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Jay Jones wins Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general
Former Del. Jay Jones will look to be the face of legal resistance to President Donald Trump in Virginia after winning the Democratic nomination for attorney general. The race was closely watched among the down-ballot contests in Tuesday's Democratic primary election. He will face Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares in the November general election. Democrats are also nominating a candidate for lieutenant governor from a field of six candidates, who remained locked in a tight race Tuesday night. Jones defeated Shannon Taylor for the Democratic nomination in the race for attorney general despite his opponent casting him as lacking criminal prosecutorial experience. 'I am ready for this fight and to win this November,' Jones said in a victory statement. Jones, who represented Norfolk in the House of Delegates for four years, comes from a long line of Hampton Roads politicians. His father was also a delegate, and his grandfather was the first Black member of the Norfolk School Board. Jones previously ran for attorney general in 2021 but lost the primary to Democratic incumbent Mark Herring. State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi led former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney in the Democratic primary battle for lieutenant governor by a narrow margin. Ballots remained to be counted, and close margins made the race too early to call. The races will determine Democrats' statewide ticket and set the stage for a bellwether election later this year. Most of the nominees slated to be at the top of the November ticket have already been picked, and Republicans aren't having a statewide primary. The November gubernatorial election is sure to make history. Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who ran for the Democratic nomination unopposed, will battle Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears — the only Republican who qualified for the ballot. Their candidacies all but guarantee that Virginia will have a female governor — a first in the state's history since Patrick Henry's governorship nearly 250 years ago. Virginia is one of two states that host statewide elections the year after a presidential election — New Jersey is the other — and the races are typically seen as referendums on the party in power before Congress heads into midterm elections. Analysts will be looking for clues in both states about voter sentiment with Trump back in the Oval Office and Republicans controlling power in Washington. Democrats' hold on Virginia has slipped in recent years, moving it close to swing-state status nationally. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin beat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe in 2021. And although Democrats narrowly gained back complete control of the Legislature in a 2023 election, then-Vice President Kamala Harris won Virginia last year by less than six points, compared to former President Joe Biden's 10-point lead in 2020. Still, Democrats have history on their side: The party of the sitting president typically suffers defeat in Virginia's statewide races. And considering Trump has never won the state, Democrats are probably better positioned to make gains once their ticket solidifies. The six Democrats vying to be Virginia's next lieutenant governor aren't all that different on the issues: They support rights to abortion, a living wage, affordable housing and accessible health care. They also share similar criticisms of Trump. The candidates notably fracture along regional lines, and distinctions emerge in what they have emphasized in stump speeches along the campaign trail. Stoney has touted his ties to the Democratic Party and experience working under former Govs. Mark Warner and Terry McAuliffe. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg endorsed his campaign in June. Hashmi is also from the Richmond area, representing part of the city and suburbs. Hashmi has pushed reproductive health in her bid and has been endorsed by abortion rights political action committees. Virginia state Sen. Aaron Rouse, from Virginia Beach with ties to southwest Virginia, has also highlighted his legislative accomplishments. Prince William County School Board Chair Babur Lateef, former federal prosecutor Victor Salgado and retired US Department of Labor worker Alex Bastani are from northern Virginia. Lateef, an eye surgeon, has honed in on education and health care. Salgado has stressed the importance of strengthening democracy, and Bastani has emphasized labor rights. Only one Republican candidate in each statewide contest is advancing to the ballot. Earle-Sears became the gubernatorial nominee after Republicans Dave LaRock and Amanda Chase failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Both LaRock and Chase initially challenged Earle-Sears for not being fully aligned with Trump. Conservative talk-radio host John Reid became the de facto nominee for lieutenant governor after his primary opponent left the race, and despite intraparty quarreling over whether he was tied to a social media account reposting pornography. Miyares sailed to his spot on the ballot as the nominee for attorney general after announcing his reelection bid. On Tuesday night, he said of Jones' victory: 'My opponent's ideological record makes Virginia families less safe and our streets more violent.' All 100 seats of the House of Delegates are up for election in November, and some nomination contests took place in Virginia's more competitive districts. Democrat May Nivar won her primary race and will be taking on Republican incumbent Del. David Owen in a Richmond-area district that House liberals are vying to flip. Democrat Lindsey Dougherty won her primary race and will battle Republican Del. Carrie Coyner in a Petersburg-area district. Republicans and Democrats also had separate primaries to fill a competitive seat in the Chesapeake area, which opened after Republican Rep. Baxter Ennis announced his retirement. Republican Michael Lamonea and Democrat Karen Carnegie won their respective primaries for that seat.
