City of Colonial Heights

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Republican incumbent Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears and former Democratic US Representative Abigail Spanberger will face each other in the general election for Governor of Virginia.

The Democratic nominee for Governor, Abigail Spanberger actually fights to expand healthcare and reproductive freedom instead of rolling over when conservatives threaten to restrict abortion rights. She’s committed to investing in clean energy, holding polluters accountable, and reducing energy costs for working families. Her gun-safety agenda goes far beyond “thoughts and prayers,” taking on the NRA head-on instead of cashing their donation checks. Spanberger’s pragmatic progressive vision gives suburban moderates and left-leaners tired of corporate centrism and culture-war theatrics a real reason to show up.

The Opposition

The Republican nominee for Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears is all about slashing taxes for big corporations while telling unemployed workers that losing a job is “no big deal.” She grandstands against critical race theory and “woke” classrooms to score culture-war points instead of tackling real education challenges. By waving her Marine Corps credentials, she sells herself as the ultimate tough-on-crime candidate, conveniently ignoring how lax gun laws endanger communities. Her true believers are MAGA zealots who think banning books, rolling back reproductive freedoms, and erasing civil liberties are more important than looking out for working families.

Recommendation

Due to her advocacy for abortion access, gun violence prevention, and clean energy, Abigail Spanberger is the progressive candidate in this race.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Democratic Virginia State Senator Ghazala Hashmi and Republican John Reid will face each other in the general election for Lt. Governor of Virginia.

The Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor, Ghazala Hashmi is fighting to pump real money into public schools instead of the right’s perennial budget cuts and culture-war book bans. She defends reproductive freedom and Medicaid expansion for working families while conservatives keep dialing back healthcare access and waving anti-abortion placards. Her clean-energy agenda and environmental-justice bills actually target polluters, not the customary GOP handouts to pipeline lobbyists. Dreamers, suburban progressives fed up with partisan hijinks, and anyone who’d trade culture-war theatrics for equity and opportunity will cheer her unapologetic stand for Virginia’s working families.

The Opposition

The Republican nominee for Lt. Governor, John Reid is a self-styled small-government crusader who’ll happily cut taxes for wealthy donors while pretending he’s doing the same for working Virginians. He rails against “woke” curriculum and critical race theory, because apparently teaching actual American history is more offensive to him than runaway inequality. He touts law-and-order credentials and celebrity as a conservative radio host, hawking gun rights like they’re the ultimate public-safety strategy. He even plans to torpedo constitutional protections for same-sex marriage, proving that an openly gay candidate will stab his own community in the back for party unity, the perfect pick for culture-war diehards who prefer corporate giveaways to real solutions for working families.

Recommendation

Due to her advocacy for public education, abortion access, and environmental justice, Ghazala Hashmi is the progressive candidate in this race.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares faces a challenge from former Democratic Virginia State Delegate Jay Jones.

The Democratic nominee for Attorney General, Jay Jones has pledged to sue the Trump administration every time it infringes on the rights of Virginians. He’s secured victories for abortion access, expanded Medicaid to cover thousands more Virginians, and even wrote anti-price-gouging measures to keep corporate vultures in check. His public-safety plan pairs smart gun-violence prevention and community-based crime interventions rather than recycling the right’s tired “lock ’em up” mantra for political ads. Grassroots progressives, consumer-rights advocates, and anyone sick of endless culture-war stunts will line up behind a candidate who actually puts families over fear-mongering theatrics.

The Opposition

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares cozies up to ICE, shaming local authorities who don’t cooperate with Trump’s policies of mass deportation, because terrorizing immigrant families is apparently his idea of due process. He grandstands on opioid crackdowns but turns a blind eye to corporate-friendly loopholes that keep the drug pipeline flowing. He bills himself as a federalism champion when suing Washington over environmental rules, conveniently ignoring states’ rights whenever big donors flash a check. His true believers are tough-on-crime zealots who think more ICE raids, harsher sentencing, and tax cuts for the wealthy are the pinnacle of compassionate governance.

Recommendation

Due to his advocacy for abortion access, gun violence prevention, and Medicaid coverage, Jay Jones is the progressive candidate in this race.

Virginia’s new House of Delegates 4th District encompasses parts of Alexandria City and Fairfax County. With almost 49,000 registered voters, this district leans strongly Democratic.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Democratic House of Delegates Majority Leader Charniele Herring is running for reelection unopposed in HD-4.

