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Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsRedistricting Deja Vu: Court Ruling and New MapHi Everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout. This episode we will go over the fun that is Virginia redistricting as it continues to unfold and how there a lot of twists and turns, and different things happening. So I want to cover everything that happened this week wtih redistricting. And it’s a little bit of deja vu all over again because a couple things happened that were big. First, the court in Tazewell County entered a temporary order to block the referendum from going forward, and we’ll cover that. And then there...
2026-02-2122 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsIt’s Happening: Redistricting Referendum ConfirmedHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over a ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court about redistricting and the fact that they allowed Virginia redistricting to go forward.00:16.02Sam ShiraziHowever, they also left open the possibility that after the redistricting referendum, they might make a final ruling. This was basically an interim ruling or interim order.00:26.74Sam ShiraziAnd so I kind of want to unpack all that. And then I want to talk ab...
2026-02-1426 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia Elections10-1: Virginia Dems Release Their Proposed MapHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal of Fallout, the 2020 by Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over the new map that has been proposed by the Virginia Democrats after they have undergone the process of potentially doing redistricting this year in Virginia. Now, caveat all that with first, they have to make sure that they...00:19.57Sam Shiraziovercome any legal challenges the Republicans are bringing, then there will have to be a referendum on April 21st, and the voters will have to approve redistricting this year in Virginia. Bu...
2026-02-0625 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsGOP Redistricting Legal Win: But Will It Last?Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out of the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over a big decision that came out in Virginia at the lower court level where a judge ruled in favor of the Republicans and basically said that the...00:16.15Sam Shiraziprocess the Democrats used to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot for a referendum was not valid. So obviously a big ruling. However, keep in mind that the Virginia Supreme Court will have the ultimate say in this case, and it’s go...
2026-01-2822 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsRedistricting Lawsuit: GOP's Only Plan?00:00.47Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will dive into a lot of legal issues, specifically with redistricting and just to see what is going on with some of the legal challenges the Republicans are bringing to redistricting.00:15.48Sam ShiraziSo to set the stage, the Democrats in the General Assembly are full steam ahead in terms of trying to have a referendum this year in Virginia on redistricting.00:25.85Sam ShiraziTh...
2026-01-2427 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsInauguration Weekend: Transition of Power and Redistricting UpdatesHi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the transition of power that will happen today in Virginia as the inauguration of the new governor and lieutenant governor and attorney general happened today in Virginia.00:17.36Sam ShiraziAnd then we will go over some news in terms of what’s been going on with the redistricting referendum, which aside from the transition of power, the big news in Richmond is a lot of speculation about how things are going to be goin...
2026-01-1720 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia Elections2026 Preview: The Long Shadow of the 2025 ElectionsHi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode we will look at the shadow of 2025 in 2026 and just what all the election fallout will be after we saw the Democratic blue wave in Virginia that happened in 2025.00:19.89Sam ShiraziSo to begin, I hope everyone had a good holiday, New Year. Obviously, I took a little bit of a break and there was still things going on, but there wasn’t as much to cover over the holidays. I did want to get back and just...
2026-01-1024 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 42: Final Thoughts on 202500:00.44Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode we will first go over just some updates about special elections that will happen early next year in Virginia. And then I wanted to kind of wrap up the year with some of my final thoughts on 2025 and give you a little bit of a sense of what I might be doing in the new year with the podcast.Sam ShiraziSo before we get to that, the first thing I wanted to go...
2025-12-2018 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 41: Special Elections and Midterm PreviewHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will look at some upcoming special elections in Virginia that will be happening in the new year. And then i also wanted to preview the midterms that will be happening next year in Virginia and what is going on with the really competitive races and potentially with redistricting.00:37.74Sam ShiraziSo there will already be one special election for her state Senate seat, and the Democratic nominee has already been chosen. That will be Delegate Mike Jo...
2025-12-1325 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Interview: State Senator Danica Roem on 2025 and BeyondHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will have an interview with State Senator Danica Roam. She also is the Executive Director of Emerge Virginia. So thank you so much, Senator, for joining me.00:15.29Danica RoemHey, it’s great to be back, Sam. Thanks so much.00:17.82Sam ShiraziYeah, so I wanted to have you back because obviously i had you on before the election and you had some really good insights. And i think you...
2025-12-0936 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 40: 4 Lessons from Youngkin's Time in OfficeHey everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, I wanted to go over some lessons from Governor Youngkin’s time in office and just talk about what the incoming governor, a governor-elect Abigail Spanberger, might learn from that.00:17.24Sam ShiraziBut before I get to that, I did want to talk about two pieces of things that are in the news. One is redistricting and some redistricting news, both nationally and in Virginia.00:27.83Sam ShiraziAnd then it is anot...
2025-12-0626 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Interview: Kevin Holst on the Virginia Lt. Governor RaceHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This is a special bonus interview with Kevin Holst. He is the executive director of the Democratic Lieutenant Governor Association, and I wanted to get have him back on to talk about what happened in Virginia and then look forward to the midterms in 2026. So, Kevin, thanks for joining me.00:20.66Kevin HolstThanks for having me back on.00:22.34Sam ShiraziYeah, so i wanted to start kind of big picture, your takeaway from th...
2025-12-0327 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 39: Ben Tribbett ReturnsHi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, Ben Tribbett will be joining me again. he is a Democratic consultant at his firm Pocket Aces and I wanted to bring him back because we had him earlier in the year and I think he had some really good insights. So Ben, thanks for joining me.BenHey, thanks for having me, Sam.Sam ShiraziYeah, so as I mentioned, you were here in April, one of the first guests on the podcast. And I...
