Election 2022

Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger held on to her northern Virginia congressional seat after leaning into the fight for abortion rights, hitting the issue early and often. That ended up being a winning strategy.

Most incumbent members of Congress on the ballot in Virginia this year received more than 60% support from voters in their new districts.

It was a disappointing Election Night for Democrats in the Fifth Congressional District, but they found other reasons to celebrate.

Republicans were able to pick up a seat in one of the two hotly-contested Congressional races in Virginia.

Election Day used to be the first opportunity to cast a ballot. Now, with early voting, it’s the last chance for Virginians to vote in the races for their representatives in Congress as well as some town and city councils. As people across the state headed to the polls Tuesday, Joe Staniunas found that many had issues of national importance on their minds.

Voting is going smoothly across the state, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.

In many ways, this election will be an election of firsts. It'll be the first time Virginia has same-day voter registration. And it'll be the first time that early votes will be recorded in the precinct where the voters live instead of a jurisdiction-wide at-large precinct.

Social Security used to be known as the third-rail of American politics, so super charged that it was untouchable. That's why Democrats are focused on recent comments from House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy that if Republicans take control of the House, they'd use raising the debt ceiling as leverage to force spending cuts.

The candidates in the 5th District met at Hampden Sydney College to clash on almost every major issue.

As long as campaign volunteers are more than 40 feet from the front door of a polling location, they can record voters coming and going and ask questions about which candidates they’re supporting. Voters don't have to answer, of course. But the campaigners have a First Amendment right to take pictures and ask questions.