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Federal
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
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
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
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
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
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 050
This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Delegate Tommy Wright faces a challenge from Democrat Earnadette Farrar and Independent Trudy Berry in HD-50.
Virginia’s House District 50 covers all of Mecklenberg, Charlotte, and Lunenburg counties, as well as portions of Halifax and Prince Edward counties. In the 2024 election it leaned Republican by double-digit margins.
Virginia’s House District 50 covers all of Mecklenberg, Charlotte, and Lunenburg counties, as well as portions of Halifax and Prince Edward counties. In the 2024 election it leaned Republican by double-digit margins.
Democrat Earnadette Farrar is a Mecklenburg County native. She is an educator and holds a degree in Sociology, an M.S. in Curriculum, and M.S. in Guidance and Counseling, and Doctor of Education in Educational Administration.
Earnadette Farrar is a lifelong educator fighting for:
- Fully funded public schools
- Competitive pay for teachers and staff
- Safe, inclusive learning environments
- Broadband access for every child
- Support for mental health and social-emotional development
She pledges to:
- Support small businesses and local jobs
- Invest in roads, water, broadband, and infrastructure
- Strengthen job training and workforce pathways
- Boost agriculture, farmers, and green innovation
- Invest in smart land use and green jobs
Farrar advocates to:
- Expand access to local clinics and telehealth
- Defend Medicaid and lower drug costs
- Support mental health for seniors, students, and veterans
- Champion maternal health care and preventive services
She believes in:
- Support community-based policing
- Push for transparency and fairness in courts
- Install clean air and water protections
- Berry’s belief that the government should not interfere with reproductive healthcare decisions indicates she would vote in favor of HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution.
- Berry’s support for restoring voting rights to returning citizens via a Constitutional amendment indicates she would vote in favor of HJ 2, which would automatically restore voting rights to people upon release from incarceration.
- Berry’s belief in marriage equality indicates she would vote in favor of HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
Trudy Berry advocates for:
- Investing in school infrastructure
- Increasing teacher and staff pay
- Creating free student breakfast and lunch programs
- Diversifying education by better emphasizing trades training
Berry believes that all people need jobs that pay a living wage. She wants to target corporate greed and price gouging related to groceries, lower loan and credit card interest rates, and lower taxes for people and increase taxes for large corporations.
Berry believes the government should not interfere with anyone’s personal decision regarding gender identity. She notes high profits and CEO salaries as drivers of the high cost of healthcare.
Berry supports commonsense measures to address gun violence.
She is against landfills being constructed in culturally and historically significant rural communities that will host out-of-state trash.
She advocates for rooftop solar and solar canopies over parking lots to reduce consumer energy costs, but does not want the General Assembly to have unilateral power to establish and prescribe them.
- Voted against a bill to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution
- Voted against a Constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to returning citizens
- Voted against enshrining equal marriage rights in the Virginia Constitution
- Voted against a bill to raise teacher pay to the national average
- Voted for a “forced outing” bill targeting transgender students
- Voted against increasing protections and support for cyberbullying
- Voted against authorizing public colleges and universities to prohibit guns on school property
- Recorded as “Not Voting” on a bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Voted against a bill to establish paid family and medical leave
- Voted against a bill to repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Voted against establishing regulatory bodies to establish a Virginia cannabis industry
- Voted against prohibiting landlords from requiring tenants to pay extra fees
- Voted against establishing the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
- Voted against preserving local housing
- Recorded as “Not Voting” on a bill to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Voted against establishing the right to access and use FDA-approved birth control
- Voted against requiring insurance providers to cover birth control
- Voted against establishing regulations for “high-risk” AI
- Voted against authorizing Ranked Choice Voting for certain local elections
- Voted against a bill that would require secure storage of guns in households where children live
Earnadette Farrar is a lifelong educator fighting for:
- Fully funded public schools
- Competitive pay for teachers and staff
- Safe, inclusive learning environments
- Broadband access for every child
- Support for mental health and social-emotional development
She pledges to:
- Support small businesses and local jobs
- Invest in roads, water, broadband, and infrastructure
- Strengthen job training and workforce pathways
- Boost agriculture, farmers, and green innovation
- Invest in smart land use and green jobs
Farrar advocates to:
- Expand access to local clinics and telehealth
- Defend Medicaid and lower drug costs
- Support mental health for seniors, students, and veterans
- Champion maternal health care and preventive services
She believes in:
- Support community-based policing
- Push for transparency and fairness in courts
- Install clean air and water protections
- Berry’s belief that the government should not interfere with reproductive healthcare decisions indicates she would vote in favor of HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution.
- Berry’s support for restoring voting rights to returning citizens via a Constitutional amendment indicates she would vote in favor of HJ 2, which would automatically restore voting rights to people upon release from incarceration.
- Berry’s belief in marriage equality indicates she would vote in favor of HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
Trudy Berry advocates for:
- Investing in school infrastructure
- Increasing teacher and staff pay
- Creating free student breakfast and lunch programs
- Diversifying education by better emphasizing trades training
Berry believes that all people need jobs that pay a living wage. She wants to target corporate greed and price gouging related to groceries, lower loan and credit card interest rates, and lower taxes for people and increase taxes for large corporations.
Berry believes the government should not interfere with anyone’s personal decision regarding gender identity. She notes high profits and CEO salaries as drivers of the high cost of healthcare.
Berry supports commonsense measures to address gun violence.
She is against landfills being constructed in culturally and historically significant rural communities that will host out-of-state trash.
She advocates for rooftop solar and solar canopies over parking lots to reduce consumer energy costs, but does not want the General Assembly to have unilateral power to establish and prescribe them.
The Opposition
Incumbent Republican Delegate Tommy Wright has served in the House of Delegates since 2001. He was born in Richmond and holds a B.A. in political science from Old Dominion University. Delegate Wright previously served in the Lunenburg County Board. Key legislation:- Voted against a bill to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution
- Voted against a Constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to returning citizens
- Voted against enshrining equal marriage rights in the Virginia Constitution
- Voted against a bill to raise teacher pay to the national average
- Voted for a “forced outing” bill targeting transgender students
- Voted against increasing protections and support for cyberbullying
- Voted against authorizing public colleges and universities to prohibit guns on school property
- Recorded as “Not Voting” on a bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Voted against a bill to establish paid family and medical leave
- Voted against a bill to repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Voted against establishing regulatory bodies to establish a Virginia cannabis industry
- Voted against prohibiting landlords from requiring tenants to pay extra fees
- Voted against establishing the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
- Voted against preserving local housing
- Recorded as “Not Voting” on a bill to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Voted against establishing the right to access and use FDA-approved birth control
- Voted against requiring insurance providers to cover birth control
- Voted against establishing regulations for “high-risk” AI
- Voted against authorizing Ranked Choice Voting for certain local elections
- Voted against a bill that would require secure storage of guns in households where children live
Recommendation
As information on some candidates' stances and priorities was limited, we are unable to make a recommendation in this race. We encourage you to contact the candidates' offices and ask about the issues that matter to you most. Remember to vote in every race on your ballot.
Last updated: 2025-09-24