The summer campaign season launched Saturday in Richmond as Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears heated up the race for governor.

Democrats and Republicans now have their candidates heading into a summertime special election to fill the seat vacated by the late Congressman Gerry Connolly.

A Circuit Court judge’s ruling means that Virginia Beach’s current 10-1 voting system can’t stay in place until the General Assembly says so. But the results of elections that

Polls officially closed on Saturday in Fairfax County as voters on both sides of the aisle turned out to see who would represent them on the hill.

The death of Rep. Gerry Connolly has initiated a political scramble in Virginia, with parties preparing for a special primary on Saturday.

Walkinshaw, a Fairfax County supervisor and Connolly’s former chief of staff, will face GOP nominee Stewart Whitson in the Sept. 9 election for this deep-blue seat.

A circuit court judge ruled Monday that an ordinance passed by the Virginia Beach City Council in 2023, which changed the city’s voting system to a 10-1 format, is void.

State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi and attorney Jay Jones secured nominations in Tuesday’s primary elections to join Abigail Spanberger on the Democratic statewide ticket.

Social media accounts for the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) urged Democrats to vote for his former chief of staff James Walkinshaw in the party’s upcoming special election, in posts Tuesday.