Twenty years ago, Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment that put a ban on same-sex marriage into the state constitution. That ban remains in the state constitution, even though federal court rulings have made it unenforceable.
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One audience member kisses another at the mention of marriage equality at a Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, rally in Henrico County featuring Pete Buttigieg and Democratic Virginia congressional candidates Shannon Taylor, Elaine Luria and Tom Perriello to drum up support heading into the midterms.
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Elizabeth Schultz and Christina Romers Brady are running in a Nov. 3 special election to complete a term on the Chesterfield School Board that ends Dec. 31, 2027.
The 5th district hosts a three-way race, with the Republican incumbent facing a former Democratic Congressman and an independent.
Former President Barack Obama is coming to Northern Virginia on Wednesday to help Democrats raise money for their intensifying bid to regain a majority in the U.S. Senate in next month's elections.
Virginia's 1st Congressional District, represented by Republican Rep. Rob Wittman for 19 years, is a "Red-to-Blue" target this year with big money backing Democratic challenger Shannon Taylor.
Virginia’s First Congressional District race is heating up this week as new forecasts show a shift for the left, making the district held by 19-year House veteran Rob Wittman a toss-up.
Sabato's Crystal Ball, a nationally watched political newsletter at the University of Virginia, shifted the outlook for three key Virginia congressional races toward Democrats on Tuesday.
Early voting in the 1st Congressional District leads the state for turnout, as the race between Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, and Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor emerges as a major battle in a national showdown.
Anne Holton and Jackie McDonnough are vying to represent the 6th District. Here's what each thinks about handling aging buildings, raising taxes and selling land to developers.
Elizabeth Schultz and Christina Romers Brady are running in a Nov. 3 special election to complete a term on the Chesterfield School Board that ends Dec. 31, 2027.
Homeland Security is defending its search of what it called "publicly available data" in personal voting records. Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones said the federal actions may violate state law.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones stepped into a national political spotlight on the eve of early voting for the next Congress by challenging President Donald Trump's administration for an undercover probe of state voter rolls that he said may be illegal.
This Election Day, Virginians will vote on whether to enshrine abortion rights and other reproductive freedoms in the state Constitution.
President Donald Trump held a Virginia call-in rally Thursday evening to encourage Virginians to vote for Republicans in the midterm elections.
Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor, who is running for Congress against Rep. Rob Wittman in the 1st Congressional District, released a new ad this week targeting former state Sen. Joe Morrissey.
U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, says that he, not Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor, has the political support of sheriffs across the 1st Congressional District.
More than 20 Virginia localities will ask voters this fall to approve an additional 1% sales tax to help pay for school construction and major renovations.
Former Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears returned to Capitol Square to call on Virginians to reject constitutional amendments on reproductive rights and same sex marriage in God’s name.
The man who could be Speaker of the House, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, swung by Glen Allen to help Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor flip a key Democratic Party target.
Former Virginia Senate Republican leader Tommy Norment is crossing the party aisle to endorse U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., for re-election to the U.S. Senate. Norment, who retired in 2024 after 32 years in the Senate, is among five former Republican leaders who endorsed Warner on Wednesday in his bid for a fourth and, he says, final term.
On the eve of Election Day, U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson joined Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, and former Gov. Glenn Youngkin for a rally in Henrico supporting Wittman’s reelection.