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Jay Jones wins Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general
Former Del. Jay Jones will look to be the face of legal resistance to President Donald Trump in Virginia after winning the Democratic nomination for attorney general. The race was closely watched among the down-ballot contests in Tuesday's Democratic primary election. He will face Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares in the November general election. Democrats are also nominating a candidate for lieutenant governor from a field of six candidates, who remained locked in a tight race Tuesday night. Jones defeated Shannon Taylor for the Democratic nomination in the race for attorney general despite his opponent casting him as lacking criminal prosecutorial experience. 'I am ready for this fight and to win this November,' Jones said in a victory statement. Jones, who represented Norfolk in the House of Delegates for four years, comes from a long line of Hampton Roads politicians. His father was also a delegate, and his grandfather was the first Black member of the Norfolk School Board. Jones previously ran for attorney general in 2021 but lost the primary to Democratic incumbent Mark Herring. State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi led former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney in the Democratic primary battle for lieutenant governor by a narrow margin. Ballots remained to be counted, and close margins made the race too early to call. The races will determine Democrats' statewide ticket and set the stage for a bellwether election later this year. Most of the nominees slated to be at the top of the November ticket have already been picked, and Republicans aren't having a statewide primary. The November gubernatorial election is sure to make history. Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who ran for the Democratic nomination unopposed, will battle Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears — the only Republican who qualified for the ballot. Their candidacies all but guarantee that Virginia will have a female governor — a first in the state's history since Patrick Henry's governorship nearly 250 years ago. Virginia is one of two states that host statewide elections the year after a presidential election — New Jersey is the other — and the races are typically seen as referendums on the party in power before Congress heads into midterm elections. Analysts will be looking for clues in both states about voter sentiment with Trump back in the Oval Office and Republicans controlling power in Washington. Democrats' hold on Virginia has slipped in recent years, moving it close to swing-state status nationally. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin beat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe in 2021. And although Democrats narrowly gained back complete control of the Legislature in a 2023 election, then-Vice President Kamala Harris won Virginia last year by less than six points, compared to former President Joe Biden's 10-point lead in 2020. Still, Democrats have history on their side: The party of the sitting president typically suffers defeat in Virginia's statewide races. And considering Trump has never won the state, Democrats are probably better positioned to make gains once their ticket solidifies. The six Democrats vying to be Virginia's next lieutenant governor aren't all that different on the issues: They support rights to abortion, a living wage, affordable housing and accessible health care. They also share similar criticisms of Trump. The candidates notably fracture along regional lines, and distinctions emerge in what they have emphasized in stump speeches along the campaign trail. Stoney has touted his ties to the Democratic Party and experience working under former Govs. Mark Warner and Terry McAuliffe. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg endorsed his campaign in June. Hashmi is also from the Richmond area, representing part of the city and suburbs. Hashmi has pushed reproductive health in her bid and has been endorsed by abortion rights political action committees. Virginia state Sen. Aaron Rouse, from Virginia Beach with ties to southwest Virginia, has also highlighted his legislative accomplishments. Prince William County School Board Chair Babur Lateef, former federal prosecutor Victor Salgado and retired US Department of Labor worker Alex Bastani are from northern Virginia. Lateef, an eye surgeon, has honed in on education and health care. Salgado has stressed the importance of strengthening democracy, and Bastani has emphasized labor rights. Only one Republican candidate in each statewide contest is advancing to the ballot. Earle-Sears became the gubernatorial nominee after Republicans Dave LaRock and Amanda Chase failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Both LaRock and Chase initially challenged Earle-Sears for not being fully aligned with Trump. Conservative talk-radio host John Reid became the de facto nominee for lieutenant governor after his primary opponent left the race, and despite intraparty quarreling over whether he was tied to a social media account reposting pornography. Miyares sailed to his spot on the ballot as the nominee for attorney general after announcing his reelection bid. On Tuesday night, he said of Jones' victory: 'My opponent's ideological record makes Virginia families less safe and our streets more violent.' All 100 seats of the House of Delegates are up for election in November, and some nomination contests took place in Virginia's more competitive districts. Democrat May Nivar won her primary race and will be taking on Republican incumbent Del. David Owen in a Richmond-area district that House liberals are vying to flip. Democrat Lindsey Dougherty won her primary race and will battle Republican Del. Carrie Coyner in a Petersburg-area district. Republicans and Democrats also had separate primaries to fill a competitive seat in the Chesapeake area, which opened after Republican Rep. Baxter Ennis announced his retirement. Republican Michael Lamonea and Democrat Karen Carnegie won their respective primaries for that seat.
