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Virginia Elections 2025: Polls close, results coming in across the Commonwealth
Polls are open across Virginia as voters cast ballots in races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, House of Delegates seats, and local offices statewide. Here's everything you need to know on Election Day.
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Virginia’s elections Tuesday offered a national barometer measuring what critical swing-state voters think about the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term and GOP control in Washington, as well as in the Virginia governor’s office.
Results timing: In 2024, 87 percent of votes were reported by midnight on election night, and 96 percent were reported by noon the next day. A small share of voters cast ballots by mail, which must be postmarked by Election Day and arrive within three days.
In Virginia, voters have a mix of local concerns and national topics on their minds. One October survey from the Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University found that likely voters were in particular thinking about democracy,
Virginia Beach Sheriff Rocky Holcomb, 57, has been reelected. He was leading by more than 30,000 votes at 9:15 p.m., according to unofficial results reported to the state.
Voters in the state will elect a new governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. All 100 House of Delegates seats are also on the ballot.
See the live race results in the major races in the 2025 elections, including New York City mayor and the Virginia and New Jersey races for governor.
Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat and former Virginia congresswoman, has for months been favored over her Republican opponent, Winsome Earle-Sears, the current lieutenant governor. But a texting scandal involving the Democratic candidate for attorney general has added a degree of unpredictability in the race’s final weeks.
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