The 2025 governor's race between Spanberger and Earle-Sears offers both parties a chance to start charting a path forward after last year's 2024 presidential election.

Virginia Democratic lawmakers took the first big step of a complicated maneuver to redraw the state's congressional map before next year's midterm elections.

Former President Barack Obama will headline rallies Saturday for Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, corralling voters ahead of elections that may signal the national mood 10 months into Donald Trump’s second presidency and a year ahead of midterm elections that could reshape it.

It’s been 20 years since Virginia voters elected a slate of three statewide officials from different parties. The gradual tribalization of state politics has translated into more and more Virginians coming to the polls thinking of themselves as members of team red or team blue.

The candidates' focus on affordability could provide a future road map for the party, even as they’ve danced around trickier issues such as trans rights and immigration.

The Virginia Senate continues to debate a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the redrawing of the state's 11 congressional districts ahead of next year's midterm elections.

ABC's Martha Raddatz hosts Donna Brazile, Reince Priebus, Charles Lane, and Sarah Isgur to discuss the government shutdown and the upcoming elections in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City on "This Week" roundtable.

In Virginia, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger is emphasizing those issues as she makes a play for red-leaning rural voters on the campaign trail, giving her party a preview into this coalition expansion strategy ahead of next year’s midterms.