Politics

“Many of you said you wanted to have a say in who your next governor would be, and you wanted to have a choice. I’m honored that you asked me, yet again.” Those words from former state Senator Amanda Chase who announced she submitted signatures to the Virginia Department of Elections before the 5pm Thursday, April 3 deadline to get on the June primary ballot.

The front runners in the Virginia Governor’s race filed petitions Monday, on the first day they could, with the State Department of Elections to get on the ballot in their June 17 primaries.

55th House District Delegate Amy Laufer will be announcing a re-election run Sunday for a 2nd term.

Albemarle County’s Board of Supervisors will have at least two new faces when it sits for the first time next year.

The Trump administration’s aggressive push to cut government jobs is reverberating in the early stages of this year’s race for governor in Virginia.

A new CNU Wasson Center Poll taking the temperature across Virginia on a variety of issues has Democrat Abigail Spanberger slightly ahead of Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in a November Governor’s race.

The Winsome Earle-Sears for Governor campaign, and its affiliated organizations, Wednesday announced they raised more than $3 million since Lieutenant Governor Earle-Sears launched her campaign just four months ago.

The Spanberger for Governor campaign announces it’s raised nearly $6-million in 2024, totaling more close to $9.6-million since launching her campaign in November 2023.

Virginia Democrats preserved their Statehouse majority on Tuesday in the first test of voters’ energy since President-elect Donald Trump’s win in November, which left many party members across the country reckoning with their losses in federal elections.

Voters in central and northern Virginia are going to the polls today in special elections to fill two vacancies in the state senate and an open seat in the House of Delegates.