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The 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the governor of Virginia.Incumbent Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin will be ineligible to run for re-election, as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits the state's governors from serving consecutive terms.
Governors of the Commonwealth of Virginia No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor [a] [b]; 1 Patrick Henry (1736–1799) [15]July 6, 1776 [16] June 1, 1779
(Most states hold gubernatorial elections either on presidential-election years or midterm-election years, when there are congressional elections.) In every Virginia gubernatorial election starting with 1977, the governor elected had been from the opposite party as the president elected by the nation in the previous year, even when Virginia had ...
Virginia is one of just a handful of states that holds major elections in off years, so while special elections to replace state Sens. John McGuire, R-Goochland, and Suhas Subramanyam, D-Loudoun ...
The 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next governor of Virginia. The election was concurrent with other elections for Virginia state offices. Incumbent Democratic governor Ralph Northam was ineligible to run for re-election, as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits governors from serving ...
The election was the first major test of voter sentiment since Biden took office, and the results were a stern warning sign for the president’s own support. Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia governor ...
Glenn Youngkin decisively won the election Tuesday night, a massive victory for the GOP after more than a decade of political losses in the state, and an indication of significant discontent with ...
From 1977 until 2013, Virginia had elected a governor of the opposite political party compared to the President of the United States of the time. In 2017, Virginia returned to electing a governor of the opposite political party compared to the current President by electing Ralph Northam. This happened again when Glenn Youngkin was elected in 2021.