2025-11-2955 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Interview: Ashley Lanz from Brady PAC on Possible Gun Violence Prevention Legislation in VirginiaHi, everyone. i’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will be interviewing Ashley Lanz. She is the Brady Packs Executive Director. So thank you so much for joining me.Ashley LantzThanks, Sam, for having me.00:14.90Sam ShiraziYeah, and I appreciate you coming on because I wanted to talk about a little bit more policy issues now that the election in Virginia is over. Obviously, next year, at the beginning of the year, the Democrats will have a trifecta and th...
2025-11-2422 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 39: Chaz Nuttycombe on What State Navigate Got RightHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will have Chaz Nuttycombe back on the podcast to talk about State Navigate and what they got right this election, and then talk a little bit about what he learned and what the parties can learn from the Virginia election. So Chaz, thanks for coming back on.00:24.06Charles NuttycombeHey, Sam, thanks for having me back on.00:26.10Sam ShiraziYeah, so I guess before we get into the substance of it...
2025-11-2245 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Interview: Joe Szymanski on What Republicans Can Learn for the MidtermsHi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fall Out the 2025 Virginia elections.This episode we will have Joe Szymanski.He is going to help walk us through perhaps the Republican reaction to what happened in Virginia, maybe lessons they can learn and things that could potentially change for them ahead of the midterms, because obviously both parties are going to be trying to figure out what they can do differently or the same to to do as best as possible or during during the midterms. Joe, I follow you on social media. I...
2025-11-2030 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 38: Digging Into Virginia Election DataHi everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over some of the really granular data in the election results in Virginia to see what it might tell us about the midterms and potentially what lessons each party can learn.00:18.08Sam ShiraziSo obviously, big picture, Democrats had a good night. And so if we want to look at some of the data really close up, we can try to figure out why they had a good night. And conversely, for the Republicans, we...
2025-11-1526 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsShutdown Endgame: Dems in DisarrayHi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode where we will go over some things that have happened in the Senate regarding the shutdown and a possible end to the shutdown and see how the Virginia Elections may or may not have played a role in all00:17.87Sam ShiraziSo to begin, just to give you kind of a rundown of what’s been going on, obviously the government shutdown has been going on for a while. The elections on Tuesday, Democrats did...
2025-11-1115 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 37: How Dems Flipped 13 Seats in House of DelegatesHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over the flips the Democrats made in the House of Delegates and kind of go race by race to see why the Democrats were able to flip the seats and what lessons could be learned from each district. And the reason I wanted to do this, i think there’s been a lot of interest in the specific...00:21.63Sam Shiraziflips the Democrats made, the number of gains they made, and some of them were...
2025-11-0828 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsElection Lessons: Stay Focused on the Economy and X Is Not Real LifeHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over some lessons that both parties can learn from the Virginia elections this year, because obviously, after the results came in, it was clear that the Democrats had a very good night in Virginia.00:16.72Sam ShiraziAnd so when you have a big election like this with a big swing towards one party, the party that wins can certainly learn some lessons that they can apply to future elections. And the party that loses ca...
2025-11-0727 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsIt Happened: Federal Fallout Causes a Blue Wave In VirginiaHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over election night and the blue wave that came into Virginia on election day.00:12.95Sam ShiraziSo this is the moment that we had all been waiting for when the polls closed at seven o’clock. We saw the results come in. And I would say it was pretty surprising. i mean, we all knew that the Democrats were going to do well at the end. I think that was pretty obvious to both...
2025-11-0514 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsIt’s Here: What to Expect on Election DayHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over what to expect on election day and election night. The big day is finally here. It is election day in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Polls are open until 7 Voters can cast ballots at their local election places. And yeah, it’ll be really exciting tonight when the results start coming in.00:26.52Sam ShiraziAnd I wanted to just do this podcast for people who want to listen on Election Day to give a li...
2025-11-0419 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsThe Final Countdown: Polls, Early Votes, and VibesHi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fall Out the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is the final countdown to election day. Tomorrow is the election in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This is the final countdown. We will see what’s going on yeah as voters get ready to head to the polls. We already have a lot of early voting going on.00:21.07Sam ShiraziTomorrow will be the last round of voting and at seven o’clock when the polls close we will start to get results. I did want to do thi...
2025-11-0330 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 36: Chaz Nuttycombe on State Navigate's Final Virginia PollsHi everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, I am really excited to have Chaz Nuttycombe on. He is the director of State Navigate, and he’s been doing a lot of great work with the polling, with his model, with early vote tracking. So just a lot to talk with him about. So I’m really excited to have Chaz on. Thanks for joining me.00:22.66Chaz NuttycombeHey, thanks for having me on You know, i like Virginia years more than the even.00:2...
2025-11-0156 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Final Campaign Finance ReportsHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out the 2025 Virginia Election. This is a bonus episode where we will go over the final campaign finance reports before the election. And the reason that there was these reports is so that the public can know how much money the campaigns have raised, how much they’ve spent.00:16.97Sam ShiraziAnd it covers the period of October 1st through October 23rd. I’m going to go through all the statewide offices, then I’ll spend some time on the House of Delegate...
