2025 Virginia elections

On January 7, 2025, special elections were held for the 32nd Senate district, the 10th Senate district, and the 26th House of Delegates district. 10th Senate district 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. 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. Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on November 16, 2024. 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. 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. == 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. Spanberger defeated Earle-Sears by 15.36%. == 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. State Senator Ghazala Hashmi was the Democratic nominee and former radio host John Reid was the Republican nominee. Hashmi defeated Reid by 11.56%. == Attorney General ==

Incumbent Republican Attorney General, Jason Miyares, ran for re-election, but lost to Democratic nominee Jay Jones by 6.69%. == House of Delegates ==

All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election. The chamber had been controlled by the Democratic Party, holding a majority of two seats. Primary elections took place on June 17, 2025. The Virginia Senate is not up for election until 2027. == Aftermath ==

The landslide victories for Democrats caused internal fighting among Virginian Republicans. The scale of Democratic victory was unexpected both for Republicans and Democrats. == References ==