WASHINGTON — Virginia Senate Democrats rejected Gov. Glenn Youngkin's eight picks to sit on three university boards in the commonwealth, arguing that the nominations by the Republican governor ...

Ghazala Hashmi, the first Muslim to serve in Virginia’s Senate, has won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in Tuesday’s primary election, firming up the Democrats’ lineup in ...

FAIRFAX, Va. - Two close races for U.S. Senate in Virginia and a question to revise the wording of the Virginia Constitution are among the list of election results across the country and the DMV ...

Cassia Jones fills out her ballot as her sons, Maverick, 2, and Apollo, 3, wait nearby during the Virginia primary election at Lucketts Community Center in Loudoun County, Virginia, on June 17.

Rouse was elected to the Virginia Beach City Council in 2018. In 2023, he won a special election that flipped the state Senate seat Republican Jen Kiggans held before she was elected to Congress.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats in Virginia have built up a hefty fundraising advantage for their effort to reclaim the governor's mansion in a November election that is seen as a bellwether for ...

Candidates in the Virginia special election to succeed the late Rep. Gerald E. Connolly are facing a sprint to the June 28 firehouse primary.

Sen. Aaron Rouse, D-Virginia Beach, sits at his desk on the senate floor on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Richmond, Va. Credit: AP/Margo Wagner ...

“The old saying that all politics is local doesn’t really apply in Virginia in 2025,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington.

FILE - Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears gestures as she presides over the Senate during the session at the state Capitol on Feb. 8, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Steve Helber - AP ...

RICHMOND — Virginia state Sen. Ghazala F. Hashmi of Richmond won a six-way Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, according to election results projected by the Associated Press, completing ...