2025-10-2916 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 35: Will There Be A Wave in the House of Delegates?Hi, everyone. i am Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout to 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over the House of Delegates and just take a look at the seats that might flip on election night.00:11.78Sam ShiraziNow, to be perfectly honest, I have not spent a lot of time recently on the House of Delegates because there’s been so much else going on. particularly with the attorney general race. And then there’s been the shutdown, which is pretty crazy to think the shutdown still going on. And you...
2025-10-2526 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsCandidate Interview: John McAuliff from HD-3000:00.70Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I am Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special extra interview that we’ll be doing with John McAuliffe. He is the Democratic nominee in the 30th House District in House Delegates District in Western Loudoun and Western Fauquier County, and it is one of the top battlegrounds in Virginia.00:20.12Sam ShiraziThe current Republican incumbent is Delegate Gary Higgins. I’m happy to have him on at a different time if he would like to come on the...
2025-10-2427 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Virginia Redistricting October SurpriseHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This is a bonus episode where we will go over some breaking news about redistricting in Virginia and just try to unpack it.00:12.93Sam ShiraziNow, to be perfectly honest, there’s a lot of unknowns right now, and I’m going to try to give everyone some answers to questions they might be having because the news has just come out. And obviously, we’re going to have to we’re gonna have to wait and see what happens. B...
2025-10-2317 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Checking on Latest Polls and Why Turnout MattersHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This is a special bonus episode where I will go over a bunch of polls that we have gotten in recent days just to see where the campaign is and specifically taking a look at the attorney general race, because I think that’s shaping up to be the most competitive race this year in Virginia.00:19.64Sam ShiraziSo before I go over some of these polls, I did want to caveat that there’s a lot of what I woul...
2025-10-2322 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Todd Truitt on EducationHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus interview with Todd Truitt. He is an attorney in Arlington, and he also spends a lot of time working on education policy. And I wanted to have him on because obviously there’s been coverage of education in this election, but I think sometimes the actual policy discussion is missed. And I think Todd is well regarded on both sides of the aisle. And in terms of his knowledge of education, he’s a father of kids who go to public...
2025-10-2228 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 34: AG Debate Recap, Campaign Finance Reports, and Early Voting ExpandingHi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a packed episode where we will go over a lot of things. So I wanted to start with the Attorney General debate that was on Thursday night. Everyone was paying close attention to that because of the revelations that came out about Jay Jones’s text.00:20.30Sam ShiraziSo we’ll start first with that. debate And then we will move on to campaign finance numbers that also came out this week for the month of September. We’ll...
2025-10-1829 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Interview: Professor Rich Meagher on Richmond AreaHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus interview with Rich Meagher. He is a professor of political science at Randolph-Macon College, and he is also the host of another great podcast about Virginia, which is called RVA’s Got Issues. So definitely make sure to check out that podcast as well. Rich, thanks for joining me.Rich MeagherNo problem. As they say, long time, first time. So glad to be on here with you, Sam.Sam ShiraziYeah, so I...
2025-10-1526 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: State Senator Danica Roem on Emerge VirginiaHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus interview where I will be interviewing State Senator Danica Rome. She represents the 30th State Senate District in western Prince William County. It also includes the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.00:19.41Sam ShiraziAnd I really appreciate the state senator for taking the time to join me.00:23.15Danica RoemYeah, absolutely. Thank you so much, Sam.00:25.41Sam ShiraziYeah. So I wa...
2025-10-1441 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 33: Governor Debate Recap and "RIFs have begun"Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over the governor’s debate and highlight some of the key moments and talk about what it might mean for the campaign.00:29.44Sam ShiraziNow to begin, let’s go over the debate. So it was an hour long debate. it was in Norfolk and the two candidates for governor were there. And obviously this was high stakes because of the news that happened over the last week with the text from Jay Jones and,
2025-10-1125 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Attorney General Fallout and Debate NightHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode where we will go over some of the latest updates on the campaign trail, specifically about the attorney general race, and then quickly touch base about the debate that will be happening this evening, Thursday, October 9th in Virginia. So to begin with, there’s a lot of things happening in terms of the attorney general race since I last talked about that on Sunday.00:29.38Sam ShiraziSpecifically, President Trump made his biggest dire...
2025-10-0919 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: October Surprise in Attorney General RaceHi Everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is a special bonus episode where we will go over an October surprise that happened in the attorney general race and just think about how that might impact the final outcome in about a month when the results start coming in for the Virginia election So to set things up, there was a story on Friday that was revealed about the Democratic nominee, Jay Jones, for attorney general.00:26.74Sam ShiraziTo be honest, when I released my podcast yesterday, i was not completely up to da...
2025-10-0515 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 32: Shutdown Fallout and Turnout vs. PersuasionHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will first go over some of the fallout about what’s going on in D.C. with the shutdown.00:11.01Sam ShiraziAnd then I wanted to talk about a bunch of polls that we got this week in Virginia and specifically look at the question of turnout versus persuasion. All right, to begin, let’s talk about the shutdown in D.C.00:24.48Sam ShiraziAs of the release of this podcas...
2025-10-0426 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsShutdown Special: Least Surprising October SurpriseHi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This is a shutdown special because today is October 1st, 2025, and the government is officially shut down because Congress was unable to pass a bill to fund the government.00:18.54Sam ShiraziAnd so that means as of the release of this podcast, the government is shut down. Now, I was thinking about this. I think technically this is an October surprise because we’re in October and it is, I guess, a surprise. Although the way I like to desc...
