The 2025 Virginia Gubernatorial Election will be held on November 4th, 2025. Incumbent Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) is Term-Limited to Run for Re-Election.
Former U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (D) is the Democratic Nominee, and Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears (R) is the Republican nominee. If Elected, Earle-Sears would become the First Black Female Governor in U.S. history.
Both Spanberger and Earle-Sears Won their Parties' Nominations Unopposed. Whoever Wins the General Election will be Sworn in as the 75th Governor of Virginia on January 17th, 2026. This is the First Gubernatorial Election in Virginia, where both Major Party Nominees are Female. Virginia is One of 18 States that has never had a Female Governor.
Virginia is considered to be a Moderately Blue State at the Federal Level, with Kamala Harris (D) carrying Virginia by about Six Percentage Points in the 2024 Presidential Election, and the last time a Republican won a federal statewide race was in the 2004 presidential election. Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats and the Minimum Majority in both Houses of the Virginia General Assembly.
With the May 2025 death of Representative Gerry Connolly (D-11th Congressional District) Seat is currently Vacant, and neither Democrats nor Republicans hold a Majority in its U.S. Representative Virginia's Congressional Delegation, which as of May 21st, 2025, consists of Five Democrats, Five Republicans, and the Vacant Sseat, which is considered a reliably Blue 11th District.
However, Statewide Offices tend to be more Competitive as Republicans Flipped all Three Statewide Constitutional Offices in the 2021 Elections, all of which are up for Election in 2025.
Trump's (R) efforts to Shrink the Federal Workforce is considered to be a Potential Issue in the Election, given that many federal Workers live in Northern Virginia.[14]
Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears was initially viewed as the Presumptive Republican Nominee for Governor.
After Poor Initial Polling, and growing Dissatisfaction with the Lieutenant Governor in Factions of the Party, Earle-Sears drew Two Challengers: former State Senator Amanda Chase, and former State Delegate Dave LaRock. Both Challengers positioned themselves as more Loyal to Trump. Ultimately, Earle-Sears Won the Nomination Unopposed, as Chase and LaRock Failed to Qualify as neither of them gathered the Required Signatures to be on the Ballot.
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