Virginia 2025 election results: Democrats projected to sweep 3 statewide races

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Democrat Abigail Spanberger was the projected victor of the governor's race.

November 4, 2025, 10:40 PM

ABC News projects Democrat Abigail Spanberger volition triumph the intimately watched governor's race, besting Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and becoming the archetypal pistillate elected politician of Virginia.

With conscionable nether fractional of the expected ballot reporting, Spanberger, a erstwhile U.S. typical who had maintained a accordant pb successful the polls starring up to Election Day, was starring Earle-Sears by astir 10 points -- 55% to 44%.

ABC News besides projected a triumph for Democrat Ghazala Hashmi successful the intimately watched contention for lieutenant politician and for Democrat Jay Jones successful the contention for lawyer general.

"Tonight we sent a message," Spanberger said to a cheering assemblage of supporters.

She added, "We sent a connection to the full satellite that successful 2025 Virginia chose pragmatism implicit partisanship. We chose our commonwealth implicit chaos."

Republicans had hoped to support the governorship -- presently held by term-limited Gov. Glenn Youngkin -- successful their hands, portion Democrats aimed to capitalize connected backlash to national authorities layoffs, which person been profoundly felt successful Virginia.

The results of the Virginia gubernatorial predetermination -- which comes successful an predetermination off-year -- is viewed arsenic a governmental bellwether for competitory races successful the midterms the pursuing year.

The governor's contention is of peculiar involvement this twelvemonth due to the fact that Virginia is location to much than 300,000 national workers, galore of whom were apt affected by efforts made by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency to slash the national workforce and the existent authorities shutdown.

According to preliminary ABC exit canvass data, astir fractional of Virginia voters said that the system was the astir important contented facing the Commonwealth, and astir Virginia voters said national authorities cuts are affecting their finances.

Spanberger’s triumph whitethorn beryllium seen arsenic a referendum connected Trump's 2nd word successful a authorities that helium mislaid 3 times by sizeable margins.

Both candidates discussed issues specified arsenic energy, education, and migration enforcement connected the way and during their statement successful October.

Down the ballot, authorities Sen. Ghazala Hashmi was the projected victor implicit Republican John Reid in the contention for lieutenant governor, which is voted connected separately from governor.

With her projected win, Hashmi is the archetypal Muslim pistillate elected statewide successful the U.S., her run said.

In the contention for lawyer general, Democratic campaigner and erstwhile House of Delegates subordinate Jay Jones was projected to triumph implicit Republican incumbent Jason Miyares.

Jones had faced calls from Republicans to driblet retired of the contention successful October aft Jones' caller texting scandal, successful which helium was revealed to person called for unit against a Republican lawmaker. Jones has apologized for the texts and said helium volition beryllium "accountable for my mistakes."