State Races

With Election Day less than a week away in Virginia, officials at the Department of Elections are hoping to reduce confusion around the vote counting process. Last year’s results were dogged nationally by unfounded allegations of election fraud and poor security. No major issues have been uncovered.

The Virginia Redistricting Commission has missed a final deadline to draw new state legislative maps, kicking the process to the Virginia Supreme Court.

Former President Barack Obama was in Richmond Saturday throwing his support behind Terry McAuliffe’s campaign.

Former and perhaps future Gov. Terry McAuliffe is not mincing his words on the COVID-19 vaccine, stamped the anti-vaxxer label on his opponent.

Election security has become a hot topic of discussion over the last few years. But election officials across the commonwealth have been making sure that elections, like the upcoming one for governor, are safe and secure.

Youngkin has faced a difficult dilemma from the outset of his campaign: turn out the reddest parts of the state without alienating suburbanites who have handed Democrats every statewide election since 2009.

In a meeting on Wednesday, the Virginia Redistricting Commission cancelled both of its remaining public hearings and meetings, citing a failure to agree on criteria for map drawing. Like in previous meetings, commissioners found themselves at a partisan stalemate.

We fact-checked an often-made Youngkin claim that Virginia has the lowest baselines for student proficiency on its standardized tests. This comparison only measures the rigor of various state standards, however, not how well students are learning.

If elected, Blanding would not only be the first Black woman to lead Virginia’s, or any state’s, executive branch, she would also be the first openly LGBTQIA+ person to occupy the office.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin is making baseless claims that his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, has urged the White House to ”sic the FBI” on Virginia parents attending local school board meetings.