#virginia-elections

#virginia-elections

"This is surreal," victorious Virginia House of Delegates candidate Kimberly Pope Adams declared as she walked into her raucous victory party Tuesday night. In 2023, the Democrat lost her race for this Virginia House seat by only 53 votes. On Tuesday night, she won with 53 percent of the vote, defeating Republican incumbent Kim Taylor overwhelmingly, with her focus on affordability, abortion rights, health care and spreading the wealth in the 82nd District

The Associated Press called the Virginia governor's race for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger early Tuesday evening. Jay Jones, the embattled Democratic candidate for attorney general and Ghazala Hashmi, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, also both prevailed against their Republican challengers. Spanberger, the 46-year-old former congresswoman and CIA case officer will become the first female governor of Virginia. Spanberger defeated the Republican lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears by 56 percent to 44 percent, with 79 percent of the vote counted, according to the AP.