Virginia’s major political parties both enter 2025 election with new leadership (WVTF)

With all 100 House of Delegates seats and the Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General's offices on the line, University of Mary Washington political science professor Stephen Farnsworth said both parties want to make an example out of Virginia ahead of 2026. "The reality is Virginia always has an outsized national profile because we’re the first real leading political indicator for the congressional midterms to come," he said. Virginia’s major political parties both enter 2025 election with new leadership (WVTF)