Federal Fallout: The 2026 Midterms Edition

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out the 2026 Midterms. This episode, we will go over some developments that have that have happened in the Maine Senate race. And then I also wanted to go over the state of North Carolina because I said that I would do a state a week during the run-up to the midterm so people have a sense of what’s going on. 00:19.00 Sam Shirazi So I also wan...

Hi Everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2026 Midterms. This is the first episode in the relaunched Federal Fallout podcast and I wanted to restart this because after I did the podcast last year about Virginia, I thought it was super interesting to try to see if we might do something a little bit different and look at the midterms this year. And I didn’t really want to focus on...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam and this is Federal the Virginia Elections. This episode is the grand finale where we will go over the Virginia Supreme Court ruling that finally came down on the redistricting referendum. And then at the end, I’ll talk a little bit about what what might be next for me. So to begin, I wanted to talk about this Virginia Supreme Court opinion we were all waiting for it. Oral arg...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out of Virginia Elections. This episode, we will look at what’s next with Virginia redistricting, specifically what’s going to be going on at the Virginia Supreme Court now that the redistricting referendum has passed. 00:13.62 Sam Shirazi So last episode, we kind of broke down the results of the redistricting referendum. I may talk about tha...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Will Fall Out of Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the results of the redistricting referendum after the results came in on Tuesday night and it looks like yes is going to win by probably around 4% when all the votes are in. 00:15.61 Sam Shirazi And yeah, really interesting results. Honestly, kind of what we expected based off the vib...

Hi, everyone. i’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Feroa Fall Out the Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over the election day here in the Commonwealth of Virginia as voters go to the polls to cast their ballots in this redistricting referendum. 00:13.62 Sam Shirazi And then at seven o’clock, we will start to see the results. So certainly an exciting day and the culmination of a... an Interestin...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the final days of the redistricting campaign and some of the dynamics we might see as the results start coming in on Tuesday. 00:12.44 Sam Shirazi But before I get to that, I did want to talk about something a lot more tragic and that is the news that I’m sure many of you have heard about...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout the Virginia Elections. This episode, we will have Chaz Netticombe back on, and it’s the perfect time because State Navigate has put out a new poll, and I really want to go over all the details with Chaz. So thanks for coming back on. 00:16.60 Chaz Nuttycombe Hey, Sam, thanks for having me. Thanks for having me on. You know, I think last t...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the Virginia Elections. This episode, we will first go over Super Saturday and the expansion of early voting that is happening today in Virginia. And then I wanted to also talk about Spanberger, Governor Spanberger’s approval rating and some commentary around that, and just wanted to share my thoughts because I’ve seen lot of hot takes ab...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the Virginia elections. This episode we will go over a vibe shift that has seemed to have happened with the redistricting referendum here in Virginia. And then I also wanted to talk a little bit about the potential areas to look for in terms of, you know, the important swing counties in this election. So the first thing I want to talk about...

00:00.60 Sam Shirazi Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the Virginia Elections. This episode, we I am really excited to have Chaz Nuttikome back on. He is the Executive Director of State Navigate and Chaz, thanks so much for coming back. 00:13.42 Chaz Nuttycombe Hey, Sam, thanks for having me back on. Good to hear you Good to hear from you. 00:16.90 Sam Shirazi Yeah, so to be...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over a special election in the 98th House of Delegates District and talk about what that might mean for the redistricting referendum. 00:12.92 Sam Shirazi Now, I want to caveat that first by saying special elections are definitely special and you cannot read too much into them because they’re...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out of Virginia Elections. This is a special episode where we will go over the impact of the conflict in the Middle East, specifically the conflict between Israel, the United States, and Iran, and see how it is going to impact the elections here in Virginia and across the country And I was waiting to do this episode because I wasn’t sure how...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over a ruling from the Virginia Supreme Court and then also preview the start of early voting this Friday in the redistricting referendum. 00:14.71 Sam Shirazi So the big news that came out on Wednesday was that the Virginia Supreme Court had issued a ruling. We had been waiting for it. And...

Hi Everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout. This episode we will go over the fun that is Virginia redistricting as it continues to unfold and how there a lot of twists and turns, and different things happening. So I want to cover everything that happened this week wtih redistricting. And it’s a little bit of deja vu all over again because a couple things happened that were big. First...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over a ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court about redistricting and the fact that they allowed Virginia redistricting to go forward. 00:16.02 Sam Shirazi However, they also left open the possibility that after the redistricting referendum, they might make a final ruling. This was basic...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal of Fallout, the 2020 by Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over the new map that has been proposed by the Virginia Democrats after they have undergone the process of potentially doing redistricting this year in Virginia. Now, caveat all that with first, they have to make sure that they... 00:19.57 Sam Shirazi overcome any legal challenge...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out of the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over a big decision that came out in Virginia at the lower court level where a judge ruled in favor of the Republicans and basically said that the... 00:16.15 Sam Shirazi process the Democrats used to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot for a referendum was not valid. So ob...

00:00.47 Sam Shirazi Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will dive into a lot of legal issues, specifically with redistricting and just to see what is going on with some of the legal challenges the Republicans are bringing to redistricting. 00:15.48 Sam Shirazi So to set the stage, the Democrats in the General Assembly are full...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the transition of power that will happen today in Virginia as the inauguration of the new governor and lieutenant governor and attorney general happened today in Virginia. 00:17.36 Sam Shirazi And then we will go over some news in terms of what’s been going on with the redistricting r...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode we will look at the shadow of 2025 in 2026 and just what all the election fallout will be after we saw the Democratic blue wave in Virginia that happened in 2025. 00:19.89 Sam Shirazi So to begin, I hope everyone had a good holiday, New Year. Obviously, I took a little bit of a break and there was s...

00:00.44 Sam Shirazi Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode we will first go over just some updates about special elections that will happen early next year in Virginia. And then I wanted to kind of wrap up the year with some of my final thoughts on 2025 and give you a little bit of a sense of what I might be doing in the new year with t...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will look at some upcoming special elections in Virginia that will be happening in the new year. And then i also wanted to preview the midterms that will be happening next year in Virginia and what is going on with the really competitive races and potentially with redistricting. 00:37.74 Sam S...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will have an interview with State Senator Danica Roam. She also is the Executive Director of Emerge Virginia. So thank you so much, Senator, for joining me. 00:15.29 Danica Roem Hey, it’s great to be back, Sam. Thanks so much. 00:17.82 Sam Shirazi Yeah, so I wanted to have you back because obv...

Hey everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, I wanted to go over some lessons from Governor Youngkin’s time in office and just talk about what the incoming governor, a governor-elect Abigail Spanberger, might learn from that. 00:17.24 Sam Shirazi But before I get to that, I did want to talk about two pieces of things that are in the news. One...