Republican Ian Lovejoy faces Democrat Elizabeth Guzmán for the Virginia House. Their race reflects broader political sentiments nationwide.

Political analyst Sam Shirazi, host of the Federal Fallout podcast, joined Jim Lokay on "The Final 5" to break down why Virginia’s 2025 gubernatorial election is getting national attention—and how federal issues could overshadow local ones in the battle between Lt.

A federal judge lambasted city officials this week for what he described as Virginia Beach’s “intentional effort to avoid compliance with federal law” by pursuing an election system referendum question on the November ballot.

Virginia Republicans are hitting the Democratic nominee for attorney general, Jay Jones, hard with a soft-on-crime attack ad targeting the former delegate.

Virginia’s off-year elections are being viewed by both parties as a key bellwether heading into next year’s midterms, as well as a potential indicator for how voters view President Trump. Lt. Gov.

Matthew Herridge, the chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party, will resign at the end of July to focus more on his role as cabinet secretary for the state Department of Commerce. In an email to members of the West Virginia Republican Executive Committee (WVREC) Saturday,

House Speaker Don Scott has a list of 13 Republican-held seats he wants to flip from red to blue. But the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is spotlighting only eight of those 13 races.

With control of Congress and competitive governorships on the line in 2026, the Democratic National Committee is launching an ambitious grassroots organizing effort with an early emphasis on the 2025 elections in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that in May of this year, 717,000 jobs were held within the state, but a year ago that number was more than 725,000. Executive director for the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Kelly Allen said elections could be a reason why.

As the countdown to Election Day 2025 begins, all eyes are once again on Virginia—a state that has long served as a bellwether for national political trends.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is currently grossly underperforming poll-wise in the state's bellwether gubernatorial race.

Attorney General Jason Miyares is fighting against what he calls a "criminal-first, victim-last mindset" that has swept through Virginia.