- ‘Definitely faulty’: A student’s take on Richmond’s clear backpack policy
- Richmond City Council approves Avula’s pick for top administrative role
- Virginia health officials confirm state’s third measles case of 2025
- Barbour, McEachin meet in primary rematch for Richmond commonwealth’s attorney
- Chesterfield County Farmers Market producers grapple with impact of tariffs
Who's running for lieutenant governor of Virginia in 2025?
VPM News state politics reporter Jahd Khalil sat down for conversations with five of the six Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor. (State Sen. Aaron Rouse’s campaign did not make him available for an interview.)
The winner of Tuesday’s primary will go on to face Republican John Reid in November for the commonwealth’s No. 2 position, currently occupied by GOP gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears.
Check out Jahd’s interviews with the candidates below (in order of when the candidates were available):
- Former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, who says his executive experience and previous statewide office make him “ready to go on day one”
- State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, who has made health care and reproductive rights issues central to her campaign
- Babur Lateef, who says his successes as the chair of Prince William County’s school board and a UVA Health executive will serve him well at the Capitol
- Retired labor attorney and union leader Alex Bastani, who says Democrats need to stop trying to “out-Republican Republicans” and focus on workers
- Former federal prosecutor Victor Salgado, who envisions the lieutenant governorship as a “workhorse” position with real political power
BizSense Beat: Henrico data centers, Lego in Short Pump, electric vehicle retailer expands
BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.
This week, VPM News host Lyndon German is joined by BizSense’s Jackie DiBartolomeo to discuss Henrico County unanimously approving new restrictions on permits for data center projects, Danish toy giant Lego looking for a new storefront at Short Pump Town Center and local electric vehicle retailer Recharged taking on a second location on West Broad Street.
This week in VPM News Shorts: Chesterfield's charter and Virginia's lieutenant governor primary
What happened this week in VPM News Shorts?
Billy Shields went behind the scenes on the twisting tale of Chesterfield County’s original charter, and Jahd Khalil discussed the candidates in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for lieutenant governor.
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