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This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Republican incumbent Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears and former Democratic US Representative Abigail Spanberger will face each other in the general election for Governor of Virginia.

The Democratic nominee for Governor, Abigail Spanberger actually fights to expand healthcare and reproductive freedom instead of rolling over when conservatives threaten to restrict abortion rights. She’s committed to investing in clean energy, holding polluters accountable, and reducing energy costs for working families. Her gun-safety agenda goes far beyond “thoughts and prayers,” taking on the NRA head-on instead of cashing their donation checks. Spanberger’s pragmatic progressive vision gives suburban moderates and left-leaners tired of corporate centrism and culture-war theatrics a real reason to show up.

The Opposition

The Republican nominee for Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears is all about slashing taxes for big corporations while telling unemployed workers that losing a job is “no big deal.” She grandstands against critical race theory and “woke” classrooms to score culture-war points instead of tackling real education challenges. By waving her Marine Corps credentials, she sells herself as the ultimate tough-on-crime candidate, conveniently ignoring how lax gun laws endanger communities. Her true believers are MAGA zealots who think banning books, rolling back reproductive freedoms, and erasing civil liberties are more important than looking out for working families.

Recommendation

Due to her advocacy for abortion access, gun violence prevention, and clean energy, Abigail Spanberger is the progressive candidate in this race.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Democratic Virginia State Senator Ghazala Hashmi and Republican John Reid will face each other in the general election for Lt. Governor of Virginia.

The Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor, Ghazala Hashmi is fighting to pump real money into public schools instead of the right’s perennial budget cuts and culture-war book bans. She defends reproductive freedom and Medicaid expansion for working families while conservatives keep dialing back healthcare access and waving anti-abortion placards. Her clean-energy agenda and environmental-justice bills actually target polluters, not the customary GOP handouts to pipeline lobbyists. Dreamers, suburban progressives fed up with partisan hijinks, and anyone who’d trade culture-war theatrics for equity and opportunity will cheer her unapologetic stand for Virginia’s working families.

The Opposition

The Republican nominee for Lt. Governor, John Reid is a self-styled small-government crusader who’ll happily cut taxes for wealthy donors while pretending he’s doing the same for working Virginians. He rails against “woke” curriculum and critical race theory, because apparently teaching actual American history is more offensive to him than runaway inequality. He touts law-and-order credentials and celebrity as a conservative radio host, hawking gun rights like they’re the ultimate public-safety strategy. He even plans to torpedo constitutional protections for same-sex marriage, proving that an openly gay candidate will stab his own community in the back for party unity, the perfect pick for culture-war diehards who prefer corporate giveaways to real solutions for working families.

Recommendation

Due to her advocacy for public education, abortion access, and environmental justice, Ghazala Hashmi is the progressive candidate in this race.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares faces a challenge from former Democratic Virginia State Delegate Jay Jones.

The Democratic nominee for Attorney General, Jay Jones has pledged to sue the Trump administration every time it infringes on the rights of Virginians. He’s secured victories for abortion access, expanded Medicaid to cover thousands more Virginians, and even wrote anti-price-gouging measures to keep corporate vultures in check. His public-safety plan pairs smart gun-violence prevention and community-based crime interventions rather than recycling the right’s tired “lock ’em up” mantra for political ads. Grassroots progressives, consumer-rights advocates, and anyone sick of endless culture-war stunts will line up behind a candidate who actually puts families over fear-mongering theatrics.

The Opposition

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares cozies up to ICE, shaming local authorities who don’t cooperate with Trump’s policies of mass deportation, because terrorizing immigrant families is apparently his idea of due process. He grandstands on opioid crackdowns but turns a blind eye to corporate-friendly loopholes that keep the drug pipeline flowing. He bills himself as a federalism champion when suing Washington over environmental rules, conveniently ignoring states’ rights whenever big donors flash a check. His true believers are tough-on-crime zealots who think more ICE raids, harsher sentencing, and tax cuts for the wealthy are the pinnacle of compassionate governance.

Recommendation

Due to his advocacy for abortion access, gun violence prevention, and Medicaid coverage, Jay Jones is the progressive candidate in this race.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Democratic Delegate Alfonso Lopez is running for reelection unopposed in HD-3.

