The candidates' focus on affordability could provide a future road map for the party, even as they’ve danced around trickier issues such as trans rights and immigration.

Prediction market data suggests a landslide is possible, though far from guaranteed. According to Polymarket, Spanberger has a 14 percent chance of beating her Republican opponent, Winsome Earle-Sears, by 15-18 points, which could constitute a landslide victory. She has a 7 percent chance of beating Earle-Sears by more than 18 points.

History says: when Virginia votes, the nation should pay attention. The Commonwealth’s elections have long been a preview of America’s political future — and this year, all eyes are once again on Richmond.

Virginia Democrats are bracing for the possibility of split-ticket results in the governor and attorney general races, which could pose a significant impact on policy and issues like

It’s been 20 years since Virginia voters elected a slate of three statewide officials from different parties. The gradual tribalization of state politics has translated into more and more Virginians coming to the polls thinking of themselves as members of team red or team blue.

But Republican hopes that the scandal would derail Spanberger’s campaign don’t look to be realistic at all. For one thing, Jones’s troubles are mostly just convincing voters to skip the AG race rather than voting Republican,

In today’s edition of “The Blueprint with Jen Psaki,” Jen looks at how Democratic voters are responding to scandals and answers a reader question.

What happened to the Whigs in the 1850s? And will the same thing happen to today’s Democrats? After the Federalist Party of Alexander Hamilton and John Adams collapsed in the aftermath of the War of 1812,