Virginia’s elections Tuesday offered a national barometer measuring what critical swing-state voters think about the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term and GOP control in Washington, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As the polls closed on Tuesday across Virginia, it quickly became clear it was a night of firsts: Voters overwhelmingly elected a slate of candidates who broke race and gender ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The Associated Press called the Virginia governor’s race for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger early Tuesday evening.

Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger wins the race to become the next governor of Virginia. It was a historic election, as the Commonwealth has never had a female governor before. Spanberger is a ...

Virginia became the 33rd state to elect a female governor, but the recent race was a rare instance where the two candidates were both women — just the 11th time in the U.S. since 1986.

APTOPIX Election 2025 Governor Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger points out at the crowd after she was declared the winner of the Virginia governor's race during an election night watch party ...