Virginia Politics



Virginia's House Republican caucus has launched attack ads in 12 highly competitive House of Delegates districts, accusing Democrats of being extreme.

The county board rejected a motion to defer controversial land-use decisions such as the Digital Gateway project until a new board takes office in January.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) and his Spirit of Virginia PAC are rolling out a "Secure Your Vote Virginia" web portal encouraging Republicans to vote early or absentee.

Youngkin (R) ordered 100 National Guard troops to the Mexican border at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), along with other Republican governors.

A measure to delay controversial land-use decisions until a new Prince William's County board is seated in January seeks to take advantage of board chair Ann Wheeler's election loss.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) renewed his call for tax cuts and responded to criticism from Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) over contest for FBI headquarters.

Youngkin’s administration has at least three times in the past year and a half removed information from the website without consulting its own subject matter experts.

Democrats and Republicans both tout General Assembly candidates that reflect the state, but there is a big difference in scale between the parties.

The commonwealth’s D.C. suburbs have taken a decisive step away from the region’s more centrist past.

State Sen. Jeremy S. McPike (D-Prince William) beat his primary challenger, Del. Elizabeth R. Guzman, by 53 votes after provisional and mail-in ballots were tallied Saturday. Just two votes separated two Republicans vying to take him on in November.

The results of the ranked-choice election for Arlington County Board gave a partial victory to both supporters and critics of "missing middle" housing.

At Eden Center in Virginia, young Vietnamese Americans say they want officials to do more to protect a strip mall that's become a Vietnamese cultural district.

Tuesday's primary elections in Virginia set the stage for a battle for control of the General Assembly, with Gov. Glenn Youngkin's future in balance.

Ann Wheeler lost her party's nomination bid to Deshundra Jefferson, who campaigned heavily against large-scale data center projects in western Prince William.

In Prince William County, Ann Wheeler was trailing her challenger Deshundra Jefferson in the Democratic primary for chair of the county's Board of Supervisors.

Voters in Virginia went to the polls Tuesday in primary elections that confronted hot-button issues such as abortion rights and gun violence.

Democratic prosecutors seeking second terms in Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties ended cash bail and are focused on reducing incarcerations.

Early voting in Virginia’s 2023 primary elections begins Friday with various local races on the ballot and ultimate control of the state legislature at stake in November.

The lack of agreement on the state budget has left Virginia school systems unsure about how much extra funding to expect for the next fiscal year.

Arlington Democrats will nominate two candidates for their county board through "multi-winner" ranked-choice voting, but some say outreach has been lacking.

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