Spanberger becomes the state’s first female governor. She beat Republican opponent Winsome Earle-Sears, the state’s lieutenant-governor, 54.9 per cent to 44.9 per cent with 35 per cent of the vote counted, according to the AP.

Democrats completed a clean statewide sweep in Virginia on Tuesday night, as former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears for governor, Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Richmond, topped conservative talk-show host John Reid in the lieutenant governor’s race,

As polls close in Virginia, tight races in key districts like House Districts 21, 22, and 65 could determine control of the House of Delegates. With only a slim margin separating parties and the lieutenant governor holding a tiebreaking vote in the Senate,

WDBJ7 Political Analyst Bob Denton said early voting is growing across the Commonwealth with both parties now embracing the practice.

The challenge for Republican gubernatorial candidates will be building on the gains Trump made in blue-leaning New Jersey and Virginia last year.

Election results will roll in at different times tonight and into tomorrow as key races unfold across the country. Why it matters: Tuesday night's elections are expected to be a referendum on President Trump's first few months in office and a potential sign of what's to come in the 2026 midterms.

Over 1.4 million early votes were cast in Virginia as of Nov. 2, which is almost 300,000 more than the 2021 election, according to data from the Virginia Public Access Project.

Ken Sutton remembers marching with Jesse Jackson as a teenager, speaking out against supermarket redlining in Chicago. “As a 15-year-old, I didn’t know