Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies Stephen Farnsworth
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, served as moderator for a Tenth Congressional District debate held recently in Manassas Park. The debate, cosponsored by the Prince William Committee of 100 and the League of Women Voters of the Prince William/Fauquier area, featured candidates seeking to represent a district centered in Loudoun County and including parts of Prince William County and other neighboring jurisdictions. Watch the debate, which aired on C-SPAN.
Spanberger-Vega debate in Virginia’s 7th District is canceled (The Washington Post; Cave Spring News; US Today)
Last month, Vega would not agree to debate Spanberger at the University of Mary Washington — a session co-sponsored by a number of community organizations and news outlets — with Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the university, serving as moderator. Farnsworth said that the Spanberger campaign agreed but there was no agreement from Vega’s campaign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/17/spanberger-vega-debate-canceled/
https://cavespringnews.com/spanberger-vega-debate-in-virginias-7th-district-is-canceled/
https://ustoday.news/spanberger-vega-debate-in-virginias-7th-circuit-is-canceled/
No faceoff in 7th District race, but plenty of debate about who’s to blame (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Spanberger’s campaign said it had expected the moderator to be Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington, who had moderated a debate the Prince William organization held earlier this month with candidates in the 10th Congressional District — Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-10th, and Republican challenger Hung Cao.
https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/no-faceoff-in-7th-district-race-but-plenty-of-debate-about-whos-to-blame/article_03b15b87-fe01-5924-a9e4-9fc4ed0254ac.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats? (Virginia Mercury)
“Virginia Republicans have come a long way from the days when congressmen who were redistricted into the same district as another Republican simply stepped aside for more senior members of Congress, as George Allen did 30 years ago,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a professor of political science and international affairs at the University of Mary Washington.
https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/10/17/with-republicans-like-these-who-needs-democrats/