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8 hours ago
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Jay Jones wins Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general
Former Del. Jay Jones will look to be the face of legal resistance to President Donald Trump in Virginia after winning the Democratic nomination for attorney general. The race was closely watched among the down-ballot contests in Tuesday's Democratic primary election. He will face Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares in the November general election. Democrats are also nominating a candidate for lieutenant governor from a field of six candidates, who remained locked in a tight race Tuesday night. Jones defeated Shannon Taylor for the Democratic nomination in the race for attorney general despite his opponent casting him as lacking criminal prosecutorial experience. 'I am ready for this fight and to win this November,' Jones said in a victory statement. Jones, who represented Norfolk in the House of Delegates for four years, comes from a long line of Hampton Roads politicians. His father was also a delegate, and his grandfather was the first Black member of the Norfolk School Board. Jones previously ran for attorney general in 2021 but lost the primary to Democratic incumbent Mark Herring. State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi led former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney in the Democratic primary battle for lieutenant governor by a narrow margin. Ballots remained to be counted, and close margins made the race too early to call. The races will determine Democrats' statewide ticket and set the stage for a bellwether election later this year. Most of the nominees slated to be at the top of the November ticket have already been picked, and Republicans aren't having a statewide primary. The November gubernatorial election is sure to make history. Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who ran for the Democratic nomination unopposed, will battle Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears — the only Republican who qualified for the ballot. Their candidacies all but guarantee that Virginia will have a female governor — a first in the state's history since Patrick Henry's governorship nearly 250 years ago. Virginia is one of two states that host statewide elections the year after a presidential election — New Jersey is the other — and the races are typically seen as referendums on the party in power before Congress heads into midterm elections. Analysts will be looking for clues in both states about voter sentiment with Trump back in the Oval Office and Republicans controlling power in Washington. Democrats' hold on Virginia has slipped in recent years, moving it close to swing-state status nationally. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin beat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe in 2021. And although Democrats narrowly gained back complete control of the Legislature in a 2023 election, then-Vice President Kamala Harris won Virginia last year by less than six points, compared to former President Joe Biden's 10-point lead in 2020. Still, Democrats have history on their side: The party of the sitting president typically suffers defeat in Virginia's statewide races. And considering Trump has never won the state, Democrats are probably better positioned to make gains once their ticket solidifies. The six Democrats vying to be Virginia's next lieutenant governor aren't all that different on the issues: They support rights to abortion, a living wage, affordable housing and accessible health care. They also share similar criticisms of Trump. The candidates notably fracture along regional lines, and distinctions emerge in what they have emphasized in stump speeches along the campaign trail. Stoney has touted his ties to the Democratic Party and experience working under former Govs. Mark Warner and Terry McAuliffe. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg endorsed his campaign in June. Hashmi is also from the Richmond area, representing part of the city and suburbs. Hashmi has pushed reproductive health in her bid and has been endorsed by abortion rights political action committees. Virginia state Sen. Aaron Rouse, from Virginia Beach with ties to southwest Virginia, has also highlighted his legislative accomplishments. Prince William County School Board Chair Babur Lateef, former federal prosecutor Victor Salgado and retired US Department of Labor worker Alex Bastani are from northern Virginia. Lateef, an eye surgeon, has honed in on education and health care. Salgado has stressed the importance of strengthening democracy, and Bastani has emphasized labor rights. Only one Republican candidate in each statewide contest is advancing to the ballot. Earle-Sears became the gubernatorial nominee after Republicans Dave