2025-10-0114 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Early Check In on Early VotingHi everyone, I am Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode where I will do an early check-in on early vote just to give everyone an update on how everything is going.00:13.96Sam ShiraziSo to begin with, I wanted to just give you the big picture number. When this is released, there’s about four days of early voting that’s happened so far. And in those four days, there’s been over 91,000 early votes cast in Virginia so far.00:30.10Sam...
2025-09-2518 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 30: Early Voting Starts and New CNU Wason PollHi, everyone. i am Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode will go over everything early voting as early voting has started this Friday in Virginia. And then at the end, we will take a quick look at a new poll that came out from the CNU Wason Center. So...00:20.13Sam ShiraziTo begin, I really wanted to talk about early voting because it's here. Voting is happening. People are casting ballots. I think we're going to have really strong amount of turnout for early voting. And it's...
2025-09-2027 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Latest Campaign Finance NumbersHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the latest campaign to finance numbers and see what they might tell us about the Virginia elections.So on Monday it was the deadline for the campaigns running this year to file their campaign finance reports and it covered the months of July and August.00:25.33Sam ShiraziSo big picture, I think overall it was a pretty good report for the Democrats. I'll go over the statewide offices, then I'll talk a...
2025-09-1714 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsCandidate Interview: Stacey CarrollHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, I will be interviewing Stacey Carroll. She is the Democratic nominee in the 64th House of Delegates District, and that is in Stafford County.00:16.44Sam ShiraziShe is running against incumbent Republican Paul Milde, and I'm happy to have him on at another time. But today we have Stacey. So thank you for joining me.00:26.14Stacey Absolutely. Sam, thanks for having me. Great to come here and talk to your listeners about...
2025-09-1419 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 29: Chaz Nuttycombe on State Navigate Forecast Part 2Sam ShiraziAll right. Well, let's go down back to Hampton Roads for House District 69. The incumbent is Chad Green, and you give him a 59% chance of winning.Chaz, this district was actually unopposed in 2023. So what why do you think it's actually this close in 2025?00:20.94Chaz NuttycombeYeah, I mean, that's going one of the biggest recruitment failures for the Democrats in 2023 because it didn't vote for Trump by much in 2020. It is more Republican down ballot though. Right. So, I mean, we don't know what, how strong...
2025-09-1323 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 29: Chaz Nuttycombe on State Navigate Forecast Part 1Hi everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, will have Chaz Naticom back on and I'm really excited to have him because this is the first time we can hear from him after State Navigate has launched its forecast for the Virginia Elections and we're going to get into all those details.00:20.41Sam ShiraziSo Chaz, thank you for joining me and could you let us know what's the latest with State Navigate and what you have coming down the pipeline?00:28.90Chaz...
2025-09-1356 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: VA-11 Special Election, VCU Poll, and VA-1 AnnouncementHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode where I will go over the results from the 11th District special election that happened this Tuesday evening in Northern Virginia in the Fairfax area.00:17.21Sam ShiraziAnd this was the election to choose the successor to the late Jerry Connolly. And it was not a huge surprise that Democrat James Walkinshaw won this special election pretty handily.00:28.49Sam ShiraziThis is a deep blue district...
2025-09-1017 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 28: Sluggish Job Numbers and How Close Is the Election Really?Hi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections.This episode, we will first go over some sluggish job numbers that came out on Friday, and then we will look at question of how close really is the Virginia governor's election, given some recent polls and just everything going on in Virginia and across the country.So first, in terms of the numbers of jobs, so I did a podcast a few weeks ago when there was a weak jobs report last month, and that caused President Trump to fire the...
2025-09-0622 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 27: More Polls and Post-Labor Day SprintHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal of Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over the sprint that will start after Labor Day that's on Monday. Obviously, right around the corner, we have that holiday. And traditionally, the old saying is that the final sprint of the campaign starts right after Labor Day because that's when voters start to get tuned in to the election.00:23.17Sam ShiraziSo we'll kind of talk about the next few weeks are going to look like all the way leading up to...
2025-08-3030 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: "Sign" of Life for Winsome Earle-Sears?Hi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout to 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode where we will go over some news that happened Thursday evening in Arlington and just see how it might impact the campaign.00:13.99Sam ShiraziNow, for full full disclosure, I don't always record my podcasts on Saturday morning when they are released. And so the full episode this week was before this incident happened and has a lot of good stuff in there, a lot of good background and into what happened. So definitely...
2025-08-2315 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 26: Roanoke College Poll and Winsome Earle-Sears' New StrategyHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over a new poll from Roanoke College, and then we will dive into a different strategy that Winston-Merle Sears' campaign is trying in order to maybe come back in this race.00:36.38Sam ShiraziFor Lieutenant Governor, it had Democratic nominee Ghazala Hashmi at 38% and Republican nominee John Reed at 35%. And then finally, for Attorney General, the Roanoke College Poll had Democratic nominee Jay Jones at 41% and Republican nominee, the incumbent Attorney General Jason Meares at 38...
2025-08-2327 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 25: Interview with Former Delegate Hala AyalaHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode I'm joined by former Democratic delegate and 2021 Democratic Lieutenant Governor nominee Hala Ayala. I'm really excited to have her on because she saw the original Federal Fallout in 2017 being swept in during a blue wave when she flipped a red seat, and then she knows what it's like to run statewide um the ticket.00:31.55Sam ShiraziAnd so I think it's going to be really interesting to have her on and to interview her. And I'm...
