JOINT STATEMENT ON VIRGINIA BEACH CITY COUNCIL 7-4 VOTE & FAILING TO ADVANCE 10-1 DISTRICT VOTING SYSTEM
Nov 13, 2024 To the Virginia Beach City Council and Virginia Beach Residents, As members of the General Assembly representing Virginia Beach, we write this letter to express our disappointment with the recent Virginia Beach City Council decision to halt the recommendation of the 10-1 district voting system into the legislative agenda for 2025 by […]
Virginia Democrats gear up for 2025 after sweeping election wins
THE HILL JULIA MANCHESTER – 11/19/23 12:42 PM ET “…At the federal House level, Virginia Democrats point to specific victories seen in the House of Delegates and state Senate districts that overlap with the two congressional districts. Democrats point to wins in state House District 84, an open seat that Del.-elect Nadarius Clark (D) won earlier […]
Democrats See Test Case for Continuing Momentum in Virginia
After winning the majority in both Virginia legislative chambers earlier this month, Democrats look to flip a Virginia House seat from red to blue Published 11/24/23 by Sophie Tatum “… What Do State Legislature Wins Mean For Upcoming Races? Missy Cotter Smasal, a Navy veteran and former small business owner, is running to unseat Kiggans. […]
Michael Feggans Statement on Victory in HD-97
November 7, 2023 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — Following the announcement from the Virginia House Democratic Caucus declaring victory for the Michael Feggans campaign, Feggans released the following statement: “I am incredibly humbled to have been chosen to represent HD-97 in the Virginia House of Delegates by my neighbors in Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach has given me so […]
Two Hampton Roads districts are key to control of the House
Dave Ress Oct 20, 2023 VIRGINIA BEACH — A swath of suburban Virginia Beach stretching from the late Pat Robertson’s Regent University past Mount Trashmore and almost to Oceana Naval Air Station is a must-win battleground for control of the House of Delegates. That’s because voters from its miles and miles of neat ranch and split-level houses, with large […]
What drives Michael Feggans in his campaign for the Virginia House
DOGWOOD-VIRGINIA NEWS BY CAROLYN FIDDLER October 16, 2023 In Hampton Roads-area House District 97, Democratic challenger Michael Feggans is taking on GOP incumbent Del. Karen Greenhalgh. Greenhalgh has spent her last couple of legislative sessions trying to undermine abortion access in the commonwealth, while Feggans is an Air Force veteran who says that his top issue in the legislature will be reproductive […]
Candidate Profile: Michael B. Feggans (Virginia House of Delegates District 97)
WAVY-TV 10 by: Jane Alvarez-Wertz, Sep 27, 2023 Michael Feggans is the Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates District 97. His name will appear on the ballot for the November 7, 2023 General Election. He is running against incumbent Karen S. Greenhalgh.… Why are you running for this office? That experience of leading our nation’s […]
House District 97 candidates: Michael Feggans and Karen Greenhalgh
By THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT STAFF Sept 21, 2023 Republican Karen Greenhalgh and Democrat Michael Feggans are facing off in a competitive race to represent District 97 in the House of Delegates. The district includes parts of Virginia Beach. It has 63,376 registered voters. Greenhalgh has served in the House since 2022. She currently represents the 85th District. […]
House District 97: Democrat Feggans vs. incumbent Republican Greenhalgh
Virginia Mercury BY: CHARLIE PAULLIN – SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 In the Virginia Beach-centered 97th House District, a close race is shaping up between Republican incumbent and entrepreneur Del. Karen Greenhalgh and Democratic Air Force veteran Michael Feggans. Greenhalgh, who is finishing out her first term in office, has founded several cabinet manufacturing and cybersecurity businesses, as well […]
Virginia League of Conservation Voters invests $2 million into state candidates
In what it says is its largest political investment to date, the political action committee for the Virginia chapter of the League of Conservation Voters is giving $2 million to Democratic candidates in competitive state legislature elections… “We need strong environmental leadership now more than ever in Virginia, and we’re all-in to restore the Conservation […]