Virginia’s House District 3 stretches across much of the City of Alexandria and Arlington County. In the 2024 election Democratic presidential and senatorial nominees carried the district by comfortable double-digit margins.

Alfonso Lopez has represented Arlington in the House of Delegates since 2012 and served as Democratic Whip from 2016 to 2022. Outside elected office, he served as a political appointee in the Obama Administration and as Director of the Virginia Liaison Office in Washington, D.C., where he directed and supervised all Congressional and Federal Relations for the Commonwealth under Governor Tim Kaine. He graduated from Vassar College and holds a law degree from Tulane University Law School. He and his wife, live in Arlington along the Columbia Pike corridor with their sons.

Committee Assignments: Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (Chair), Communications, Technology and Innovation, Labor and Commerce (Subcommittee #2 Chair), Public Safety

Delegate Lopez created the Virginia Affordable Housing Trust Fund to prevent evictions and bolster rental assistance and has sponsored bills to strengthen tenant rights.

He considers his signature issue expanding educational opportunities for undocumented and mixed-status families in Virginia like his own. In 2020, he passed the Virginia Dream Act to grant in-state tuition to all Virginia students, regardless of immigration status.

He has also successfully passed legislation protecting undocumented survivors and witnesses of crimes from having to reveal their immigration statuses to the police, repealing mandatory immigration reporting provisions for law enforcement, and ensuring that Emergency Medicaid covers undocumented Virginians for COVID treatment, testing, and vaccinations.

He served as one of the chief negotiators of the Virginia Clean Economy Act and successfully won passage of his bill to overhaul Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay watershed policy, which dedicated $800 million in funding toward keeping harmful pollutants out of the Bay.

He co-patroned the proposed Constitutional Amendments ensuring access to abortion and reproductive freedom, protecting marriage equality, and automatically restoring voting rights to people upon release from incarceration.

Recommendation

This is an uncontested race. Based on his impressive track record of progressive leadership while in office, Incumbent Democratic Delegate Alfonso Lopez is a progressive candidate.

Virginia’s new House of Delegates 4th District encompasses parts of Alexandria City and Fairfax County. With almost 49,000 registered voters, this district leans strongly Democratic.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Democratic House of Delegates Majority Leader Charniele Herring is running for reelection unopposed in HD-4.

Virginia’s House District 4 encompasses portions of Alexandria City and adjacent Fairfax County suburbs along the western edge of Alexandria. In the 2024 election Democratic presidential and senatorial nominees carried the district by comfortable double-digit margins.

Leader Charniele Herring was first elected to the General Assembly in 2009. In 2020, she became the first woman and African American to serve as House Majority Leader. She and her mother became homeless while Herring was a teenager. They stayed in a shelter while she attended school and her mother searched for work. Herring earned a degree in Economics from George Mason University and earned a JD from Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law. After law school, she worked at the oldest African-American-owned firm in Greater Washington and now runs her own mediation practice, Herring Resolutions.
Committee Assignments: Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources; Health and Human Services, Labor and Commerce (Subcommittees #4 Chair), Rules (Standards of Conduct Subcommittee Chair)

Leader Herring championed the Virginia Clean Slate Act and Writ of Actual Innocence legislation, legalized marijuana with reinvestment in disproportionately harmed communities, and co-patroned the bill to abolish the death penalty.
She founded the Virginia Legislative Reproductive Health Caucus, fought forced ultrasound mandates, sponsored the Reproductive Health Protection Act to repeal medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion, and created the Virginia Maternal Health Data Task Force to address maternal health disparities.
She established the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice, sponsored the Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act to bring Virginia into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, supports alternative energy, and opposes offshore drilling.
She supports statewide funding to provide quality pre-kindergarten in every community, advocates for allowing schools to tailor instruction to individual students’ strengths and interests, and proposes raising teacher salaries.
She authored the first-ever sexual and domestic violence prevention fund in Virginia to expand services and support for survivors.
She co-patroned the proposed Constitutional Amendments protecting reproductive freedom and marriage equality, automatically restoring voting rights to people upon release from incarceration.

Recommendation

This is an uncontested race. Based on her impressive track record in office and strong community values, Leader Charniele Herring is a progressive candidate.