2025-08-1630 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 24: Exploring House of Delegates DistrictsHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, I will go over the districts the Democrats are targeting this November.00:11.81Sam ShiraziAnd, you know, instead of going over the ratings and who's up, who's down, i thought I'd do a little bit something a little bit different and basically go over the district shapes and the lines because we're a little bit early for me to give ratings. And I'm sure I will do another episode closer to the elections where I will go over...
2025-08-0930 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Drama at the Bureau of Labor StatisticsHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode where we will go over some drama at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Now I know that sounds pretty random, but there were some things that happened on Friday that I thought would be interesting to talk about and then also talk about how it might play out in the Virginia Elections.00:24.39Sam ShiraziSo for some background, the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It's an office within the Department of Labor. It sounds pretty...
2025-08-0217 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 23: Dwayne Yancey Interview on the View from Southwest VirginiaHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, I will interview Dwayne Yancey. He is the founding editor of Cardinal News, an independent news outlet covering Southwest Virginia and Southside Virginia. And I feel like Cardinal does a really good job covering that part of the Commonwealth that is not always covered in the traditional media.00:26.54Sam ShiraziAnd I also wanted to note that Cardinal has a podcast, which I think is really interesting. And it's always good to have more Virginia podcasts. So definitely...
2025-08-0223 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Redistricting and Where Virginia Fits InHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout to 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode where I will go over some recent redistricting news and see how Virginia plays into that and give you just an update on the state of redistricting a nationwide with kind of an explanation of what is going on with Virginia.00:22.45Sam Shiraziterms of redistricting. And the reason I bring this up is some states have been talking about doing mid-decade redistricting. So just as a primer, redistricting is the idea of redrawing...
2025-07-3122 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 22: Geoff Skelley Interview on 2025 and the Midterms00:00.65Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we are joined by Geoof Skelly. Fun fact, Goeff and I went to college together at the University of Virginia. So I've known Goeff for a long time and i followed his career as he has got into political analysis.00:18.65Sam ShiraziFirst, he was at the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. with Crystal Ball, and he did a great job there. And then he moved over to FiveThirtyEight...
2025-07-2630 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Republicans Start to PanicHi Everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode we will go over the panicking on the Republican side in terms of the Governor’s race and see if that panicking is warranted. Now, last week on the show, we talked about the VCU poll, which wasn't great news for the Republicans. And then we talked about the fundraising numbers, which, again, wasn't great news for the Republicans, at least at the governor's level.00:26.99Sam ShiraziAnd this week there was a new poll that...
2025-07-2418 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 21: VCU Poll and Campaign Finance ReportsHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over a new poll from the VCU Wilder Center, and then we will talk about the latest campaign finding finance numbers in Virginia.00:15.45Sam ShiraziAnd I think both of these things are really useful to get a sense of where the campaign is.00:20.79Sam ShiraziSo to begin, i will first go over this new poll from the Virginia Commonwealth University Wilder Center. And it's helpful to have...
2025-07-1924 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Interview: Pat Dennis President of 21st Century American BridgeHi everyone, I am Sam Shirazi and this is federal fallout the 2025 Virginia elections this episode, I will be interviewing Pat Dennis the President of American Bridge 21st century Pat, thank you for joining me.00:14.39Pat deNNISHey, thanks for having me. It's great to be here.00:16.27Sam Shiraziso I guess the start I could you just tell me a little bit about yourself and your organization.00:21.59Pat deNNISYeah, for sure. I'm Pat Dennis. I run American Bridge 21st...
2025-07-1226 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 20: Summer Heat CheckHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will do a summer check-in to see what's going on and get a little bit of a heat check on the state of the race right now.00:13.52Sam ShiraziObviously, we're in the middle of July. That is typically a slower time on the campaign trail. Partly that's just because people are on vacation and enjoying the summer and it's not necessarily the time where most voters are super engaged in an election.00:27.86...
2025-07-1221 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Business Ranking TankingHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode looking at some business rankings tanking in Virginia.00:12.05Sam ShiraziSo, for context, CNBC every year puts out a list of the best states for business, and in previous years, Virginia has been number one, but this year, the top honors goes to North Carolina, our neighbors to the south, and also...00:27.60Sam ShiraziVirginia was ranked fourth. So it definitely fell a few spots in the rankings. Virginia...
2025-07-1110 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsCandidate Interview: Former Delegate Tim AndersonHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout. Today, we will have an interview with former Republican Delegate Tim Anderson. He is now the GOP nominee in the 97th House of Delegates District in Virginia Beach.00:14.22Sam ShiraziAnd I'm happy to have the incumbent Democrat Michael Figgins on as well. But today we have Tim Anderson. Thank you for joining me.00:22.16Tim AndersonThanks, Sam. Glad to be here.00:23.60Sam ShiraziSo I guess I'll start off with...
2025-07-0527 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 19: Big Reconciliation Bill PassesHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the reconciliation bill that has been passed by Congress and talk about how it might affect the Virginia elections this year.00:13.93Sam ShiraziBut first, I just wanted to note a couple pieces of news. One is about 11th District firehouse primaries that happened last Saturday. I wanted to note the winner of the Democratic primary was James Walkinshaw.00:48.05Sam ShiraziAnd then I also wanted to talk...
2025-07-0522 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: VA-11 Special PrimaryHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is federal fallout to 2025 Virginia elections. This is a special bonus episode where we will go over the 11th district special election that is happening for the congressional seat in Fairfax County.00:15.92Sam ShiraziNow, just for some background, the former congressman for that district, Jerry Connolly passed away and that was a huge loss for Virginia. And I know he was really well loved in Fairfax.00:28.60Sam ShiraziAnd it's just a shame that he passed away. And, you...
