Virginia Primary Night June 17, 2025 Results: Live Blog
Polls closed at 7 pm...results soon to follow
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It’s 6:45 pm, and polls will close in Virginia in 15 minutes. In this live blog of the primary election returns, I’ll primarily (no pun intended, lol) be checking the VA Department of Elections website (Democratic results here; Republican results here) and VPAP for results as they come in. Also see here for Chaz Nuttycombe’s statewide results/calls and here for his House of Delegates results/calls. And Sam Shirazi’s predictions are here, if you want to compare them to the results. Feel free to use the comments section of this post to report what you’re hearing. The top races I’ll be closely watching – in roughly descending order – are:
Democratic Lt. Governor Primary: The candidates are State Senators Aaron Rouse and Ghazala Hashmi; former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney; Prince William County School Board Chair Babur Lateef; former Dept. of Justice prosecutor Victor Salgado; union leader and attorney Alex Bastani.
Democratic Attorney General Primary: The candidates are Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor and former Del. Jay Jones.
HD75 Democratic Primary: This Chesterfield/Hopewell seat is held by Republican incumbent Del. Carrie Coyner, but it went by 6 points for Harris and by 9 points for Kaine last November, so it’s a strong target for Dems to flip in November. The three Democrats competing to take on Coyner are Lindsey Dougherty, Stephen Miller-Pitts and Dustin Wade, with the top two in terms of fundraising being Dougherty and Wade.
HD57 Democratic Primary: This western Henrico seat is one of the top targets for House Democrats to flip this November, given that it went by over 9 points to Kamala Harris last November and has been trending blue in general. The two Democrats running for the nomination are May Nivar and Andrew Schear, with Nivar holding a massive lead in cash-on-hand, endorsements, etc, etc.
HD73 Democratic Primary: This Western Chesterfield district is potentially winnable for Democrats in November (both Harris and Kaine won it very narrowly last November), although it will be tougher than HD57. The two Democrats vying for the nomination are Leslie Mehta and Justin Woodford, with Mehta holding a signficant lead in cash-on-hand, endorsements, etc.
HD89 Democratic Primary: This Chesapeake/Suffolk seat – won by both Harris and Kaine by a few points last November – is an open seat, as incumbent Del. Baxter Ennis (R) is not running for reelection. On the Democratic side, the candidates are Blaizen Buckshot Bloom and Karen Carnegie, with Carnegie far ahead in terms of money and endorsements.
HD01 Democratic Primary: Long-time incumbent Del. Patrick Hope (D) faces two challengers (Sean Epstein and Arjoon Srikanth) in this deep-blue north Arlington district. In part because Hope faces more than one opponent, in part because he’s a popular incumbent, Hope is likely to win big tonight – the question being what his margin ends up being.
Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Democratic Primary: Incumbent Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette McEachin vs challenger Tom Barbour, Jr.
Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney Democratic Primary: Incumbent Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi vs John F. Butler
Arlington County Board (Democratic): Incumbent County Board member Takis Karantonis and Democratic challenger James DeVita. Go Takis!