Elizabeth Beyer

Republicans Mitchell Cornett and Adam Tolbert are facing off in a primary election for the chance to represent the House of Delegates’ 46th District. The winner will go on to face Democrat Jamie Ralston Hendry in November.

Del. Danny Marshall, R-Danville, is retiring. Only one other House district in Virginia this year has both a Democratic and Republican House primary going on at the same time.

The winner of the June 17 primary will go on to face John Reid, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, in the November election.

Six candidates are seeking the party’s nomination. Here’s how the candidates answered a series of questions from Cardinal News.

The Department of Homeland Security published a list of places it said were “defying” federal authorities. Some conservative communities say they were listed in error. Sen. Tim Kaine says administration may have used artificial intelligence to generate a faulty list.

Jay Jones and Shannon Taylor are vying for the Democratic nomination to face Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares in the November election.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine already offered up their recommendations to the White House. The region’s Republican members of Congress “expressed their preferences” to fill the role in 2017 during the first Trump administration as well.

The race is one of two statewide primaries that will take place on June 17.

Statewide, about 480,000 people could be affected by the new work requirements and 147,000 could be affected by new copays for certain services, according to one estimate.

Uncertainty reigns during the third meeting of the House of Delegates emergency committee tasked with investigating the impact on federal cuts on Virginia, which took place in Wytheville on Monday.