Abortion Measures In Youngkin's Budget; More Va., Headlines

Staff Report, Virginia Mercury

December 19, 2022

• Richmond prosecutor Colette McEachin, the widow of the late congressman Donald McEachin, endorsed Virginia Sen. Jennifer McClellan for the vacant 4th District congressional seat. She said the Richmond-based district “deserves better” than McClellan’s Democratic primary opponent, Sen Joe Morrissey.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• On Saturday, Republicans nominated Richmond-area pastor Leon Benjamin in the 4th District special election. Benjamin just lost to Donald McEachin last month, and the seat is expected to remain Democratic.—WTVR

• Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office accused Democrats of “deliberately misleading people” about $50,000 in Youngkin’s budget proposal tied to the administration’s upcoming effort to ban most abortions after 15 weeks. A spokeswoman said Youngkin “will not sign a bill that imprisons women.”—Washington Post, WUSA9

• Youngkin issued an executive order Friday banning the Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat from Virginia government devices and wireless networks, calling them “a threat to national security, the intelligence community, and the personal privacy of every single American.”—Associated Press

• “A newspaper vanished from the internet. Did someone pay to kill it?”—Washington Post

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