Tag: Governor

2018 Election Overview: Where will your governor stand on abortion?

By Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director Thirty-six states will hold gubernatorial races on November 6. With less than two months to go until the general election, primaries are wrapping up. Most of the nominees have been determined by their political parties and many head-to-head elections are in place. Following are highlights of …

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On to a pro-life victory in Virginia November 7!

By Olivia Gans Turner, President, Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL) Leroy Carhart. Do you know that name? If you are a dedicated pro-lifer you need to. He is the brazen abortionist who is boldly performing abortions through the ninth month of pregnancy in the state next door, Maryland. In 2010 he was plying his …

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Pro-Life Gillespie leads pro-abortion Northam by 8 points in newest poll

In contest to succeed pro-abortion Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe By Dave Andrusko The recent very good news for Ed Gillespie, the NRLC-endorsed candidate for governor of Virginia, should not surprise anyone, at least not anyone who remembers his razor-thin loss to pro-abortion Sen. Mark Warner (D) in 2014. Mr. Gillespie trailed Warner by double-digit numbers …

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Why Democrats are very correct to be very “jittery” about next month’s governor’s contest in Virginia

By Dave Andrusko Very few people intently watch politics in the “off-years”–the elections which take place in the two years between presidential elections. Even fewer will pay attention this year when only Virginia and New Jersey hold elections. But those who follow political trends for a living are hyper-sensitive to what is going to take …

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Virginia’s 2017 Governor’s Race: A Test of “Swing-State Politics”?

By Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director In November, voters will choose between pro-life candidate Ed Gillespie and pro-abortion candidate Ralph Northam to be the next governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. National Right to Life has endorsed Republican Ed Gillespie, a 100% pro-life candidate who will sign pro-life laws and support live-saving …

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