Virginia’s new House of Delegates 6th District encompasses parts of Fairfax County. With almost 68,000 registered voters, this district leans strongly Democratic.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Democratic Delegate Rip Sullivan faces a challenge from Republican Kristin Hoffman in HD-6.

Virginia’s House District 6 lies entirely within Fairfax County in Northern Virginia, encompassing suburban communities west of Arlington and adjacent to the Potomac River. In the 2024 election Democratic presidential and senatorial nominees carried the district by comfortable double-digit margins.

Incumbent Democrat Delegate Rip Sullivan was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2014. He graduated from Amherst College, and then received his law degree from the University of Virginia. Delegate Sullivan is a partner at Bean Kinney & Korman, P.C. in Arlington. Prior to serving in the House of Delegates, he served on several boards and commissions. He is the father of four, all who graduated from Fairfax County public schools. He is also the grandfather to six grandchildren.
Committee Assignments: Courts of Justice, Finance (Vice Chair, Subcommittee #3 Chair), Labor and Commerce (Subcommittee #3 Chair), Rules

Key Legislation

- Voted in 2024 to increase teacher pay to the national average
- Voted in 2025 to increase protections and support for cyberbullying
- Authored and fought for the Virginia Clean Economy Act
- Voted in favor of a bill to increase minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Voted in favor of paid family and medical leave 
- Co-sponsored a bill to repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Co-sponsored the G3 Fund and Program
- Voted in favor of a bill to establish the right to access and use FDA-approved birth control
- Voted in favor of a bill to require state health insurance plans to cover all FDA-approved birth control
- Co-sponsored a bill to establish Gun Free Zones in Capitol Square and public institutions of higher education
- Co-sponsored a bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or possession of assault-style weapons
- Introduced and passed Virginia’s extreme risk protection law
- Patroned a bill to increase compensation for wrongful incarceration, which was signed into law

Delegate Sullivan co-patroned HJ 1, protecting reproductive freedom. He also co-patroned HJ 2, to automatically restore voting rights to people upon release from incarceration, as well as HJ 9, repealing the state’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guaranteeing marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.

The Opposition

Republican Kristin Hoffman is a military spouse and job counselor at a non-profit that aims to help women achieve financial stability. Hoffman holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an M.B.A. in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of Business. Hoffman refers to herself as a “staunch supporter of our police and emergency personnel,” and commits to fully funding police departments. She advocates for eliminating the car tax and lowering other taxes, which would result in a decrease in services. She also wants to repeal unspecified business regulations. We were unable to find clear stances on the Fundamental Right to Reproductive Freedom, Enshrining Marriage Equality, or the Right to Vote.

Recommendation

Due to his continued advocacy for affordable quality education, gun violence prevention, and a sustainable economy, Delegate Rip Sullivan is the progressive candidate in this race.

Virginia’s new 12th District in the House of Delegates encompasses parts of Fairfax County. With over 60,000 registered voters, this district leans strongly Democratic.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Democratic Delegate Holly Seibold faces a challenge from Republican Nelson Figueroa-Veles in HD-12.

Virginia’s House District 12 spans portions of Fairfax County in Northern Virginia, covering suburban precincts and communities just outside the Capital Beltway. In the 2024 election Democratic presidential and senatorial nominees carried the district by comfortable double-digit margins.

Incumbent Democratic Delegate Holly Seibold was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2023, during a District 12 Special Election. She holds a B.A. in Communications, Law, Economics & Government from American University and an M.Ed. in Elementary Education from George Washington University. After working in the nonprofit sector and public education, she launched a STEM educational firm and a nonprofit focused on access to menstrual supplies. She has volunteered and served on many local boards. She and her husband live in Vienna with their two children.
Committee Assignments: Communications, Technology and Innovation (Technology and Innovation Subcommittee Chair), General Laws, Public Safety

Constitutional Amendments
- Co-sponsored a bill to enshrine abortion rights in Virginia’s Constitution
- Co-sponsored a Constitutional Amendment to restore voting rights to returning citizens
- Co-sponsored a bill to enshrine equal marriage rights in Virginia’s Constitution

