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Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's chief of staff is returning to one of the state's top lobbying firms. Reagan was chief of staff for McAuliffe during his entire four-year term.
Brian Beutler reminds us of how the Democrats and Republicans behaved when Scott Brown won his Senate seat in the midst of a historic debate about health care just 8 years ago: Republican leaders are on the brink of losing more than just the Alabama Senate seat. They are, among other things, also poised to break the promises they made to Sen. Susan Collins to secure her vote for the corporate tax cut bill.
The 54-year-old three-term congressman revealed his plans in a Washington Post op-ed. He won't run for re-election and is bypassing a run for Maryland governor in 2018.
DECEMBER 1: Congressman-elect Don McEachin, center, a state senator from Richmond who was just elected to the House, gets directions from a staffer on procuring a parking pass as he prepares for his upcoming stint in Congress, on December, 01, 2016 in Washington, DC. The newly elected representative from Virginia fared poorly in the lottery for Congressional office space last week, drawing number 48 out of 50. There's nothing glamorous or even much desirable about the cramped room on the third floor of the Rayburn House office building that McEachin will call his own.
Hillary Clinton's running mate, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, has been described by critics as a snoozer of a choice who could fail to inspire the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party, blue collar workers and others. Instead, they describe a deep thinker with a light touch - a person who reads dense books on philosophy for fun but also jams on harmonica with any band that will let him play along.