Saturday’s election is part of a flurry of nominating contests set in motion when state Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Loudoun) won the 10th Congressional District seat.

Former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House following the Nov. 5 election is already sending ripples through Virginia politics and setting the stage for an intense 2025 election cycle in the commonwealth.

At 27, Samirah was the youngest member of the General Assembly when he entered the House of Delegates in 2019. He told Radio IQ that win was a result of generational change in politics, and his primary loss in 2021 was the result of that same generational change not taking root.

Feggans, a Democrat, will face former Del. Tim Anderson, a Republican, who decided to run in an effort to flip the Democratic-controlled majority in the House.

Low-turnout special elections can be unpredictable. Just last year, Democrats were able to flip a red seat blue in Hampton Roads. Now, Republicans are hoping they'll be able to pull off a similar upset victory in Northern Virginia.

A special election will take place on January 7, 2025, to fill the Virginia Senate seat in the 32nd District, which has become vacant following the resignation of Suhas Subramanyam. Subramanyam, who served in the Virginia Senate,

The online panel was hosted by the Virginia Public Access Project and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

The overall 2024 turnout rate was just over 69%, the lowest for a presidential election since 2000, according to ELECT. That year George W. Bush and Al Gore were on the ballot.

They're known as party canvasses or unassembled caucuses or sometimes firehouse primaries. They nominate candidates in a process that is run by party leaders rather than election officials. They rarely happen for regularly scheduled elections because of requirements for participation of overseas and military voters.

By running for reelection, Miyares avoids a potentially expensive and bruising gubernatorial primary with a fellow Republican, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican who has embraced prosecutions against election fraud and other conservative causes, said Monday that he will seek reelection next year, dispelling speculation of a potential gubernatorial bid.

The open seat in Loudoun County is normally blue, but the stakes are high as Democrats defend their slim majority in the chamber.