City of Hopewell

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.

Virginia’s new 75th House of Delegates district encompasses parts of Chesterfield County, Hopewell City, and parts of Prince George County. With over 56,000 registered voters, this district leans Republican.

This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner faces a challenge from Democrat Lindsey Dougherty in HD-75.

Virginia's House District 75 encompasses Hopewell City and portions of Chesterfield and Prince George counties. In the 2024 election, it leaned Democratic by single-digit margins.

Lindsey M. Dougherty is a lifelong Virginian and Senior Research Administrator at VCU. A working mother whose personal healthcare battles—from parenting children with serious illness to overcoming a life-threatening pregnancy—fuel her dedication to accessible, compassionate public policy. She sustains a bold platform advocating for strong public schools, affordable healthcare and housing, economic justice, and inclusive governance.

Constitutional Amendments
Lindsey Dougherty's will support HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution. Her statements on protecting the LGBTQ+ community indicate she will support HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.

Education
Dougherty pledges to expand offerings of community college classes and trade school programs to in-state students. She wants to streamline course credit acceptance across the state college and university system to minimize costs to families. She will fight to reduce barriers to families with special needs children in public schools and make Universal Pre-K programs available to all 3- and 4-year-old children. She advocates for raising teachers and support staff pay to above the mid-Atlantic state average.

Economy and Inflation
Dougherty advocates for raising the minimum wage. She prioritizes support for military personnel and their families and families struggling with caregiving costs for children and/or seniors. She will also work to promote affordable housing initiatives.

Health and Human Services
Dougherty advocates for prescription drug affordability and wants to ensure pre-existing conditions are protected for all Virginians. She will fight to improve access to quality and affordable mental healthcare, including addiction programs and expanded access to emergency beds for acute mental health crisis patients. She prioritizes improved healthcare access and protecting all reproductive rights.

Other Issues
Dougherty pledges to protect the LGBTQ+ community by banning housing discrimination, ending conversion therapy, and putting in place workplace protections.

She will work to implement commonsense gun safety solutions that reduce gun violence and vows to introduce new criminal justice reform legislation.

Dougherty advocates for environmental policies that increase the use of renewable energies, improve air quality, bolster protections, and water quality in the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.

The Opposition

Incumbent Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2019. She previously served on the Chesterfield County School Board, as well as the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce. She is the founder of a law practice and the mother of three children. 

Constitutional Amendments
She voted against a bill to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution.

Delegate Coyner voted against increasing the minimum wage, establishing paid family and medical leave, and repealing prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees. She opted not to vote on a forced-outing bill targeting transgender students to avoid going on the record. She voted against establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board and against a bill that would require secure storage of firearms in households where children live.

Recommendation

Based on her advocacy for affordable, quality healthcare, environmental protection, and quality public education, Lindsey Dougherty is the progressive candidate in this race.