Politics

In an exclusive interview, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors member and 5th District candidate Mike Pruitt said, “I’m in this fight and I’m going to stay in this fight.”

Perriello, the last Democrat to win the 5th District, announced his intention to run for the seat he held from 2008-2010 earlier this week.

Calling the current political situation “an all-hands on deck moment,” former Virginia Congressman Tom Perriello announced his comeback candidacy in the 5th district on Tuesday morning.

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.