toggle audio on and off change volume download audio Stephen Farnsworth of the University of Mary Washington joined WTOP to recap the Virginia gubernatorial race.

Democrats in Virginia made history Tuesday night after sweeping the commonwealth’s statewide races of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general and flipping seats in the House of Delegates to bolster their once-slim majority in the state legislature.

Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger was declared the governor-elect after claiming 57.5% of the vote. Democratic state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi prevailed in the lieutenant governor race with 55.6%. And, despite having been the center of controversy after text messages from 2022 surfaced, former state Del. Jay Jones managed to unseat incumbent Attorney General

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