LaRock and Amanda Chase failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Both LaRock and Chase initially challenged Earle-Sears for not being fully aligned with Trump. Conservative talk-radio host John Reid became the de facto nominee for lieutenant governor after his primary opponent left the race, and despite intraparty quarreling over whether he was tied to a social media account reposting pornography. Miyares sailed to his spot on the ballot as the nominee for attorney general after announcing his reelection bid. On Tuesday night, he said of Jones' victory: 'My opponent's ideological record makes Virginia families less safe and our streets more violent.' All 100 seats of the House of Delegates are up for election in November, and some nomination contests took place in Virginia's more competitive districts. Democrat May Nivar won her primary race and will be taking on Republican incumbent Del. David Owen in a Richmond-area district that House liberals are vying to flip. Democrat Lindsey Dougherty won her primary race and will battle Republican Del. Carrie Coyner in a Petersburg-area district. Republicans and Democrats also had separate primaries to fill a competitive seat in the Chesapeake area, which opened after Republican Rep. Baxter Ennis announced his retirement. Republican Michael Lamonea and Democrat Karen Carnegie won their respective primaries for that seat.
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9 hours ago
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Jay Jones wins Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general
Former Del. Jay Jones will look to be the face of legal resistance to President Donald Trump in Virginia after winning the Democratic nomination for attorney general. The race was closely watched among the down-ballot contests in Tuesday's Democratic primary election. He will face Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares in the November general election. Democrats are also nominating a candidate for lieutenant governor from a field of six candidates, who remained locked in a tight race Tuesday night. Jones defeated Shannon Taylor for the Democratic nomination in the race for attorney general despite his opponent casting him as lacking criminal prosecutorial experience. Jones, who represented Norfolk in the House of Delegates for four years, comes from a long line of Hampton Roads politicians. His father was also a delegate, and his grandfather was the first Black member of the Norfolk School Board. Jones previously ran for attorney general in 2021 but lost the primary to Democratic incumbent Mark Herring. State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi led former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney in the Democratic primary battle for lieutenant governor by a narrow margin. Ballots remained to be counted, and close margins made the race too early to call. The races will determine Democrats' statewide ticket and set the stage for a bellwether election later this year. Most of the nominees slated to be at the top of the November ticket have already been picked, and Republicans aren't having a statewide primary. The November gubernatorial election is sure to make history. Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who ran for the Democratic nomination unopposed, will battle Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears — the only Republican who qualified for the ballot. Their candidacies all but guarantee that Virginia will have a female governor — a first in the state's history since Patrick Henry's governorship nearly 250 years ago. Virginia is one of two states that host statewide elections the year after a presidential election — New Jersey is the other — and the races are typically seen as referendums on the party in power before Congress heads into midterm elections. Analysts will be looking for clues in both states about voter sentiment with Trump back in the Oval Office and Republicans controlling power in Washington. Democrats' hold on Virginia has slipped in recent years, moving it close to swing-state status nationally. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin beat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe in 2021. And although Democrats narrowly gained back complete control of the Legislature in a 2023 election, then-Vice President Kamala Harris won Virginia last year by less than six points, compared to former President Joe Biden's 10-point lead in 2020. Still, Democrats have history on their side: The party of the sitting president typically suffers defeat in Virginia's statewide races. And considering Trump has never won the state, Democrats are probably better positioned to make gains once their ticket solidifies. The six Democrats vying to be Virginia's next lieutenant governor aren't all that different on the issues: They support rights to abortion, a living wage, affordable housing and accessible health care. They also share similar criticisms of Trump. The candidates notably fracture along regional lines, and distinctions emerge in what they have emphasized in stump speeches along the campaign trail. Stoney has touted his ties to the Democratic Party and experience working under former Govs. Mark Warner and Terry McAuliffe. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg endorsed his campaign in June. Hashmi is also from the Richmond area, representing part of the city and suburbs. Hashmi has pushed reproductive health in her bid and has been endorsed by abortion rights political action committees. Virginia state Sen. Aaron Rouse, from Virginia Beach with ties to southwest Virginia, has also highlighted his legislative accomplishments. Prince William County School Board Chair Babur Lateef, former federal prosecutor Victor Salgado and retired US Department of Labor worker Alex Bastani are from northern Virginia. Lateef, an eye surgeon, has honed in on education and health care. Salgado has stressed the importance of strengthening democracy, and Bastani has emphasized labor rights. Only one Republican candidate in each statewide contest is advancing to the ballot. Earle-Sears became the gubernatorial nominee after Republicans Dave LaRock and Amanda Chase failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Both LaRock and Chase initially challenged Earle-Sears for not being fully aligned with Trump. Conservative talk-radio host John Reid became the de facto nominee for lieutenant governor after his primary opponent left the race, and despite intraparty quarreling over whether he was tied to a social media account reposting pornography. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sailed to his spot on the ballot after announcing his reelection bid. All 100 seats of the House of Delegates are up for election in November, and some nomination contests took place in Virginia's more competitive districts. Democrat May Nivar won her primary race and will be taking on Republican incumbent Del. David Owen in a Richmond-area district that House liberals are vying to flip. Democrat Lindsey Dougherty won her primary race and will battle Republican Del. Carrie Coyner in a Petersburg-area district. Republicans and Democrats also had separate primaries to fill a competitive seat in the Chesapeake area, which opened after Republican Rep. Baxter Ennis announced his retirement. Republican Michael Lamonea and Democrat Karen Carnegie won their respective primaries for that seat.
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Dougherty wins Democratic nod in House race; Flowers cruises in Petersburg local primary
A former Democratic nominee will get another shot at trying to unseat a Republican House of Delegates incumbent, while Petersburg's commissioner of the revenue wins big in that city's first-ever party primary for a constitutional officer and the race for the No. 2 spot on the Democratic statewide ticket this November went down to the wire. Those are the headlines stemming from June 17 Democratic primaries both locally and across Virginia. Results are unofficial until they can be certified by both local and state electoral boards. In the 75th House District, Lindsey Dougherty won a three-way primary to oppose Republican incumbent Carrie Coyner. The two women faced off in 2019 with Coyner coming out on top with 55% of the vote. In Petersburg, incumbent Brittany Flowers won the Democratic nomination – and essentially the November race since no Republican or independent candidate came forward – with 81% of the vote over challenger Mary 'Liz Stith' Howard. Flowers has been in the revenue commissioner's office since 2013 and commissioner of the revenue since 2018. A six-way race for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor went down to the wire with state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi of Chesterfield and former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney swapping the lead several times. Late in the evening, Hashmi rode a 4,000-vote margin into an apparent victory over Stoney. The margin between them was less than 1%. Finally, in the Democratic primary for state attorney general, former Del. Jay Jones of Norfolk defeated Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor in another close contest. Jones took it with 51% of the vote. All results from the primaries are unofficial, pending certification by local boards of election and the Virginia Board of Election. More: Eighty-two, déjà vu: GOP incumbent Taylor announces re-election bid in repeat of 2023 race The race in the 75th was a three-way battle involving 2019 party nominee Dougherty, first-time candidate Dustin Wade, and Stephen Miller-Pitts Jr., who was hoping to be the district's Democratic nominee for the second straight election. Dougherty took southeastern