2025-06-2814 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 18: Joe Szymanski on Republican ChancesHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus interview of Joe Szymanski.00:11.73Sam ShiraziJoe, thanks for joining.00:13.35JoeI appreciate you having me on tonight, Sam. Thank you very much.00:16.42Sam ShiraziYeah, so one of the things I respect about Joe is he's he's able to be very objective in his political analysis, which I think is a very hard thing to do. And I try my best to...
2025-06-2830 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: NYC Mayor Primary ShockerHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode looking at some pretty shocking results in the New York City mayor primary.00:12.72Sam ShiraziAnd you might think this is a podcast about Virginia elections. Why am I talking about a primary for a local office in New York City? Well, the reason why is there was a pretty shocking result in the primary. Now, we don't have the final, final result, but Basically, all of the first round votes are in. New...
2025-06-2510 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 17: Primary LessonsHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the Virginia primary that happened on Tuesday and I also wanted to look ahead to November and some lessons that could be learned from the Virginia primary.00:14.77Sam ShiraziNow, I did a podcast appearance on the Virginia Press Room with my friend Michael Lee Pope, who has that podcast. I recommend listening to that podcast, both for the episode that I was on, but also generally because I think he does a really...
2025-06-2124 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Primary NightHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode where I'm going to quickly go over some of the things that happened on the in the Virginia primary. I will do a longer episode during my regular podcast which will come out Saturday morning, but I did want to just kind of do this quick podcast.00:19.54Sam ShiraziAs you can probably tell, I'm a little bit tired. I'm recording this Tuesday evening. Definitely a lot happened during the primary and I want...
2025-06-1809 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Primary PredictionsHi Everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is a special bonus episode to give you some of my primary predictions before the virginia primary and i wanted to do this because people asked me and i thought it'd be interesting to kind of give you my take on what's going to happen and Now, honestly, I'm not a huge fan of predictions for various reasons. One, and think it's inherently very difficult to make predictions, especially in a primary.00:26.65Sam ShiraziAnd two, we're going to find out who's going to win on...
2025-06-1627 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Foreign Policy FalloutHi everyone, I am Sam Shirazi and this is federal fallout the 2025 Virginia elections, this is a special bonus episode looking at potential foreign policy fallout in the Virginia elections and i'm going to be talking more so about the historical fallout and three Virginia elections in 2001. Sam Shirazi, 2005 2021 and obviously the reason i'm bringing this up is because of the conflict right now between Israel and Iran.00:24.59Sam ShiraziAnd I just wanted to kind of touch base about that and why it might influence the Virginia elections. I did want to...
2025-06-1413 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 16: Chaz Nuttycombe ReturnsHi Everyone I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will have our first return guest with Chaz Nadecombe.00:11.51Sam ShiraziChaz, thanks again for coming back.00:13.29Chaz NuttycombeHey, Sam. It's so good to be back. Thanks for having me on.00:16.38Sam ShiraziYeah. So before we turn to Virginia and the primaries on Tuesday, I did want to talk a little bit about State Navigate. I've been watching what you guys have been...
2025-06-1435 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Pre-Primary Campaign Finance ReportsHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia elections. This is a special bonus episode to go over some recently released Virginia campaign finance reports.00:12.89Sam ShiraziSo I'm going to go over three basic things. One, I'm going to look at the big picture governor numbers for the Democrats and the Republicans. Then I'm going to look at the upcoming Democratic primary and some of the fundraising numbers that were released and what it might mean.00:26.90Sam ShiraziAnd then finally, I'll...
2025-06-1117 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Interview: Lauren Burke of Black Virginia News00:00.47Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. Today i will be interviewing Lauren Burke, the founder of Black Virginia News. Lauren, thank you for joining me.00:12.86LaurenThanks, Sam, for having me. You're great. And I love being on your podcast.00:17.47Sam ShiraziYeah, I remember once i you had me on Pod Virginia and you were interviewing me. So I thought it'd be interesting to interview you. i follow your sub stack with Black...
2025-06-0721 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 15: A Historical Look at Why the Virginia Elections Matter00:00.74Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over why the Virginia elections matter and go over some of the history of the Virginia elections over the last 20 years.00:14.88Sam ShiraziAnd the reason and I want to do this podcast is... Because I talked about the fallout between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. and ah ah And in that emergency podcast, I talked a little bit about the history of Virginia elections and how they're often...
2025-06-0721 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Trump and Musk Fall Out00:00.47Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This is a special bonus episode where we we will go over another type of fallout, and that is the breakup between Elon Musk and Donald Trump.00:14.96Sam ShiraziAnd we will see how all this will impact the 2025 Virginia Okay, so for some background, obviously during the last election, Elon Musk was one of the biggest supporters of Donald Trump and cheerleaders of him.00:29.16Sam ShiraziAnd...
2025-06-0616 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Interview: Lowell Feld of Blue Virginia00:00.66Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we will talk to Lowell Feld who runs Blue Virginia, the go-to Democratic blog in Virginia.00:13.78Sam ShiraziI find that Lowell is well regarded on both sides and people on both sides cite his blog, which I think that's usually a sign someone, if someone's more partisan, that they're good if other people on the other side are able to look at their work, because I mean, it means the other...
2025-05-3126 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 14: LG and AG Primaries Heat Up00:00.70Sam ShiraziHi everyone, i amm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General Democratic primaries which are heating up right now.00:14.13Sam ShiraziAnd I will first go over the Lieutenant Governor primary, and then i'll go over the Attorney General primary. So we are less than three weeks away from the primary. Early voting has been going on for a while. So the races are definitely starting to heat up. And I think...
2025-05-3122 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsCandidate Interview: Dr. Mark Downey00:00.85Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode I will be interviewing Dr. Mark Downey. He is the Democratic candidate in the 69th House of Delegates District in the Yorktown area.00:17.69Sam ShiraziThis is a seat Democrats are targeting and was narrowly carried by President Trump by a little over one points in November. The current incumbent is Republican delegate Chad Green, and I would be happy to have him on or any other Republicans on in the future...
2025-05-2417 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 13: Virginia Polls, Early Voting Picks Up, and Elon Exits00:00.70Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over two new Virginia polls, talk about early voting picking up, and finally, we will talk about Elon Musk perhaps exiting the political stage.00:17.57Sam ShiraziBut first, I wanted to note the passing of Congressman Jerry Connolly. This is an immense loss for Northern Virginia and all of Virginia. And I know that he will be missed in Fairfax, which he represented for so long.00:32.81
2025-05-2431 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Checking In on the Federal Fallout00:00.46Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, I will be checking in on the Federal Fallout because obviously the premise of this show has been that what's been going on in Washington, D.C is going to affect the Virginia elections this year. And I've been covering other topics and they're all very interesting, but I haven't really spent a whole lot on the federal fallout issue in a while. And I wanted to check in because there were two pieces of interesting news that...
2025-05-1712 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Interview: Michael Lee Pope00:00.47Sam ShiraziHi everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia elections. There is now an American Pope and I'm interviewing the Pope of Virginia politics. That's Michael Lee Pope. He is a reporter and host of another great Virginia politics podcast, the Virginia Press Room.00:19.25Sam ShiraziDefinitely check that one out too. That's usually comes out Monday mornings. I am listening to it on my Monday morning commute into work. So definitely check out that podcast along with Federal Fallout.00:31.33...
2025-05-1732 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 12: House of Delegates Primary Preview00:00.72Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, we will go over the primaries in the House of Delegates. So to start off, I should note that there are not actually a lot of primaries this year in Virginia.00:16.98Sam ShiraziThere are and only nine on the Democratic side and eight on the GOP side. So remember, there are 100 seats in the House of Delegates. So that means theoretically there could have been 200 primaries if you add the Republicans...
2025-05-1732 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Interview: Kevin Holst Executive Director of DLGA00:00.47Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode I will be interviewing Kevin Holst. He is the Executive Director of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association. So Kevin, thank you for joining me.00:16.24Kevin HolstThanks for having me on.00:18.16Sam ShiraziSo just to begin, could you please talk about your background and what your organization does?00:24.68Kevin HolstYeah. So the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association is the...
2025-05-1027 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 11: Sleeper Seats in the House of Delegates00:00.51Sam ShiraziI'm Sam Shirazi and this is federal fallout the 2025 Virginia elections this episode, we will go over some of the sleeper races in the House of delegates more so on the democratic side. In terms of seats that they are trying to flip and the reason I'm doing this episode is because they have found candidates in all 100 races in the Virginia House of Delegates.00:20.43Sam ShiraziSo that means they're contesting every seat. Obviously, they're not going to win every seat, but I do think it...
2025-05-1026 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 10: David Ramadan Interview00:00.95Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. Today, our guest is David Ramadan, a former Republican delegate.00:12.13Sam ShiraziThank you for joining me.00:13.80DR DRGood to be with you, Sam. Thanks for having me.00:16.32Sam ShiraziYeah, so I wanted to have you on because you've had the experience of actually being a member of the House of Delegates. And I just wanted to, I guess, first...
2025-05-0336 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: The Start of Primary Early Voting00:00.78Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. Today is the start of early voting in Virginia for the primary and I wanted to do a special bonus episode to celebrate it.00:14.36Sam ShiraziBut before turning to that, I did just briefly want to mention a recent piece of Virginia political news that is not related to the 2025 election. And that is that the 11th District Congressman Gerry Connolly is retiring due to his ongoing struggle with cancer.00:35.45
2025-05-0220 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsCandidate Interview: Jessica Anderson00:00.70Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode we will have our first candidate interview with Democrat Jessica Anderson.00:13.29Sam ShiraziShe is running in Virginia's 71st House of Delegates district and that includes Williamsburg and some of the surrounding areas.00:18.87Jessica AndersonSo.00:21.96Sam ShiraziIn 2023, she ran for this seat and came up short by 667 votes, and which is roughly 1.87%. The current incumbent is Republican Amanda...
2025-04-2625 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 9: GOP LG Chaos00:00.78Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the chaos at the Lieutenant Governor level for the Virginia GOP.00:12.89Sam Shiraziso earlier this week, I did a bonus episode on the dropping out of Pat Herrity from the Virginia GOP primary. That meant that by default, John Reid would be the GOP nominee.00:23.55Sam ShiraziAnd as I said, almost certainly there that wouldn't be the last surprise this...
2025-04-2625 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Pat Herrity Drops Out00:00.83Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode to go over some breaking news that happened on Monday in the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor. So the front runner, Fairfax Supervisor Pat Herrity has announced that he is withdrawing from the Republican Lieutenant Governor's race.00:23.72Sam ShiraziAnd that means by default, the other candidate on the primary ballot, John Reid, will be the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor. So to set things up, Pat Harrity...
