Newsweek's tracker shows Spanberger with an 8 point lead over Earle-Sears, with 51 percent to Earle-Sears' 43 percent.

Virginia voters will head to the polls on November 4, 2025, to choose the state’s next governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general — with several historic races underway and early voting already open across the Commonwealth.

With Election Day fast approaching, Virginians have just days left to register to vote or update their registration. Here’s the deadline date you need to remember.

Virginia Beach’s election system referendum is drawing money into committees on both sides of the issue, but the one in favor of adding more at-large representation on the City Council and

Former Gov. Wilder calls new VCU poll a “wake-up call” as Democrats’ leads shrink in key 2025 races, with GOP gains in governor and attorney general contests.

Early voting is already underway in the Virginia governor's race where voters will pick a replacement for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

We are just two weeks out from Election Day in Virginia and a new university poll says voters are paying attention to these statewide races, especially the showdown for the state’s next governor.

It’s a new record so far for a non-presidential election year. The numbers include around 40,000 people in Chesterfield, 37,000 in Henrico County and 10,000 in Richmond. Early in-person voting became an option in Virginia in 2020, and its popularity has risen every year since.

DHS captures El Salvador's most wanted MS-13 leader in Virginia along with convicted pedophiles and violent criminals in major immigration enforcement sweep.

Polls give Spanberger an advantage in Virginia, but one political analyst told Newsweek Earle-Sears still has a path to victory.

The Virginia Mercury, in partnership with the Virginia Press Association and the Virginia Local News Project, present the 2025 Virginia Voter Guide to help you prepare to exercise your civic rights, inform you about the candidates and lay out the elections information you need.