This is a running compilation of updates and analysis from Virginia’s 2025 elections.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is founding editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org or 540-529-1136.
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Virginia is about to make history, but what kind?
Here are some of the things to look for in Tuesday’s results (and beyond).
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Final polls: Spanberger leads by a lot, Hashmi by a little, attorney general’s race down to the wire
The polls continue to suggest that voters aren’t much interested in the issues that Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has been running on.
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Once we open the Pandora’s Box of mid-decade redistricting, here’s what happens
Here are 10 things to know as Virginia sets in motion a process to initiate a new redrawing of congressional lines in time for next year’s elections.
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Roanoke College poll: Spanberger up by 10, lieutenant governor’s race close, Miyares builds lead in attorney general’s contest
That’s in line with the general trends in other recent polls, except that Miyares’ lead is a little bigger. If next week’s results match this poll, that would be the first time Virginians have split their tickets in a state election in 20 years.
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If Democrats win governorship and the House, Virginia would be only Southern state painted blue. Here are some other ways we’d be different.
From abortion to right-to-work laws, Virginia could be an outlier, not just regionally but nationally.
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Natural Bridge zoo manager chooses jail time over revealing whereabouts of missing baby giraffes
A criminal investigation initiated by the office of Attorney General Jason Miyares is underway that includes a multi-jurisdictional grand jury.
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If Democrats succeed with redistricting plan, they could reduce Virginia’s Republican delegation to Congress to lowest level since 1952
Changes in voting patterns over the past quarter-century have made it easier to gerrymander congressional districts.
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Spanberger continues to dominate fundraising; Jones’ money faucet runs slow after text messages while Miyares’ gushes cash
The final campaign reports before the election show a big change in contributions in the attorney general’s race, after Jones’ text messages were revealed.
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We mistakenly think of the attorney general as the ‘top cop,’ but that’s not really what the job is about
Although the positions have the same name, the job of a state attorney general in Virginia is not analogous to the attorney general of the United States. Here’s what the job’s really about.
