Politics

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.

Michael Galliher topped Rhonda Perdue in the Roanoke County clerk’s race, while Botetourt Supervisor Billy Martin and Buchanan County Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerald Arrington also lost primaries. A roundup of local races.

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

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

The case of Jasmine Lipscomb has drawn social media attention across the country.

An Opioid Abatement Authority committee recommended a total of $23 million in grants to 76 cities and counties. The funds come from Virginia’s share of settlement payments from the manufacturers and distributors of opioids.

Registrars are concerned about the expense of holding a primary, but the state says there’s no mechanism to cancel the election after early voting has taken place.

The year-old Adult Detention Center was built with the idea that it would make money by housing inmates from other localities and from the federal government. Those inmates have been slow to materialize.

The Farmville attorney said that he “cannot in good conscience serve alongside certain individuals” who have won Republican nominations elsewhere.

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