The Democratic National Committee announced it is unloading $1.5 million into its Virginia operation Tuesday. Virginia will hold several statewide elections in 2025, including a gubernatorial race and for seats in the House of Delegates.

The poll also finds that Democrats in blue-leaning Virginia also back Democrat candidates in down-ticket races.

The news out of Virginia is bleak. After four years of solid leadership from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, the Virginia GOP is poised to lose every major statewide race this November. New polling released by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) on Thursday reveals a grim reality for Republicans as gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears trails former Democratic Rep.

Democrat and Republican nominees for Virginia governor are exceeding fundraising records as campaigns prepare for a high-stakes election.

Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is outraising her Republican opponent Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears by nearly 2-to-1 last quarter, entering the final four months of Virginia’s statewide election season with more than triple the cash on hand.

Though Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has not said whether he is planning a run for president in 2028, he said during the Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner on Thursday that he supports keeping the Iowa caucuses first in the nation.

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears hoped winning the Republican nomination for governor of Virginia last month would help her party move past a primary season defined by lurid sex scandals and a boiling MAGA turf war.

News 3 interviewed both of the nominees in Virginia's governor's race: Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger.

Virginia Democrats have a broad fundraising lead over Republicans in closely watched off-year elections, with national money flowing in.

As the headlining speaker of the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin told a crowd of more than 200 people how he became Virginia's first statewide-elected Republican in 12 years and how Republicans can gain more ground in traditionally blue states.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Thursday night headlined an annual dinner for the Iowa GOP, a traditional stepping-off point for presidential campaigns.