Virginia’s House District 4 encompasses portions of Alexandria City and adjacent Fairfax County suburbs along the western edge of Alexandria. In the 2024 election Democratic presidential and senatorial nominees carried the district by comfortable double-digit margins.

Leader Charniele Herring was first elected to the General Assembly in 2009. In 2020, she became the first woman and African American to serve as House Majority Leader. She and her mother became homeless while Herring was a teenager. They stayed in a shelter while she attended school and her mother searched for work. Herring earned a degree in Economics from George Mason University and earned a JD from Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law. After law school, she worked at the oldest African-American-owned firm in Greater Washington and now runs her own mediation practice, Herring Resolutions.
Committee Assignments: Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources; Health and Human Services, Labor and Commerce (Subcommittees #4 Chair), Rules (Standards of Conduct Subcommittee Chair)

Leader Herring championed the Virginia Clean Slate Act and Writ of Actual Innocence legislation, legalized marijuana with reinvestment in disproportionately harmed communities, and co-patroned the bill to abolish the death penalty.
She founded the Virginia Legislative Reproductive Health Caucus, fought forced ultrasound mandates, sponsored the Reproductive Health Protection Act to repeal medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion, and created the Virginia Maternal Health Data Task Force to address maternal health disparities.
She established the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice, sponsored the Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act to bring Virginia into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, supports alternative energy, and opposes offshore drilling.
She supports statewide funding to provide quality pre-kindergarten in every community, advocates for allowing schools to tailor instruction to individual students’ strengths and interests, and proposes raising teacher salaries.
She authored the first-ever sexual and domestic violence prevention fund in Virginia to expand services and support for survivors.
She co-patroned the proposed Constitutional Amendments protecting reproductive freedom and marriage equality, automatically restoring voting rights to people upon release from incarceration.

Recommendation

This is an uncontested race. Based on her impressive track record in office and strong community values, Leader Charniele Herring is a progressive candidate.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Delegate Mike Cherry faces a challenge from Democrat Jonas Eppert in HD-74.

Virginia’s House District 74 covers portions of Chesterfield County and the City of Colonial Heights in Central Virginia’s capital region. In the 2024 election it leaned Republican by single-digit margins.

Jonas J. Eppert is a Florida-born environmental specialist and renewable-minded public servant running as the Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 74th House District in November 2025. A graduate of the University of Central Florida and Powhatan County’s Environmental Coordinator, he prioritizes affordable healthcare, fully funded schools, environmental protection, and reducing everyday costs for families. Committed to transparency and term limits, Eppert enters the race against the Republican incumbent, Mike Cherry, in a key swing district.

Constitutional Amendments
Eppert will support  HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution.

Education
Jonas Eppert pledges to invest in public schools, including teachers, classrooms, and students. He supports free school meals for all students.

Economy and Inflation
Eppert prioritizes addressing the financial burdens of families, including high costs for groceries, gas, and utilities. He advocates for putting people ahead of corporate interests.

He currently serves as the Environmental Coordinator for Powhatan County, focusing on promoting sustainable development that preserves the community's local character. He pledges to strengthen worker protections, including salary transparency.

Health and Human Services
Eppert pledges to lower healthcare costs, including prescription drug prices and out-of-pocket expenses. He also advocates for a state-run insurance option.

Other Issues
Eppert will fight to hold polluters accountable and expand cost-sharing programs so farmers can invest in conservation. He also pledges to protect immigrant families and push for a fair and equitable Virginia for all.

The Opposition

Incumbent Republican Delegate Mike Cherry was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2021. He previously served on the Colonial Heights City Council. He holds a B.S. from Liberty University and an M.S. in Education from Regent University. He served as the Head of School at Life Christian Academy. Delegate Cherry and his wife have two children. 

Delegate Cherry voted against the Constitutional Amendments to enshrine abortion rights, to restore voting rights to returning citizens, and to enshrine equal marriage rights.

He voted against raising teacher pay, authorizing public colleges and universities to prohibit guns on school property, increasing the minimum wage, establishing paid family and medical leave, and repealing prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees. Additionally, he has voted against tenants' rights bills, affordable healthcare bills, and a bill establishing regulations for “high-risk” AI.

Recommendation

Based on his commitment to supporting quality public education, environmental protection, and access to affordable healthcare, Jonas Eppert is the progressive candidate in this race.