Education
As a former teacher in Fairfax County Public Schools, Delegate Seibold fights for students and teachers. Key legislation:
- Voted to establish the Internet Safety Advisory Council, designed to protect students and teachers online
- Voted to increase protections and support against cyber-bullying
- Voted against a “forced-outing” bill, which targeted transgender students
- Co-patroned a bill to raise teacher pay to the national average
- Co-patroned  a bill to establish Gun Free Zones in Capitol Square and public institutions of higher education

Economy and Inflation
In addition to offering resources for embattled federal workers and contractors on her website, Delegate Seibold advocates for fair wages and better working conditions.
- Co-patroned a bill to increase minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Co-patroned a bill to repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Co-patroned a bill to establish paid family and medical leave

Health and Human Services
- Voted to require health insurance providers to cover birth control
- Voted to require state health insurance plans to cover all FDA-approved forms of birth control
- Voted to prohibit the Board of Medicine from disciplining a doctor for performing legal abortion services
- Voted to establish the Prescription Drug Affordability Board 

Other Issues
- Co-patroned a bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or possession of assault-style weapons
- Voted to legalize marijuana in Virginia
- Voted to establish regulations for AI
- Voted to authorize offshore wind farm energy capacity

The Opposition

At the time of this writing, we were unable to find information on Republican candidate Nelson Figueroa-Velez’s priorities or stances.

Recommendation

Due to her continued advocacy for quality public education, gun violence prevention, and workers' rights, Incumbent Democratic Delegate Holly Seibold is the progressive candidate in this race.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Democratic Delegate Marcus Simon faces a challenge from Republican Sylvia Olesky and Libertarian Dave Crance in HD-13.

Virginia’s House District 13 spans Falls Church City and adjacent portions of Fairfax County in Northern Virginia’s core suburban ring. In the 2024 election Democratic presidential and senatorial nominees carried the district by comfortable double-digit margins.

Incumbent Democratic Delegate Marcus Simon has served in the House of Delegates since 2014. He is an attorney with a B.A. from New York University and a J.D. from American University Washington Law School. He owns a local company dealing with real estate legal transactions. After his many years in the U.S. Army and reaching the rank of Captain, he served within the military legal system, handling officer misconduct cases and instances of civilian crimes on military installations. He is a lifelong resident of Fairfax County and currently resides there with his family.
Committee Assignments: Courts of Justice (Vice Chair; Civil Subcommittee Chair), General Laws (Housing/Consumer Protection Chair), Public Safety (Chair), Rules

Constitutional Amendments
- Co-sponsored a bill to enshrine abortion rights in Virginia’s Constitution
- Co-sponsored a Constitutional Amendment to restore voting rights to returning citizens
- Co-sponsored a bill to enshrine equal marriage rights in Virginia’s Constitution

Education
- Co-patroned a bill to raise teacher pay to the national average
- Voted against “forced-outing” bill targeting transgender students
- Voted to increase protections and support against cyber-bullying
- Co-patroned a bill to establish gun-free zones at public schools

Economy and Inflation
- Voted in favor of a bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Co-patroned a bill to establish paid family and medical leave
- Co-patroned a bill to repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Voted to authorize offshore wind farm energy capacity
- Voted to expand renewable energy tax credits
- Voted to establish the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice

Health and Human Services
- Voted in favor of establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Voted to prohibit the Board of Medicine from disciplining doctors for providing legal abortion services
- Voted to repeal the abortion prohibition in Virginia health insurance plans
- Voted in favor of a bill to establish the right to access and use FDA-approved birth control
- Voted to require state health insurance plans to cover all FDA-approved birth control

Other Issues
Delegate Simon has been a strong advocate for gun violence prevention. Key legislation:
- Sponsored a bill to prohibit ghost guns
- Co-patroned  a bill to establish Gun Free Zones in Capitol Square and public institutions of higher education
- Voted in favor of a bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or possession of assault-style weapons

The Opposition

- At the time of this writing, we were unable to find information on Republican Sylvia Oleksy's priorities or stances.
- Libertarian Dave Crance is a regional manager in the hospitality industry. He serves as Chair of the ​​Falls Church Chamber of Commerce. If elected, he wants to cut funding to public services and programs, prioritize business interests over community needs, and protect individual freedoms like health care decisions. Crance’s focus on education is rooted in creating “educational competition”. He proposes removing students from public schools as a way to ease taxpayer burden. Additionally, he believes an increase in charter schools will incentivize competition. Crance hopes to introduce a “Taxpayers Bill of Rights” to limit taxes local and state governments can collect and spend. He also wants to eliminate the car tax and end taxation on military pensions. Crance is in favor of Defend Our Guard legislation, which prohibits National Guard units from being deployed in active combat without a formal declaration of war Congress. He also calls for term limits and increased ballot access for third party and independent candidates.

