prioritize working people by building houses. Read the comments from @revtyronenelson. Spot on. Thankful for Tyrone and the Board’s leadership! henricocitizen.com/henrico-board-…

New Hampshire passed a version of my Housing Near Jobs Bill. Time to get that over the line in Virginia! More residential homes in commercial areas makes sense! People like it! See: Libbie Mill, West Broad Village, Regency, etc. newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/07/23/ayo…

I’m glad @GovernorVA joined this letter. We need serious changes at PJM to meet our energy needs. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/bus…

Tariffs are raising the cost of living and harming small businesses across the U.S., the budget he just signed is going to take away hardworking people’s health care and raise our energy prices, and the President is knee deep in a pedophile’s files. We can do better than this.

📻What Virginians are hearing in Hampton Roads: "Affordability and growth are the key words headlining Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger’s plans." @SpanbergerForVA is ready to lower costs for Virginia families and put Virginia's economy first. whro.org/virginia-gover…

Yesterday I announced my Growing Virginia Plan — an economic agenda focused on growing Virginia’s workforce, business investment, and trade opportunities. As the Trump Administration continues to attack Virginia’s workforce and drive up costs, Virginia needs a leader…

We need an AG that prioritizes people over party. That means defending Virginian workers from the Trump Admin ANd focusing on cost of living instead of culture wars. We need to elect @jonesjay! He has the right values and priorities!

If localities continue to refuse to build housing we are going to see young people, young families, and our workforce and businesses flee. Do we want the average price of a home to be out of reach for all but the affluent? That’s where we are heading.

The disappointing part of this plan and why we need state housing policy is they rejected 3000 housing units for data centers. That means continued skyrocketing housing prices for the region and higher utility bills for working people. Why not mixed use?richmond.com/news/local/bus…

Our Governor vetoed a bill that @DelegateCallsen and I carried to do just this. The more solar we can get online where everyone (except our Governor) agrees it should go, the better. This thread on utility reform more broadly is also important and a needed conversation.

My view: if even year elections (1) better represent people (2) lessen the power of special interests and (3) encourage the executive to focus more on governing and less on national politics we should make the transition. And if they don’t, we shouldn’t.

So, why consider switching Virginia to even-year elections? “How are we best amplifying people’s voices and how are we ensuring we have good government?” VanValkenburg added.

NEW from me: Would moving Virginia's elections to even years have federal impacts? Maybe, but #valeg Democrats say that's not why they're looking into the idea @ScVanValkenburg @ssurovell wvtf.org/news/2025-07-2…

.@ScVanValkenburg: 2 things we should care about: maximizing ppl’s voices, but also governing “When you have broader electorate, you weaken special interest power” Expanding Gov terms mentioned Cc: @VApoliticalmeme “Govs focus on national instead of governing Va bc 1 term”

This is good.

Our unemployment rate has risen for six straight months. The last time this happened was the Great Recession of 2008. We need a Governor who will fight back against the Trump Admin and focus on building our economy and making life more affordable. We need @SpanbergerForVA!

Over 500 people came to The Cultural Arts Center to hear @BetoORourke speak yesterday! It was a good call to arms; rallying people across the region to get @SpanbergerForVA, the statewide ticket and @VAHouseDems elected this November so we can move Virginia and America forward!

🇺🇸Love this answer. It’s all about giving people a fair shot and getting things done that improve their communities and allow them and their kids to live the American Dream🇺🇸

🚨The BBB is going to raise people’s health care costs. From the Youngkin Admin itself: “hundreds of thousands of Virginians…could see monthly bills next year jump by 30% to 50%, said Keven Patchett, director of the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange.”🚨 richmond.com/news/state-reg…