To recap, Virginia Democrats captured the governorship (Abigail Spanberger), the lieutenant governorship (Ghazala Hashmi) and the attorney general job (Jay Jones). They also rode that sweep into flipping 13 seats from red to blue, including two in Central Virginia that represent significant portions of the Tri-City area.

Rick Buchanan didn’t expect to walk out before the first session even ended. The chair of the 5th Congressional District GOP Committee had arrived at the Donald W. Huffman Advance — the Republican Party of Virginia’s annual flagship gathering — at The Forum Hotel in Charlottesville on Dec.

A special election to fill the state Senate seat being vacated by Lt. Gov.-elect Ghazala Hashmi is expected to take place before the General Assembly convenes for its 2026 session in January, setting up a rapid-fire Democratic contest in a deep-blue district that spans parts of Richmond and Chesterfield County.

The amount of voters who used same day registration this election doubled when compared to the last odd-year election.

In Virginia, voters have a mix of local concerns and national topics on their minds. One October survey from the Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University found that likely voters were in particular thinking about democracy ...

Political experts say voter enthusiasm on display in races earlier this month in New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere could point to a Democratic edge.