March 29, 2024

Farnsworth Comments on Virginia Key Political Race

Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth

Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth

Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth spoke about Virginia’s 7th Congressional District race in an article titled “Spanberger flips the script on policing in race against auxiliary deputy,” which ran in The Washington Post and Hero Mag. In the article, Farnsworth said that, while Republicans have had a firm hold on the “law-and-order” messaging in recent decades, Jan. 6 may have changed that. Now, he said, Democrats have an opening to undermine their Republican opponents’ professed commitment to law-and-order and flip the script on them — exactly what Spanberger has sought to do. Read more in The Washington Post and Hero Mag.

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