Markus Schmidt

Toni Heath Johnson, who served time for drug possession, had her voting rights application denied without explanation. She is part of a suit that says Virginia is violating a provision of the 1870 law that readmitted the state to the Union after the Civil War.

The board also took no action on requests by a Northern Virginia Democrat to be placed on the ballot as an independent and by a central Virginia Democrat who was late with his state Senate paperwork.

Democrats have refused to nominate Jasmine Lipscomb for a House of Delegates seat after a dispute over a filing fee.

John Marsden withdrew from his primary after early voting had begun, citing a personal conflict with unidentified Republicans nominated elsewhere. The party says putting on a primary with only one candidate cost taxpayers $50,000.

The delegate faces two felony charges and missed the filing deadline for the Republican nomination.

Democrats ousted four incumbents and replaced them with more liberal candidates.

The veteran Democrat has a 533-lead with provisional ballots and late-arriving mail ballots yet to be counted in one of the most closely contested primaries in the state.

Williams took 67% of the vote in the closely watched contest between two Republican incumbents.

Here’s a recap of who’s running where.

Update, June 7: Marsden has now dropped out of the race.