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New Jersey and Virginia have a long standing pattern of electing governors from the party opposite from the sitting president.
Virginians will elect their first female governor in the state's history, in a competition between Abigail Spanberger and Winsome Earle-Sears.
Election Day has arrived, and WHSV is your one-stop shop for all the latest updates throughout the night. Outgoing Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin held a news conference Wednesday morning. As voters turned out to the polls for Election Day on Tuesday, that group included students at James Madison University.
Lawmakers passed a constitutional amendment that would allow them to bypass the state's bipartisan redistricting commission before the midterm elections.
A "yes" vote supports allowing the state legislature to conduct congressional redistricting between January 1, 2025, and October 31, 2030. A "no" vote opposes allowing the state legislature to conduct congressional redistricting between January 1,