Politics

Figueroa served as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources during the Northam administration.

Sen. Mark Warner announced Tuesday that he will seek re-election to the U.S. Congress. Warner, Virginia’s senior senator, has held his seat since 2009.

The Attorney General’s race was the tightest of the three statewide contests atop the ballot, with Jay Jones defeating incumbent AG Jason Miyares by 227,097 votes.

It is unclear if Earle-Sears intends to remain in politics going forward, but in her letter, she encouraged her supporters to continue their work and indicated she would do the same.

The Governor-elect wants the search paused until she can fill five open seats on the BOV. Gov. Youngkin says she’s overreaching.

Angevine said that while the town’s population is 524, there are another over 7,200 residents who consider themselves from Scottsville, despite not technically living within the town’s official borders.

The current representative from the Rio district, who appears to have lost to Jim Dillenbeck, said she plans to run again for the seat.

Governor Glenn Youngkin pledged to be supportive during the 10 weeks of transition before Abigail Spanberger takes over the post.

Torres said focusing on the division’s new Early Learning Center will be one of her top priorities.

Over 3.3 million Virginians voted in this year’s election, the most in the Commonwealth’s history for a non-presidential election year.