Recommendation

Due to his continued advocacy for quality, affordable healthcare, gun violence prevention, and workers' rights, Incumbent Democratic Delegate Marcus Simon is the progressive candidate in this race.

Virginia’s new 14th District in the House of Delegates encompasses parts of Fairfax County. With over 53,000 registered voters, this district leans strongly Democratic.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Democratic Delegate Vivian Watts faces a challenge from Republican Eric Johnson in HD-14.

Virginia’s House District 14 lies entirely within Fairfax County in Northern Virginia, encompassing suburban neighborhoods just outside the Capital Beltway. In the 2024 election Democratic presidential and senatorial nominees carried the district by comfortable double-digit margins.

Incumbent Democratic Delegate Vivian Watts is the longest serving woman in the Virginia House and has held the 39th District seat since 1996. A dedicated public servant, Watts’ career includes serving as the Virginia Secretary of Transportation and working at the U.S. Advisory for Intergovernmental Relations. She has received numerous accolades and awards for her service. She and her husband, Dave, have two children.
Committee Assignments: Courts of Justice (Criminal Subcommittee Chair), Finance (Chair), Rules, Transportation

Constitutional Amendments
- Co-sponsored a bill to enshrine abortion rights in Virginia’s Constitution
- Co-sponsored a Constitutional Amendment to restore felon voting rights
- Co-sponsored a bill to enshrine equal marriage rights in Virginia’s Constitution

Education
- Voted against a “forced-outing” bill, which targeted transgender students
- Introduced a bill clarifying that special needs schools are tax-exempt
- Voted to increase protections and support against cyber-bullying
- Voted to establish gun-free zones on School Board property

Economy and Inflation
- Co-patroned a bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Co-patroned a bill to establish paid family and medical leave
- Co-patroned a bill to repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Advocates for wind and solar power and commits to carbon neutrality
- Commits to tax equity and wants to establish standards that benefit those with lower incomes

Health and Human Services
- Voted in favor of establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Patroned a bill to prohibit access to menstrual data through search warrants, subpoenas, or other court orders
- Voted in favor of a bill to establish the right to access and use FDA-approved birth control
- Voted to require state health insurance plans to cover all FDA-approved contraceptives
- Voted to prohibit the Board of Medicine from disciplining a doctor for performing legal abortion services

Other Issues
- Voted to establish regulations for AI
- Voted to prohibit public carrying of assault-style weapons
- Voted to prohibit the use of campaign funds for personal expenses
- Voted to legalize weed in Virginia

The Opposition

At the time of this writing, we found limited information on Republican candidate Eric Johnson's priorities and stances. Johnson wants to lower taxes, which would decrease services. He supports increased funding for police.

Recommendation

Due to her continued advocacy for quality, affordable healthcare, quality public education, and gun violence prevention, Incumbent Democratic Delegate Vivian Watts is the progressive candidate in this race.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Democratic Sheriff Metin "Matt" Cay is running for reelection unopposed in the City of Falls Church.


Falls Church is an independent city in northern Virginia, located about 5 miles west of Washington, D.C., covering approximately 2 square miles and home to about 15,000 residents. In the 2024 presidential election, Falls Church voters overwhelmingly voted Democratic.

Incumbent Democrat Sheriff Metin Cay assumed his post as Falls Church Sheriff when his predecessor, Sheriff Stephen Bittle, retired in 2020. Before he became an officer, he practiced law for twenty years. Cay was re-elected in November 2021. 

Sheriff Cay advocates for access to education, health care, career choices, and other opportunities that contribute to the overall wellness of society. He supports accountability and transparency to build trust within the community. 

Recommendation

Incumbent Democrat Sheriff Metin Cay is running unopposed and is a progressive choice in this race.