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C.E. "Cliff" Hayes Jr.

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This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Democratic Delegate Cliff Hayes is running for reelection unopposed in HD-91.

Virginia's House District 91 spans portions of the cities of Chesapeake and Portsmouth. Inthe 2024 election it remained strongly Democratic by comfortable double-digit margins.

Incumbent Democratic Delegate C. E. “Cliff” Hayes Jr. has served in the House of Delegates since 2016. A lifelong Chesapeake resident with a background in information technology and public sector innovation, Hayes brings expertise from his time as CIO and his own consulting work. Hayes is seeking re-election in November 2025.
Committee Assignments: Appropriations (General Government and Capital Outlay Subcommittee Chair), Communications, Technology and Innovation (Chair), Health and Human Services, Rules


Constitutional Amendments
- Co-patroned a Constitutional Amendment to enshrine abortion rights in Virginia’s Constitution
- Co-patroned a Constitutional Amendment to restore voting rights to returning citizens
- Co-patroned a Constitutional Amendment to enshrine equal marriage rights in Virginia’s Constitution


Education
- Voted to raise teacher pay to the national average
- Voted to increase protections and support for cyberbullying
- Co-patroned a bill to authorize public colleges and universities to prohibit guns on school property
- Did not vote on a “forced-outing” bill targeting transgender students to avoid going on the record


Economy and Inflation
- Co-patroned a bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Co-patroned a bill to establish paid medical and family leave
- Co-patroned a bill to repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Co-patroned a bill to establish regulatory bodies for the cannabis industry in Virginia
- Voted to establish frameworks to preserve local housing
- Voted to establish the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act


Health and Human Services
Key legislation:
- Voted to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Voted to establish the right to access and use FDA-approved birth control
- Voted to require health insurance plans to cover birth control


Other Issues
- Voted to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and possession of assault-style weapons
- Voted to authorize Ranked Choice Voting for certain local elections
- Co-sponsored a bill to establish regulations for “high-risk” AI


Recommendation

This is an uncontested race. Based on his history of advocating for gun violence prevention, quality, affordable healthcare, and workers' rights, Delegate Cliff Hayes is a progressive candidate.
Last updated: 2025-09-22

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Federal

Governor

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Democrat

Abigail Spanberger

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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.
Last updated: 2025-09-24

Lieutenant Governor

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Democrat

Ghazala Hashmi

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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.
Last updated: 2025-09-24

Attorney General

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Democrat

Jay Jones

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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.
Last updated: 2025-09-24

House District 091

Delegate

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Democrat

C.E. "Cliff" Hayes Jr.

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Virginia’s new 91st House of Delegates district encompasses parts of Chesapeake City and parts of Portsmouth City. With almost 60,000 registered voters, this district leans strongly Democratic.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Democratic Delegate Cliff Hayes is running for reelection unopposed in HD-91.

Virginia's House District 91 spans portions of the cities of Chesapeake and Portsmouth. Inthe 2024 election it remained strongly Democratic by comfortable double-digit margins.

Incumbent Democratic Delegate C. E. “Cliff” Hayes Jr. has served in the House of Delegates since 2016. A lifelong Chesapeake resident with a background in information technology and public sector innovation, Hayes brings expertise from his time as CIO and his own consulting work. Hayes is seeking re-election in November 2025.
Committee Assignments: Appropriations (General Government and Capital Outlay Subcommittee Chair), Communications, Technology and Innovation (Chair), Health and Human Services, Rules


Constitutional Amendments
- Co-patroned a Constitutional Amendment to enshrine abortion rights in Virginia’s Constitution
- Co-patroned a Constitutional Amendment to restore voting rights to returning citizens
- Co-patroned a Constitutional Amendment to enshrine equal marriage rights in Virginia’s Constitution


Education
- Voted to raise teacher pay to the national average
- Voted to increase protections and support for cyberbullying
- Co-patroned a bill to authorize public colleges and universities to prohibit guns on school property
- Did not vote on a “forced-outing” bill targeting transgender students to avoid going on the record


