Federal Fallout: The 2026 Midterms Edition

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This is a special bonus interview with Kevin Holst. He is the executive director of the Democratic Lieutenant Governor Association, and I wanted to get have him back on to talk about what happened in Virginia and then look forward to the midterms in 2026. So, Kevin, thanks for joining me. 00:20.66 Kevin Holst...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, Ben Tribbett will be joining me again. he is a Democratic consultant at his firm Pocket Aces and I wanted to bring him back because we had him earlier in the year and I think he had some really good insights. So Ben, thanks for joining me. Ben Hey, thanks for having me, Sam. Sam Shirazi Yeah, so as...

Hi, everyone. i’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will be interviewing Ashley Lanz. She is the Brady Packs Executive Director. So thank you so much for joining me. Ashley Lantz Thanks, Sam, for having me. 00:14.90 Sam Shirazi Yeah, and I appreciate you coming on because I wanted to talk about a little bit more policy issues now that the elect...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will have Chaz Nuttycombe back on the podcast to talk about State Navigate and what they got right this election, and then talk a little bit about what he learned and what the parties can learn from the Virginia election. So Chaz, thanks for coming back on. 00:24.06 Charles Nuttycombe Hey, Sam...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fall Out the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode we will have Joe Szymanski. He is going to help walk us through perhaps the Republican reaction to what happened in Virginia, maybe lessons they can learn and things that could potentially change for them ahead of the midterms, because obviously both parties are going to be trying to figure out what...

Hi everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over some of the really granular data in the election results in Virginia to see what it might tell us about the midterms and potentially what lessons each party can learn. 00:18.08 Sam Shirazi So obviously, big picture, Democrats had a good night. And so if we want to look at some of t...

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Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode where we will go over some things that have happened in the Senate regarding the shutdown and a possible end to the shutdown and see how the Virginia Elections may or may not have played a role in all 00:17.87 Sam Shirazi So to begin, just to give you kind of a rundown of what’s been g...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over the flips the Democrats made in the House of Delegates and kind of go race by race to see why the Democrats were able to flip the seats and what lessons could be learned from each district. And the reason I wanted to do this, i think there’s been a lot of interest in the specific....

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over some lessons that both parties can learn from the Virginia elections this year, because obviously, after the results came in, it was clear that the Democrats had a very good night in Virginia. 00:16.72 Sam Shirazi And so when you have a big election like this with a big swing towa...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over election night and the blue wave that came into Virginia on election day. 00:12.95 Sam Shirazi So this is the moment that we had all been waiting for when the polls closed at seven o’clock. We saw the results come in. And I would say it was pretty surprising. i mean, we all knew t...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over what to expect on election day and election night. The big day is finally here. It is election day in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Polls are open until 7 Voters can cast ballots at their local election places. And yeah, it’ll be really exciting tonight when the results start com...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fall Out the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is the final countdown to election day. Tomorrow is the election in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This is the final countdown. We will see what’s going on yeah as voters get ready to head to the polls. We already have a lot of early voting going on. 00:21.07 Sam Shirazi Tomorrow will be the last round of vo...

Hi everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, I am really excited to have Chaz Nuttycombe on. He is the director of State Navigate, and he’s been doing a lot of great work with the polling, with his model, with early vote tracking. So just a lot to talk with him about. So I’m really excited to have Chaz on. Thanks for joining me. 00:22.66 Cha...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out the 2025 Virginia Election. This is a bonus episode where we will go over the final campaign finance reports before the election. And the reason that there was these reports is so that the public can know how much money the campaigns have raised, how much they’ve spent. 00:16.97 Sam Shirazi And it covers the period of October 1st through...

Hi, everyone. i am Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout to 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over the House of Delegates and just take a look at the seats that might flip on election night. 00:11.78 Sam Shirazi Now, to be perfectly honest, I have not spent a lot of time recently on the House of Delegates because there’s been so much else going on. particularly with the attorney...

00:00.70 Sam Shirazi Hi, everyone. I am Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special extra interview that we’ll be doing with John McAuliffe. He is the Democratic nominee in the 30th House District in House Delegates District in Western Loudoun and Western Fauquier County, and it is one of the top battlegrounds in Virginia. 00:20.12 Sam Shirazi The curre...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This is a bonus episode where we will go over some breaking news about redistricting in Virginia and just try to unpack it. 00:12.93 Sam Shirazi Now, to be perfectly honest, there’s a lot of unknowns right now, and I’m going to try to give everyone some answers to questions they might be having because the new...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This is a special bonus episode where I will go over a bunch of polls that we have gotten in recent days just to see where the campaign is and specifically taking a look at the attorney general race, because I think that’s shaping up to be the most competitive race this year in Virginia. 00:19.64 Sam Shirazi S...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus interview with Todd Truitt. He is an attorney in Arlington, and he also spends a lot of time working on education policy. And I wanted to have him on because obviously there’s been coverage of education in this election, but I think sometimes the actual policy discussion is missed. And...

Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a packed episode where we will go over a lot of things. So I wanted to start with the Attorney General debate that was on Thursday night. Everyone was paying close attention to that because of the revelations that came out about Jay Jones’s text. 00:20.30 Sam Shirazi So we’ll start first with that. debate...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus interview with Rich Meagher. He is a professor of political science at Randolph-Macon College, and he is also the host of another great podcast about Virginia, which is called RVA’s Got Issues. So definitely make sure to check out that podcast as well. Rich, thanks for joining me. Rich...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus interview where I will be interviewing State Senator Danica Rome. She represents the 30th State Senate District in western Prince William County. It also includes the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park. 00:19.41 Sam Shirazi And I really appreciate the state senator for taking the time...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over the governor’s debate and highlight some of the key moments and talk about what it might mean for the campaign. 00:29.44 Sam Shirazi Now to begin, let’s go over the debate. So it was an hour long debate. it was in Norfolk and the two candidates for governor were there. And obvious...

Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode where we will go over some of the latest updates on the campaign trail, specifically about the attorney general race, and then quickly touch base about the debate that will be happening this evening, Thursday, October 9th in Virginia. So to begin with, there’s a lot of things happen...