RICHMOND — Democrats fared far better in the gubernatorial election than polls predicted leading up to Election Day. Emerson College Polling, the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke ...

RICHMOND — Youth voter turnout surged in this year’s gubernatorial election, and Democrats were the beneficiaries. And the overall preliminary voter counts closely parallel the high turnout of the ...

Another poll by the American Research Group found that Trump’s net approval rating was -27 percent, and another sponsored by Fox News placed him at just -17 percent. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found ...

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.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Democrat Nicole Cole and her team spent much of their 2025 campaign for the state legislature standing in places like Weis Markets in Spotsylvania County, railing ...

A new poll finds Democrat Abigail Spanberger has a nine-point lead over Republican challenger and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in the Virginia governor's race, seen as a national bellwether election.

Chalkbeat Ideas is a new section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Sign up for the Ideas newsletter to follow our work. Democrats are in disarray on ...

With this year’s state elections behind us, we can now turn our attention to next year’s races. Here are some of the lessons we need to take with us.

Nearly half of those surveyed see him as either a criminal or a fascist. Trump’s worsening numbers in Virginia help explain this year’s election and offer a warning for next year.