{"id":278526,"date":"2023-06-21T13:45:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=278526"},"modified":"2023-07-12T11:49:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T16:49:57","slug":"key-player-in-virginia-casino-fight-loses-primary-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/key-player-in-virginia-casino-fight-loses-primary-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Player in Virginia Casino Fight Loses Primary Race\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Proponents of a casino in Richmond, Virginia, are facing one fewer roadblock today. That&#8217;s after a state senator who has been trying to block the project lost his primary race.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_241029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241029\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-241029 size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1654262557-joe-morrissey-senador-petersburg-virginia-858x572.jpg\" alt=\"Cordish Companies Petersburg Virginia Richmond\" width=\"858\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1654262557-joe-morrissey-senador-petersburg-virginia-858x572.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1654262557-joe-morrissey-senador-petersburg-virginia-430x287.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1654262557-joe-morrissey-senador-petersburg-virginia-302x200.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1654262557-joe-morrissey-senador-petersburg-virginia-238x158.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1654262557-joe-morrissey-senador-petersburg-virginia-194x128.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1654262557-joe-morrissey-senador-petersburg-virginia.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-241029\"class=\"text-description\">Virginia Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond), seen above, was voted out of office this week. Morrissey had been working to prevent Richmond from putting a new casino measure on the November ballot. (Image: <em>Casino.org<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sen. Joe Morrissey (D), who succeeded in blocking a 2022 referendum and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/virginia-senator-doubles-down-on-effort-to-block-richmond-casino\/\">is trying to do so again<\/a> this year, was ousted in Tuesday\u2019s Democratic primary by former state delegate Lashrecse Aird. The loss was resounding, with Aird taking more than 69% of the vote in the two-way race, according to unofficial results from the Virginia Department of Elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Morrissey has said he hopes to get language inserted into the state budget to prevent Richmond from putting a new casino measure on the ballot in November. He says it is unfair for the city to get a second bite at the apple after voters there narrowly rejected a similar casino proposal in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Budget negotiations in the General Assembly have effectively been on hold for weeks as lawmakers focused on their primary campaigns. But now that Tuesday\u2019s votes have been decided, they are expected to resume in earnest.<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey\u2019s casino effort is hardly a central focus in the ongoing budget negotiations. But the senator has said he believes there is sufficient support to include language to block a new referendum in this year\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photos of Joe Morrissey\u2019s concession to Lashrecse Aird. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTDNEWS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTDNEWS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jGY6VLLn3j\">pic.twitter.com\/jGY6VLLn3j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Kropf (@mikekropfphoto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikekropfphoto\/status\/1671321857205710854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>Budget Questions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s an open question whether the Virginia General Assembly will approve a new budget before the fiscal year ends on June 30. The commonwealth is in the middle of a two-year budget cycle, meaning lawmakers technically don&#8217;t have to enact a new budget before the deadline.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Virginia\u2019s Republican-controlled House of Delegates and its Democratic-majority Senate have been divided on an array of higher-profile issues, such as tax cuts sought by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R). Still, they are facing pressure to act on a variety of proposals with bipartisan support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Tommy Norment (R-James City) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiamercury.com\/2023\/06\/14\/norment-says-political-primaries-are-factor-in-virginias-unresolved-budget-impasse\/\">told the <em>Virginia Mercury<\/em><\/a> that he expected negotiations would see a \u201creinvigoration\u201d starting this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the impasse on the budget has been more because of primaries, political considerations,\u201d Norment told the publication earlier this month. \u201cAnd that some of the leaders have been distracted.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><b>Reduced Political Capital<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>While Morrissey will serve out the remainder of his term for this year, his loss may reduce his political capital in the statehouse and make it tougher to enact his priorities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Although parts of Richmond are in Morrissey\u2019s district, he would rather see a new casino built in Petersburg, another city he represents about 25 miles to the south. A study by the Virginia Joint Legislature Audit and Review Commission concluded that both cities could profitably support a casino, but each would do better alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cordish Companies, which has pitched a casino in Petersburg, has said it won&#8217;t move forward if it has to compete with one in Richmond.<\/p>\n<p>The Richmond City Council earlier this month approved a new measure to appear on the November ballot that would authorize a proposed $500 million casino on the city\u2019s south side led by Black-focused media conglomerate Urban One. The measure is similar to one voters rejected by a 51% to 49% margin in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>One key difference is Urban One now has a new partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/churchill-downs-committed-to-richmond-casino-opportunity\/\">in Churchill Downs<\/a> after the Kentucky Derby organizer acquired assets from Peninsula Pacific Entertainment.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Campaign Fodder<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Morrissey sought to capitalize on his support for the casino in the campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p><strong>Everyone knows that if Aird were successful in being the 13th Senate Democratic nominee, she would abandon the fight to deliver the casino to Petersburg and hand it on a silver platter to Richmond,\u201d<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.progress-index.com\/story\/news\/2023\/06\/05\/morrissey-aird-spar-over-petersburg-casino-issue\/70290662007\/\">Morrissey said<\/a> this month, according to the <em>Progress Index<\/em> newspaper in Petersburg.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Aird called the charge \u201claughable\u201d and said she supports a Petersburg casino, but has questions about some specifics in the Cordish proposal, according to the newspaper. She said Morrisseey\u2019s failure to secure budget language blocking a new Richmond vote represented a legislative failure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no opportunity for a casino license during my time in office. There have been two during his time in office,\u201d Aird said, according to the <em>Progress Index<\/em>. \u201cHe not only supported a Richmond casino initially, but then, when the clearest opportunity to secure a casino for Petersburg existed, he failed. Joe Morrissey failed because he was willing to compromise on the most important aspect of securing a casino \u2013 jobs for workers, good, high-paying jobs for workers that would largely affect Petersburg workers \u2013 as part of his deal with Cordish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aird also said Morrissey\u2019s casino attack was an effort to distract from his views on issues such as abortion that were out of step with the majority of Democrats.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Morrissey\u2019s resounding defeat suggests the race hinged more on social issues and earlier personal controversies than on the casino fight. Aird won support from an unusually high number of legislators and members of the state\u2019s congressional delegation, and she dramatically outspent Morrissey, according <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virginia-primary-election-2023-becbc84b7023c6326b7546c9d7476a7f\">to the <em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proponents of a casino in Richmond, Virginia, are facing one fewer roadblock today. That&#8217;s after a state senator who has been trying to block the project lost his primary race. Sen. 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