Farnsworth Featured in Free Lance-Star, Newsweek & More

Professor Emeritus of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth

Professor Emeritus of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth was featured by the Free Lance-Star, Newsweek and other outlets this month. In an article from the Free Lance-Star, titled “After budget impasse, business as usual for Virginia Democrats, analysts say,” Farnsworth was quoted as saying, “This really is a split decision. Neither side is very happy, but there is a huge relief that there appears to be a budget.” Read the article from the Free Lance-Star.

Other media mentions for Farnsworth include:

• CBC News Speaks With Stephen Farnsworth on Lindsey Graham’s Death (CBC News Canada)
  “It really is one of the key voices in favor of an aggressive response to Ukraine,” said UMW Professor Emeritus of Political Science. “So the Ukrainian government has lost a great ally in Washington, someone pushing President Trump in the direction of greater engagement with Ukraine.”
• President Trump ‘Really Needs a Win’ in American Public Opinion (CTV News Canada)
  Political analyst and UMW Professor Emeritus of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth breaks down what Trump was able to secure for the U.S. by delaying the opening of the Gordie Howe bridge.
• When a Defense Spending Bill Hit the Sausage Grinder, It Wasn’t Pretty (FXBG Advance)
  “There’s no doubt about it,” said UMW Professor Emeritus of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth. “The one-object rule in Virginia allows for less chaotic government in Virginia than in Washington.”
• Local Enforcers React to Virginia’s New Legal Marijuana Market Bill (WHRO-FM)
  University of Mary Washington Political Science Professor Emeritus Stephen Farnsworth says Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys are political positions and concerns over legalization through a political lens aren’t a surprise. “The political disputes over this transition period,” he said, “and how to litigate challenges remain,” he told Radio IQ.
• Local enforcers react to Virginia’s new legal marijuana market bill (WVTF)
  University of Mary Washington Political Science Professor Emeritus Stephen Farnsworth says Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys are political positions and concerns over legalization through a political lens aren’t a surprise. “The political disputes over this transition period and how to litigate challenges remain,” he told Radio IQ.
• U.S.-Iran ceasefire called off after strikes resume. Is there an end to this conflict in sight?
  “This is taking steps backwards. True issue of peace in the region will remain elusive,” said Stephen Farnsworth.
• Incumbents Are Having a Rough Primary Season (Newsweek)
  Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, told Newsweek that incumbents are losing because “voters often want what they do not have, and that regularly leads to painful midterms for the president’s party.”
• Spanberger’s labor betrayal is business as usual in Virginia (People’s World)
  The Virginia Mercury recently published an observation by Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington that “Spanberger appears to be caught between two audiences”: vying for Republican support by sacrificing a progressive agenda that won’t turn the boat over for centrist Democratic approval.
• Don’t Expect Virginia Democratic Disputes to Cool Off Any Time Soon (FXBG Advance)
  Virginia lawmakers approved a budget just in time for the new fiscal year, but the feuds among Democrats that triggered the lengthy political standoff in Richmond are not going away anytime soon.
• After budget impasse, business as usual for Virginia Democrats, analysts say (Richmond Times-Dispatch; Virginia Pilot)
  “This really is a split decision. Neither side is very happy, but there is a huge relief that there appears to be a budget,” said Steve Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington.