Virginia Vacancy: Ghazala Hashmi Keeps Chickening Out, So John Reid Held A Debate Without Her

Posted • October 22, 2025: With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, most of the recent attention in the Commonwealth of Virginia has understandaly been focused on the Democrats' two awful candidates for Governor and Attorney General. Abigail Spanberger is calling on her supporters to embrace rage, while AG candidate Jay Jones has earned himself a new nickname in the Old Dominion: 'Two Bullets.' We trust that one needs no explanation. But there is a third statewide race in the state, for Lieutenant Governor. Republican John Reid has been asking Democrat State Senator Ghazala Hashmi for a debate for months, but, in cowardly fashion, she has refused every opportunity to let Virginians hear her positions on the issues, while still expecting them to vote for her. So, last night, Reid put on his best Clint Eastwood hat and did the inevitable. He held a debate without her. —— John Reid @JohnReid4VA: “It’s a shame that Senator Hashmi has refused every opportunity to debate me. She should welcome the opportunity to defend her record — but she knows she can’t.” (…)

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