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Former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder is calling for a return to political decorum in the 2025 statewide campaigns.

Wilder criticized the current political climate for a lack of courage and moral clarity compared to past leadership.

Wilder urged candidates to speak directly and honestly to voters rather than relying on talking points.

Former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder says the current tenor of the 2025 statewide campaigns underscores "an urgent need" for party leaders on both sides of the aisle to bring back political decorum.

In a post Oct. 13 on his "Wilder Visions" website , the nation's first elected Black governor said the events of this year's campaign reminds him in part of the "good old boy" political system that dominated Virginia in the early and mid-20th cen

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