Saturday’s election is part of a flurry of nominating contests set in motion when state Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Loudoun) won the 10th Congressional District seat.

Feggans, a Democrat, will face former Del. Tim Anderson, a Republican, who decided to run in an effort to flip the Democratic-controlled majority in the House.

What's next for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, who says that former President Trump's decisive election victory earlier this month means he now has "a friend in the White House."

Low-turnout special elections can be unpredictable. Just last year, Democrats were able to flip a red seat blue in Hampton Roads. Now, Republicans are hoping they'll be able to pull off a similar upset victory in Northern Virginia.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin backed Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears for governor ahead of the 2025 gubernatorial contest.

The state will also soon hold an election for the seat being vacated by state Sen. John J. McGuire III, though no date is set.

A special election will take place on January 7, 2025, to fill the Virginia Senate seat in the 32nd District, which has become vacant following the resignation of Suhas Subramanyam. Subramanyam, who served in the Virginia Senate,

The overall 2024 turnout rate was just over 69%, the lowest for a presidential election since 2000, according to ELECT. That year George W. Bush and Al Gore were on the ballot.

The online panel was hosted by the Virginia Public Access Project and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

While most states have time to breathe after presidential elections, Virginia has what are known as off-year elections.

Even though Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election, she secured a win against former President Donald Trump in Virginia. Nonetheless, the race was closer than it was in 2020.

The open seat in Loudoun County is normally blue, but the stakes are high as Democrats defend their slim majority in the chamber.