2025 Virginia elections

2025 Virginia elections
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The 2025 Virginia elections took place throughout 2025 — the general election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general of Virginia. All 100 seats in the House of Delegates were up for election. Primary elections took place on June 17, 2025, while the in-person early voting period ran from September 19 to November 1, 2025.[1] There were several special elections throughout 2025 in the House of Delegates, Virginia Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia.

Ultimately, the Democratic Party won all three statewide executive offices and expanded their slim majority in the House of Delegates by thirteen seats to a 64-36 majority which created a Democratic trifecta in Virginia's government for the first time since 2019.[2]

Special

On January 7, 2025, special elections were held for the 32nd Senate district, the 10th Senate district, and the 26th House of Delegates district.[3]

10th Senate district

Following John McGuire's election to Virginia's 5th congressional district, a special election was held to replace his seat for Virginia's 10th Senate district.[4] A Republican primary election was held on December 13, 2024.[5]

Virginia Senate Special General Election: 10th District, 2025[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Luther Cifers 12,027 57.8%
Democratic Jack Trammell 8,775 42.2%
Total votes 20,802 100.0%

32nd Senate district

Following Suhas Subramanyam's election to Virginia's 10th congressional district, a special election was held to replace his seat for Virginia's 32nd Senate district.[4] Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on November 16, 2024.[6]

Virginia Senate Special General Election: 32nd District, 2025[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kannan Srinivasan 18,825 61.8%
Republican Tumay Harding 11,629 38.2%
Total votes 30,454 100.0%

26th House of Delegates district

Following Kannan Srinivasan's victory in the Democratic primary special election for Virginia's 32nd Senate district, a special election was held to replace his seat for Virginia's 26th House of Delegates district. Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on November 18, 2024, and November 23, 2024, respectively.[7]

Virginia House of Delegates Special General Election: 26th District, 2025[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic JJ Singh 6,404 62.4%
Republican Ram Venkatachalam 3,857 37.6%
Total votes 10,261 100.0%

11th congressional district

Main article: 2025 Virginia's 11th congressional district special election

Following the death of Gerry Connolly, a special election for U.S. representative for Virginia's 11th congressional district was held on September 9, 2025.[8]

2025 Virginia's 11th congressional district special election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic James Walkinshaw 109,578 74.78 +8.10%
Republican Stewart Whitson 36,681 25.03 −7.83%
Write-in 272 0.19 -0.26%
Total votes 146,531 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

Governor

Main article: 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election

Incumbent Republican governor Glenn Youngkin was ineligible to run for re-election, as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits its governors from serving consecutive terms. Former U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger was the Democratic nominee and Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears was the Republican nominee.[10] Spanberger defeated Earle-Sears by 15.36%.[11]

Lieutenant governor

Main article: 2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears did not run for re-election to a second term in office, instead choosing to run for governor. Democratic Party primary elections took place on June 17, 2025.[12] State Senator Ghazala Hashmi was the Democratic nominee and former radio host John Reid is the Republican nominee.[13][14] Hashmi defeated Reid by 11.56%.[15]

Attorney General

Main article: 2025 Virginia Attorney General election

Incumbent Republican Attorney General, Jason Miyares, ran for re-election, but lost to Democratic nominee Jay Jones by 6.69%.[16][17]

House of Delegates

Main article: 2025 Virginia House of Delegates election

All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election. The chamber had been controlled by the Democratic Party, holding a majority of two seats.[18] Primary elections took place on June 17, 2025.[12]

The Virginia Senate is not up for election until 2027.

Aftermath

The landslide victories for Democrats caused internal fighting among Virginian Republicans. The scale of Democratic victory was unexpected both for Republicans and Democrats.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ "Upcoming Elections". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  2. ^ "2025 November General". Virginia Department of Elections. December 1, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c d "Virginia State Legislature Special Election Results". The New York Times. April 11, 2025. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b Schmidt, Markus (2024-11-08). "Virginia prepares for special elections as McGuire, Subramanyam head to Congress". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  5. ^ Beyer, Elizabeth (2024-12-14). "Republicans nominate Cifers for state Senate seat that McGuire is vacating". Cardinal News. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  6. ^ Minock, Nick (2024-11-07). "Virginia Democrat State Senate majority hinges on Loudoun County special election". WJLA. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  7. ^ "Republicans Nominate Venkatachalam for House Seat, Democrats Prepare for Another Primary". LoudounNow. 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  8. ^ Schmidt, Markus (3 June 2025). "Youngkin sets Sept. 9 special election to fill Connolly's seat in Congress". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  9. ^ O'Bannon, John (September 9, 2025). "Member, House of Representatives (11th District)". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  10. ^ Bianco, Ali (April 5, 2025). "Virginia's bellwether governor race is set". Politico. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  11. ^ "Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race in major test for party, CBS News projects - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2025-11-04. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
  12. ^ a b Kinnard, Meg (2025-01-03). "Which US elections are happening in 2025? Here's a look at upcoming primary and general contests". Associated Press. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  13. ^ Schmidt, Markus (2025-04-22). "Herrity bows out of LG race, setting Virginia's GOP ticket for 2025". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
  14. ^ Thomas, Pat (2025-06-18). "Democrats rally around Hashmi as winner of Dem. nomination for Lt. Gov". WDBJ. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  15. ^ "Virginia election winners break race and gender barriers amid national scrutiny on diversity". The Washington Post. 2025-11-05. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
  16. ^ "Virginia Attorney General Results 2025". NBC News. November 4, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  17. ^ "2025 June Democratic Primary". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  18. ^ Edelman, Adam (2025-01-08). "Virginia Democrats maintain narrow legislative majorities after special election wins". NBC News. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  19. ^ Schmidt, Markus (November 24, 2025). "'We're toast': Virginia GOP erupts in finger-pointing after sweeping Democratic wins • Virginia Mercury".
  20. ^ "Virginia Republicans turn on each other after crushing losses". POLITICO. November 9, 2025.
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