Political analyst Sam Shirazi, host of the Federal Fallout podcast, joined Jim Lokay on "The Final 5" to break down why Virginia’s 2025 gubernatorial election is getting national attention—and how federal issues could overshadow local ones in the battle between Lt.

A federal judge lambasted city officials this week for what he described as Virginia Beach’s “intentional effort to avoid compliance with federal law” by pursuing an election system referendum question on the November ballot.

The Democratic primary for Norfolk commonwealth's attorney race had a 13% turnout, marking the 11th highest turnout among local elections across the state.

House Speaker Don Scott has a list of 13 Republican-held seats he wants to flip from red to blue. But the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is spotlighting only eight of those 13 races.

Virginia’s off-year elections are being viewed by both parties as a key bellwether heading into next year’s midterms, as well as a potential indicator for how voters view President Trump. Lt. Gov.

Democrats and Republicans now have their candidates heading into a summertime special election to fill the seat vacated by the late Congressman Gerry Connolly.

As the countdown to Election Day 2025 begins, all eyes are once again on Virginia—a state that has long served as a bellwether for national political trends.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is currently grossly underperforming poll-wise in the state's bellwether gubernatorial race.

With control of Congress and competitive governorships on the line in 2026, the Democratic National Committee is launching an ambitious grassroots organizing effort with an early emphasis on the 2025 elections in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

In an interview on The Final 5, Virginia House Republican Leader Terry Kilgore laid out the GOP’s game plan to flip control of Virginia’s House of Delegates in a razor-thin election year. Kilgore touted Governor Youngkin’s record on tax cuts,

In a primary election held Saturday, James Walkinshaw, a member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, defeated nine other candidates to win the Democratic nomination to replace Connolly. Republicans selected Stewart Whitson, a former FBI agent who works at a conservative think tank.