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Terry McAuliffe, Democratic Candidate for Virginia Governor Learn more about the candidate by visiting McAuliffe’s campaign website: terrymcauliffe.com Meet Terry: • Born: February 9, 1957 in Syracuse, NY • First job: “started a business paving driveways for neighbors and local businesses at age 14” • Education: Earned a bachelor’s degree from Catholic University and a...

Top Democrats Join Virginia’s 2021 Gubernatorial Race By: Alex Russell, Mason Votes Alumni Contributor DUMFRIES, VA — Recent polling data shows support for Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin split almost down the middle in the final week of the campaign. As national scrutiny of the Commonwealth’s high-stakes gubernatorial contest increases by the day,...

Serving Two Terms as Virginia’s Governor is a Rare Phenomenon By: Jacob Pritchard, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team Terry McAuliffe holds a strong and unique advantage coming into Virginia’s 2021 gubernatorial election. This is because he served a previous term as governor from 2014-2018. Two things of note arise from this fact. There is...

Trends Suggest a Future More Blue Than Purple By: Jacob Pritchard, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team Virginia was a big deal. Arguably, it was politically the most important in the nation. Virginia’s “big deal” status remained true due to its membership in the exclusive club of “purple states,” states who do not typically stick...

Saturday, October 30th is the Final Day to Vote Early In Person! With the deadline to register to vote or request an absentee ballot behind us, Virginia is entering the final week of early in-person voting. In-person early voting begins 45 days before the election (September 17, 2021 through October 30, 2021). Learn More: fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/early-voting...

Voters Want More Third Party Options By: Jack Houston, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team In 2017, the year of the last Virginia gubernatorial election, an NBC News/GenForward Poll showed that 71% of millennials believed that at least a third major political party was needed in the U.S. Current polls suggest that that trend hasn’t...

2021 Pocket Guide for Virginia Voters Courtesy of the Virginia Department of Elections. Learn more: vote.virginia.gov Click here to download the 2021 “Pocket Guide for Voters” as a PDF >  (En Español)  (Tiếng Việt)  (한 국어) Click the images below to enlarge.

Two Women of Color Vie for Lieutenant Governor in Historic Race By: Alex Russell, Mason Votes Alumni Contributor The 2021 Virginia General Election will take place on Tuesday, November 2, but in-person early voting is already underway in the Commonwealth (September 17th was the first day of early voting). The last day for early, in-person...

Vice Presidential Visit Spotlights Student Civic Engagement FAIRFAX, VA — Vice President Kamala Harris visited George Mason University’s Fairfax campus on Tuesday, September 28th to commemorate National Voter Registration Day and encourage students to vote: “Democracy is at its strongest when everyone participates.” “Elections matter. Your organizing ability and your power really matters.” Harris began...

Strong Student Voter Turnout Earns Mason ‘Voter-Friendly’ Campus Recognition By: Jeanene Harris, Communication Officer/Mobile Journalist, Office of Communications This story was originally published on March 17th, 2021. George Mason University, the largest and most diverse public research university in the Commonwealth of Virginia, was named a “Voter Friendly Campus” as the result of a campus-wide strategy to increase...