Chesterfield County by almost 400 votes over Wade, but Wade came back to win northern Prince George County by close to doubling the total for Dougherty. Hopewell showed some of the tightest margins in the whole district. Dougherty and Wade tied in Ward 1. Wade won by one vote in Ward 2. Dougherty took Ward 3 by four votes and eight votes in Ward 6. However, double-digit margins in the remaining wards, include 38 in Ward 4 and 23 in Ward 7, pushed Dougherty over the top. She wound up taking the district with 43% of the vote to Wade's 34% and Miller-Pitts' 23% Miller-Pitts had a decent showing in Chesterfield and was actually ahead of Dougherty in Prince George. However, he was not able to get much traction in Hopewell, finishing a distant third. November will be a rematch of the 2019 contest when Coyner, then a member of the Chesterfield School Board, defeated Dougherty with 55.1% of the vote. The last time a Democrat represented any part of Hopewell was in 2021 when the city was split between two districts. The seat Coyner has held since 2020 has been in Republican hands since 1992 when then-Hopewell Mayor Riley Ingram defeated Democrat Beasley Jones in what was the 62nd House District. In her last contest in 2023, Coyner defeated Miller-Pitts by 1,200 votes. More: Private Fitz Lee: Dinwiddie native, Medal of Honor recipient and new namesake for Fort Lee Incumbent Commissioner of the Revenue Brittany Flowers is being opposed by Mary "Liz Stith" Howard, chair of the Petersburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, for the Democratic nomination. It is the first time since the 2020 Virginia General Assembly permitted candidates for local offices to carry official political backing that Petersburg has a primary for a local office. Last year, Vice Mayor Darrin Hill was the only certified Democrat in the councilmanic elections, but he got that nomination by acclimation after no one else filed for the party. Petersburg Registrar Dawn Wilmoth said with only one true local race in the primaries, the city's turnout was 3,034, or 12.5% of registered voters. "It's very similar to what I expected," Wilmoth told The Progress-Index. "Sadly, I was hoping for more." Flowers handily defeated Howard with almost 81% of the vote, winning comfortably in all seven Petersburg wards. Because there are no declared opponents for the November general election, Flowers will be returned to office come Jan. 1. More: LISC VA updates City Council on wealth-building work in Petersburg, future projects The Tri-City area was definitely Stoney country in the race for the lieutenant governor nod. Stoney, a former state government official and two-term Richmond mayor, easily outdistanced Hashmi and state Sen. Aaron Rouse of Virginia Beach in all five localities. Hashmi won her home county of Chesterfield and handily won the city of Richmond over Stoney. In the race for the attorney general nomination, Jones took Petersburg, Hopewell, Dinwiddie and Prince George, with Hopewell having his closest victory margin. Taylor took Colonial Heights but only by a slim margin. Democrats and Republicans have already settled on their nominees for the race to become Virginia's 75th governor. Neither former Rep. Abigail Spanberger nor Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears was opposed for their party nods, meaning they got a free pass to the November ballot. Republicans were also solidly behind unopposed incumbent Jason Miyares in his bid for a second term as state attorney general. Jones will face off with him in November. If her lead holds, Hashmi will square off against Republican nominee John Reid, a former Richmond newscaster and radio-show host who gained the GOP nod when his primary challenger withdrew for health reasons. History will be a big factor in the elections this November. Spanberger and Earle-Sears want to become the first woman to be Virginia's governor, and Earle-Sears − the first Black woman to be lieutenant governor in the commonwealth − wants to carry that milestone mantle into the governor's mansion. Should she win, Earle-Sears would be the second person of color to win the Virginia governorship, following Douglas Wilder in 1989. The election will also feature the first openly gay candidate for statewide office in Reid facing the first Muslim and person of Indian heritage in Hashmi. Miyares, seeking his second term, is the first person of Hispanic descent to hold one of Virginia's three highest political offices. To view the latest totals, click on the Virginia Department of Elections primary results page. Bill Atkinson (he/him/his) is an award-winning journalist who covers breaking news, government and politics. Reach him at batkinson@ or on X (formerly known as Twitter) at @BAtkinson_PI. This article originally appeared on The Progress-Index: Results of Democratic primaries in House, statewide office, Petersburg