2025-04-2211 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Campaign Finance Reports00:00.77Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode looking at the latest Virginia campaign finance numbers.00:12.58Sam Shiraziso April 15th was not just tax day. It was also the deadline for campaigns to file their first quarter campaign finance numbers in Virginia. and I should note that obviously we're a long way off from the general election. A lot can still change. These numbers are early. They're from the first three months of the year.
2025-04-1917 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 8: Ben Tribbett Interview00:00.77Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This episode, I will be interviewing Democratic consultant Ben Tribbett. He's the found founder of Pocket Aces Consulting.00:14.91Sam ShiraziAnd I'm also old enough to remember when Ben had his blog, which was one of the original go-to sources for Virginia politics. And now you can get his talk hot takes on X.00:28.06Sam ShiraziSo Ben, what made you want to take the leap from giving...
2025-04-1943 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 7: Chaz Nuttycombe Interview00:00.77Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This will be the first and hopefully many interview episodes, and I'm really excited to have as my first guest Chaz Nuttycombe.00:14.31Sam Shirazi Chaz, thanks for coming on.00:16.41Chaz NuttycombeHey, Sam, thanks for having me on. I've really enjoyed some of the episodes you've you've put out thus far and have have enjoyed your feed. And you've come on my podcast back when I was doing...
2025-04-1243 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 6: Primary Filing Deadline00:00.76Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we will review the Virginia primary filing deadline and then we'll explore if the June primary might be the real contest this year in Virginia.00:16.20Sam ShiraziSo to kick things off, on the Democratic side, no other candidate filed for governor other than former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger. So she will be the Democratic nominee.00:27.72Sam ShiraziThere was not much suspense leading up to the...
2025-04-0523 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: Wisconsin Supreme Court Election00:00.71Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a special bonus episode that will look at the Wisconsin Supreme Court race and what it means for Virginia this November.00:16.38Sam ShiraziSo it was a really crazy race in Wisconsin for the Supreme Court election there. Wisconsin always has really competitive elections, and this was no exception. Both sides came in. They spent a lot of money.00:29.41Sam ShiraziThey really emphasize this seat...
2025-04-0216 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 5: House of Delegates Preview00:00.77Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode we will look at the most competitive races in the Virginia House of Delegates this year.00:12.77Sam ShiraziThe main focus will be a preview of the general election. I will do a separate episode about the primaries in the Virginia House of Delegates after the filing deadline passes. So, why should you care about the Virginia House of Delegates elections in Virginia?00:27.52Sam ShiraziWell...
2025-03-2934 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: DOGE Poll00:01.55Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This is a bonus episode that we'll be looking at a new poll about Doge and also how Virginia politicians on both sides of the aisle are dealing with the issue right now.00:20.47Sam ShiraziSo, I should guess I should first start that sometimes I will do these bonus episodes if there's something that is interesting that's in the news, that's topical, might not require a full podcast, but I wanted to just...
2025-03-2213 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 4: LG and AG Deep DiveTranscript00:01.13Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode will focus on the Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General races, both the primaries and the general election.00:13.91Sam ShiraziWho's running and what the races could look like. First up, the Lieutenant Governor's race. Both parties will have primaries and we'll start off with the Democratic primary.00:24.86Sam ShiraziBut first, I wanted to give you you a brief overview of what the...
2025-03-2225 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsBonus Episode: U.S. Senate SpecialTranscript 00:01.14Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections. This is a special Senate episode.00:12.13Sam ShiraziJust like the Senate yesterday, the votes are there for cloture, so let us proceed. So it was a crazy week in the Senate, and I wanted to just quickly talk about what happened and then switch gears about how that what happened in the Senate might affect Virginia this year.00:31.81Sam ShiraziAnd you might think...
2025-03-1516 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsEpisode 3: Tariff Troubles & How to Get InvolvedTranscript 00:01.38Sam ShiraziHi, everyone. I'm Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia Elections. This episode, we will look at tariff troubles and how they might affect the 2025 Virginia Elections.00:17.28Sam ShiraziThen we will switch gears and talk about how you can get get involved this year in Virginia. Now, to set things up, the name of this podcast is Federal Fallout. And its initial assumption was that the main fallout in Virginia from what's going on in Washington, D.C. would be based...
2025-03-1523 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsFederal Fallout: Episode 2 Governor Deep DiveTranscript00:01.15Sam ShiraziHi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi, a Virginia political analyst. This is the second episode of Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections.00:11.72Sam ShiraziThis episode will be a deep dive in the governor's race, who's running, their backgrounds, their potential strengths and weaknesses, and then what the general election might look like.00:23.20Sam ShiraziThen I will briefly talk about why Democrats can't take for granted that they will win this year in Virginia, and then also look at...
2025-03-0835 min
Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia ElectionsNew Podcast Series: Federal FalloutTranscript: Hi everyone, I'm Sam Shirazi, a Virginia political analyst. This is Federal Fallout, the 2025 Virginia elections, a new podcast series that will provide updates this year as the elections play out in Virginia.00:15.54Sam ShiraziThis first episode will give a big picture overview of what's on the ballot this year. Future episodes will delve into all the key races. Today, we'll also talk about a potential GOP governor primary,00:28.44Sam ShiraziAnd finally, we'll talk about the role of Doge in the election...
2025-03-0125 min