Virginia Politics



This extraordinary special session has now gone on longer than the 46-day regular session set to begin in January.

While the president knocks Ralph Northam on abortion and guns, his campaign isn’t airing ads in the Old Dominion.

Ralph Northam (D) said he lost his sense of smell over the weekend but hopes to end his isolation next week. He called the president’s “Don’t be afraid of Covid” message “irresponsible.”

Del. Delores McQuinn wanted local leaders to be able to act quickly, particularly amid unrest.

Five Democrats and four Republicans seek to replace Lt. Gov. Fairfax (D), with several more potential candidates considering bids.

Republicans have been the main beneficiaries of partisan redistricting in recent years.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and his wife tested positive a week before President Trump. Health officials now must work to trace every contact the two had made.

The Colonial Heights Republican filed paperwork to establish a campaign committee.

Alliance Defending Freedom contends in two suits that the law tramples on religious freedom.

The Post newsroom is compiling everywhere voters can cast their ballot in the Washington region this election cycle.

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They were tested after a member of the Executive Mansion staff had developed symptoms and received a positive test result.

Spurred by a historic year, people in their 20s and 30s are volunteering in record numbers.

Roberta Marciano is one of three former campaign staffers implicated in the 2018 scandal.

The lost Monacan tribal capital is slated for development as a water-pumping facility.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam proposed a plan to restructure higher-education debt to ease the financial strain on public universities during the pandemic, leveraging the state's AAA bond rating to help schools.

Voters in some localities say they’re confused by conflicting instructions. Elections officials say new requirements from the General Assembly and courts came late in the season.

House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn blasted Del. Thomas Wright for not alerting those he may have exposed in Richmond.

The Newport News rally is intended to reach voters across the border, a Trump campaign official says.

Economic struggles have pushed Danville, Va., to confront its history.

A state that was a critical battleground for the past three cycles has gotten less love in 2020.

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