CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLERIGHTNOW) – Virginia is in the national spotlight this Election Day, one of just two states holding an election for governor in 2025. That translated, at least early on Tuesday, to a high voter turnout in the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area, where four contested races are on local ballots.

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9:54 p.m.: CNN projects Democrat Jay Jones will win the race for Virginia’s attorney general, defeating Republican incumbent Jason Miyares, giving Democrats a sweep of the three major races. Jones’s prospects appeared the diciest going into Election Day after a text messaging scandal was revealed in which he sent violent texts to a General Assembly colleague, wishing that former Speaker of the House Todd Gilbert and Gilbert’s family would become the victims of gun violence. The scandal drew the AG race tighter and tighter down the stretch and had many predicting a split ticket.

9:11 p.m.: Jim Dillenbeck appears to have won the Rio district’s Albemarle County School Board seat previously held by his opponent, Leslie Pryor. Dillenbeck won all five precincts, holding 53.2% of the vote to Pryor’s 45.8%.

9:07 p.m.: Democrat Fred Missel appears headed to victory over Scott Smith for the Samuel Miller district seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. With five of six precincts reporting, Missel has 59.3% of the vote, holding a 2,278-1,538 edge in total votes.

“I’m not going to count my chickens before they hatch, but I do feel pretty confident at this point,” Missel told Cville Right Now on Tuesday night. “From what I understand, the early voting has actually not come in either, which I’m hopeful will be strong and in my favor as well, but yeah, I’m feeling fairly positive with that.”

9:04 p.m.: Molly Jordan Angevine unofficially has defeated Edward Payne Jr. for a seat on Scottsville’s Town Council. Angevine held an 82-65 lead, earning 55.4% of the vote..

8:48 p.m.: Jim Dillenbeck, with four of five precincts reporting, appears headed to victory over incumbent Leslie Pryor for the Rio district’s Albemarle County School Board seat. Dillenbeck held a 53.7-45.4% lead, with 1,857 votes to 1,570 for Pryor.

8:37 p.m.: Abigail Spanberger, on stage in Richmond, after being declared the winner in the Virginia governor’s race: “Tonight, we sent a message. We sent a message to every corner of the Commonwealth. A message to our neighbors and our fellow Americans across the country. We sent a message to the whole world, that in 2025 Virginia chose pragmatism over partisanship. We chose our Commonwealth over chaos.”

8:31 p.m.: CNN projects that Democrat Ghazala Hashmi will defeat Republican John Reid in the race for lieutenant governor.

8:09 p.m.: Jim Dillenbeck, with two of five precincts reporting in the Rio district school board race, is out to a 51.7-47.2% lead over incumbent Leslie Pryor. With the Branchlands and Dunlora precincts in, Dillenbeck leads 745-680.

In the Samuel Miller district race, with two of four precincts in, Democrat Fred Missel holds a 55-44.1% over Republican Scott Smith for a seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors.

7:57 p.m.: CNN projects Abigail Spanberger will defeat Winsome Earle-Sears to become the first woman governor of Virginia. With 33% of the vote reporting, Spanberger — a former Democratic Congressperson, holds a 54.7-45.0% lead.

7:25 p.m.: It likely will be after 10 p.m. before results are known for the four contested local elections – Albemarle Board of Supervisors, Albemarle School Board, Scottsville Town Council and Charlottesville School Board – and closer to midnight before a winner is declared in the statewide races for Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General.

But the area also has a number of uncontested races. 

Amy Laufer and Katrina Callsen will serve another term each in the House of Delegates, representing the 54th and 55th districts. 

In Albemarle County, Ned Gallaway will keep his Rio district seat on the Board of Supervisors, while Sally Duncan will join the board to represent the Jack Jouett district.

Kate Acuff will keep her Jouett seat on the Albemarle school board, while Bob Beard will represent the Samuel Miller district on that body.

In the city, Mayor Juandiego Wade and newcomer Jen Fleisher, who previously won Democratic primaries for spots on the Charlottesville City Council, ran unopposed for those posts Tuesday.

7:00 p.m.: The polls are now closed in Virginia, but any voter who was in line to vote before 7 p.m. should be allowed to remain in line and cast their ballot.

6:00 p.m.: While the final voting totals aren’t likely to reach the numbers they achieve in years with Presidential elections, the attention drawn by the governor’s race was expected to bring many people to the polls Tuesday.

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger has led wire-to-wire in the major polling, with her edge measured anywhere from 7-12%

The down-ballot races for lieutenant governor – between Democrat Ghazala Hashmi and Republican John Reid – and attorney general – between incumbent Republican Jason Miyares and Democrat Jay Jones – have been steadily tightening over the past three months.

Locally, there is a contested race for the Samuel Miller district’s seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, with Democrat Fred Missel running against Republican Scott Smith.

Also in the county, in the Rio district, incumbent Leslie Pryor is running to keep her seat on the county school board, vying with challenger Jim Dillenbeck.

In Scottsville, Molly Angevine and Edward Payne Jr. are running to fill an unexpired term on town council.

Finally, in the city of Charlottesville, four candidates are running for three positions on the School Board. Incumbents Lisa Larson-Torres and Emily Dooley are attempting to retain their seats, while newcomers Zyahna Bryant and Dashad Cooper are vying to joint the board.

Follow election results and information here all night:

7:30 p.m.: It likely will be after 10 p.m. before results are known for the four contested local elections – Albemarle Board of Supervisors, Albemarle School Board, Scottsville Town Council and Charlottesville School Board – and closer to midnight before a winner is declared in the statewide races for Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General.

But the area also has a number of uncontested races. 

Amy Laufer and Katrina Callsen will serve another term each in the House of Delegates, representing the 54th and 55th districts. 

In Albemarle County, Ned Gallaway will keep his Rio district seat on the Board of Supervisors, while Sally Duncan will join the board to represent the Jack Jouett district.

Kate Acuff will keep her Jouett seat on the Albemarle school board, while Bob Beard will represent the Samuel Miller district on that body.

In the city, Mayor Juandiego Wade and newcomer Jen Fleisher, who previously won Democratic primaries for spots on the Charlottesville City Council, ran unopposed for those posts Tuesday.

 

7:00 p.m.: The polls are now closed in Virginia, but any voter who was in line to vote before 7 p.m. should be allowed to remain in line and cast their ballot.