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.

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.

Five Democrats will compete in a firehouse primary Saturday for a Loudoun County state House seat, which Del. Kannan Srinivasan (D) is vacating after winning his party’s nomination last week for an open state Senate seat.

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.

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.

What's next for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, who says that former President Trump's decisive election victory earlier this month means he now has "a friend in the White House."

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

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.

Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail.

Virginia State Sen. Aaron Rouse along with state House Dels. Kelly Convirs-Fowler, Alex Askew and Michael Feggans are backing an effort to formalize Virginia Beach’s district-based election

A suspect is wanted on several charges after a high-speed pursuit, according to officials with the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office.

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