Portsmouth, has set a Jan. 6 special election to fill the soon-to-be vacant seat of Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Richmond, clearing ...

The push comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Texas GOP, allowing them to use more favorable maps for ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A street next to Rivers Casino Portsmouth has been renamed in honor of Virginia State Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth). A ceremony was held over the weekend for the occasion, ...

Virginia Democrats are vowing to strike back after the Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Texas to use its newly drawn congressional map in the 2026 […] ...

Virginia State University (VSU) announced Virginia House Speaker Don Scott and State Senator Louise Lucas as commencement speakers for the Spring 2025 graduation ceremonies. Scott, the first African ...

PETERSBURG, Va. (WAVY) – Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott and Virginia Senator Louise Lucas are set to speak during Virginia State University’s (VSU) Spring 2025 Commencements. The university ...

A top state legislator took aim this week at fellow Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal, a candidate running to unseat U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans, giving ammunition to Republicans seeking to highlight divisions ...

Virginia Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas (D), a woman helping lead the charge to redraw the commonwealth’s congressional maps to favor Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, has used ...

Democrats on the state Senate Privileges and Elections Committee filed suit Tuesday over what they say is constitutional overreach by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration. It’s the latest escalation ...

Now that the push to move the Washington Capitals and Wizards teams to Virginia’s Alexandria area has been nixed — with owner Ted Leonsis calling himself political “collateral damage” in the deal — ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A special election to fill Lt. Gov.-elect Ghazala Hashmi’s seat in the Virginia Senate has been set ...