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]
10th Senate district
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]
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]
| 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]
| 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]
| 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
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]
| 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
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
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
Incumbent Republican Attorney General, Jason Miyares, ran for re-election, but lost to Democratic nominee Jay Jones by 6.69%.[16][17]