Economy and Inflation
- Co-patroned a bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Co-patroned a bill to establish paid medical and family leave
- Co-patroned a bill to repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Co-patroned a bill to establish regulatory bodies for the cannabis industry in Virginia
- Voted to establish frameworks to preserve local housing
- Voted to establish the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act


Health and Human Services
Key legislation:
- Voted to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Voted to establish the right to access and use FDA-approved birth control
- Voted to require health insurance plans to cover birth control


Other Issues
- Voted to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and possession of assault-style weapons
- Voted to authorize Ranked Choice Voting for certain local elections
- Co-sponsored a bill to establish regulations for “high-risk” AI


Recommendation

This is an uncontested race. Based on his history of advocating for gun violence prevention, quality, affordable healthcare, and workers' rights, Delegate Cliff Hayes is a progressive candidate.
Last updated: 2025-09-22

City of Chesapeake

Depending on where you live, you may have the below races on your ballot.

Chesapeake Treasurer

No Recommendation

Chesapeake is an independent city located in Hampton Roads. It is surrounded by Norfolk and Portsmouth to the north, Suffolk to the west, and Virginia Beach to the east. It is the second most populous independent city in Virginia. The city has close to 175,000 registered voters. The city skews Republican, though it is considered a bellwether. 

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Republican Counsel to the Treasurer's Office Wendy Roenker is running unopposed for Treasurer in the City of Chesapeake.


Chesapeake is an independent city in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia, bounded by the Elizabeth River to the east and the Great Dismal Swamp to the west, covering about 338 square miles and home to approximately 255,000 residents. In the 2024 presidential election, Chesapeake voters supported the Democratic nominee by single-digits.

Democrat Corrie Kring holds a degree in accounting and business administration and worked in the Chesapeake Treasurer’s office for eight years. She has lived in Chesapeake for almost 20 years. She and her husband live in Great Bridge with their three children.


Republican Wendy Roenker has served as legal counsel to the Chesapeake City Treasurer for over 15 years. She also serves as a FOIA officer and has worked to streamline systems for better operational efficiency for constituents.


Recommendation

Because there is limited information found on the candidates’ policies or proposals, we cannot make a recommendation in this race. We urge you to contact the campaigns to ask about the issues that are important to you.
Last updated: 2025-09-24

Chesapeake Commonwealth's Attorney

No Recommendation

Chesapeake is an independent city located in Hampton Roads. It is surrounded by Norfolk and Portsmouth to the north, Suffolk to the west, and Virginia Beach to the east. It is the second most populous independent city in Virginia. The city has close to 175,000 registered voters. The city skews Republican, though it is considered a bellwether. 

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Republican career prosecutor David Mick is challenging incumbent Democratic Commonwealth's Attorney Matt Hamel in the City of Chesapeake.

Charlottesville is an independent city in central Virginia, entirely surrounded by Albemarle County in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, covering about 10 square miles with a population of roughly 45,000. In the 2024 election, Charlottesville voters overwhelmingly voted Democratic.

Incumbent Chesapeake Commonwealth’s Attorney Matthew Hamel was first elected in 2021. Prior to being elected, he served on the Chesapeake City Council. Hamel was also a Navy JAG Reservist attorney, as well as a former Navy JAG prosecutor. He previously ran as a Republican candidate. However, in 2024, he resigned from the local Republican party, stating it had “lost its way.” He is the founder of a law firm that focuses on military service-members and their spouses. Hamel and his wife have four children.


Republican David Mick is a lifelong resident of Hampton Roads. He started his career as a public defender, then served as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney and Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney in Chesapeake. Governor Glenn Younking appointed him to the Board of Juvenile Justice, where he still serves. He also serves on the Chesapeake Community Criminal Justice Board. David Mick advocates for expanding community outreach and partnerships to prevent crime and reduce recidivism rates.


Recommendation

Due to a lack of information available on the candidates’ policies or proposals, we do not have a recommendation in this race. However, we encourage you to cast your ballot in this election by writing in a candidate of your choosing and voting in the other offices.
Last updated: 2025-09-24