New Jersey and Virginia have a long standing pattern of electing governors from the party opposite from the sitting president.

BRITE Bus, a transit service that goes through Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro, will be fare-free Tuesday, Nov. 4, for Election Day. WDBJ7 Political Analyst Bob Denton said early voting is growing across the Commonwealth with both parties now embracing the practice.

Virginia will elect its first female governor tonight, in a race between Democratic former Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. Republicans were hopeful that the party’s momentum from the 2024 election,

Lawmakers passed a constitutional amendment that would allow them to bypass the state's bipartisan redistricting commission before the midterm elections.

Democrats completed a clean statewide sweep in Virginia on Tuesday night, as former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears for governor, Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Richmond, topped conservative talk-show host John Reid in the lieutenant governor’s race,