Virginia could be next to redraw its congressional map. There's a redistricting referendum on the ballot April 21. If voters approve the plan and it survives a court challenge, Virginia Democrats would be in line for more U.S. House seats and that could help counter Republican gains made through mid-decade redistricting elsewhere. Virginia's new map would combine conservative rural areas with liberal suburbs and give Democrats a better shot in more congressional districts. Some voters welcome the chance to push back against President Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington. Others worry about being represented by Democrats unfamiliar with the needs of their communities.

Think you know what these political ads are saying? Take a closer look. Mailers and billboards featuring Obama and Trump are stirring confusion, using images and past statements that don’t always match their real messages.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over a Mississippi law that allows counting late-arriving mail ballots after Election Day.

Roanoke College released a poll on Oct. 30 that asked likely Virginian voters multiple questions regarding their opinions on candidates and who they would vote for.

The race for Blacksburg mayor is still too close to call, with just 46 votes separating the two leading candidates, election officials said Thursday. Thousands of ballots are still being reviewed before a winner can be declared.

Incumbent Commonwealth Attorney Bethany Harrison secured her third term Tuesday night, winning re-election with more than 75% of the votes.

One of the most closely watched races in the Commonwealth was the contest for Attorney General between Democrat Jay Jones and Republican Jason Miyares.

Democrat Lily Franklin defeated incumbent Republican Chris Obenshain in Virginia’s 41st District race Tuesday night, flipping the seat that covers parts of Montgomery and Roanoke Counties.

Tuesday is Election Day and 10 News Anchor Lindsey Kennett spoke with Jessi Blakely and Dr. Brenda Hale about this year’s general election. Watch here.

Tuesday is Election Day and 10 News Anchor John Carlin spoke with Daniel Webb and Dr. Chapman Rackaway about this year’s general election. Watch here.

Tuesday is Election Day and 10 News Anchor Abbie Coleman spoke with Cayce Myers and Ed Lynch about this year’s general election. Watch here.

Tuesday is Election Day and 10 News Anchor Abbie Coleman spoke with Cayce Myers and Ed Lynch about this year’s general election. Watch here.

Tuesday is Election Day and 10 News Anchor John Carlin spoke with Phazhon Nash and Daniel Webb about this year’s general election. Watch here.

Tuesday is Election Day and 10 News Anchor John Carlin spoke with Dwayne Yancey about the Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney’s race over Zoom in our 5:30 p.m. show.

As thousands and thousands of Americans head to the polls to vote, many factors go into counting those votes to determine who the winner is.

Every year is an election year in Virginia, and we gain national attention as one of the only states to vote for governor after a presidential election year.

It’s a rematch from 2023, and this time the stakes are even higher. Incumbent Chris Obenshain (R) will try to defend his seat from challenger Lily Franklin (D) in a race that’s turning heads across the state.

Here's a breakdown of the importance of Virginia's 2025 gubernatorial election.

State legislators are back in Richmond as Democrats seek to change Virginia’s congressional map. But Republicans promised the changes won’t happen without a fight.

10 News Anchor Abbie Coleman sat down with both candidates for lieutenant governor to discuss their priorities.

Two Danville City Council members are vying for the 49th District delegate seat being vacated by one of Virginia’s longest-serving delegates, Republican Danny Marshall.

The race for Lynchburg’s commonwealth attorney is drawing extra attention. Both candidates have deep roots in the community’s justice system and a history that once put them on opposite sides of the courtroom.

In what many are calling a historic moment for Virginia, the 2025 governor’s race is already making headlines because the Commonwealth is on track to elect its first woman governor. 10 News anchor Abbie Coleman met with both candidates to probe their plans, their priorities, and their paths to history. She sat down one-on-one with Republican candidate Winsome Earle-Sears to talk about her vision for Virginia and why she believes she’s the right person for the job.

In what many are calling a historic moment for Virginia, the 2025 governor’s race is already making headlines because the Commonwealth is on track to elect its first woman governor. 10 News anchor Abbie Coleman met with both candidates to probe their plans, their priorities, and their paths to history. She sat down one-on-one with Democratic Candidate Abigail Spanberger to talk about her vision for Virginia and why she believes she’s the right person for the job.

The Virginia governor's race may be the first political test of President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal workforce through DOGE. Virginia was hit hard by the cuts, with an estimated 23,000 people losing their jobs. The issue is getting extra attention as a Trump ally campaigns with Republican candidate Winsome Earle-Sears in suburban Richmond on Friday. Vivek Ramaswamy is a former Republican presidential contender who is now a candidate for Ohio governor. But it is Ramaswamy’s short-lived tenure as co-leader of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency that has Democrats fired up. Democrat Abigail Spanberger called on Earle-Sears to cancel the event in light of Ramaswamy’s role as “one of the chief architects of the DOGE effort.”

Republican incumbent Chris Obenshain and Democratic challenger Lily Franklin have invested a combined $1.3 million into their tight rematch for Virginia's House District 41.

Virginia voters are heading to the polls well ahead of the November 4 general election, taking advantage of the Commonwealth’s 45-day early voting period — the second-longest such window in the nation.

Democrat James Walkinshaw has won the special election to be Virginia’s next U.S. House representative. Walkinshaw has sat on the board of the state’s most populous county for five years. He also served as the former chief of staff for the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, who previously held the congressional seat. Tuesday’s special election was set after Connolly died of esophageal cancer in May. Walkinshaw defeated Republican Stewart Whitson. Republicans only have a razor-thin edge in the House. Walkinshaw’s victory only adds to their spending battles this month ahead of a potential government shutdown.

Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears stopped in the Roanoke Valley on Saturday as part of her campaign to be Virginia’s next governor.

Virginia voters must go to their assigned polling location to vote in today’s Primary Election Day.

Here's a breakdown of the importance of Virginia's 2025 gubernatorial election.

With the inauguration of President Trump around the corner, we Virginians aren’t too far out from our 2025 gubernatorial race; in fact, primaries are set to be held this June. So, where is the race currently at?

Election day in less than 24 hours, and if you haven’t voted yet in the presidential race, you still have a little time.

Give us your best questions regarding the election!

The general election will be held on Nov. 5, 2024. You can find results for the U.S. Senate race here.

What to know about the upcoming Trump rally in Salem.

Thousands of first time voters are getting ready for Tuesday, and to learn about their role in the election, we met with political expert Dr. Karen Hult to talk about how young people are approaching election day.

The countdown is on until election day, and local election offices are making sure your vote is secure. We talked with the director of the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

One of the elections 10 News has its eyes on this cycle is the Salem City Sheriff’s race.

Ahead of a planned speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign said in a Pennsylvania court filing Friday that he is endorsing Donald Trump for president.

Biden addressed the nation for the first time since he announced that he would be ending his re-election campaign Wednesday night.

10 News spoke with voters in Southwest Virginia about how President Joe Biden dropping out of the race may affect their vote this fall.

The rally was just hours after his first solo rally in Ohio

All eyes are on Southwest Virginia ahead of Ohio Senator - and Republican Vice Presidential pick - JD Vance’s visit to Radford University on Monday.

The special meeting revolves around addressing concerns from various council members over the recent primary election.

The election is six months away and intelligence officials are preparing for increased interference.

Joe Biden has won the Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico.

Senator Kaine is hoping to tack on six more years onto already a dozen served in the U.S. Senate.

Residents in the Commonwealth are voting today in the presidential primary to determine who will appear on the November general election ballots. See a county-by-county breakdown of election results.

Voters in Virginia cast their ballots Tuesday for their preferences for the November presidential candidates.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says he is not running for president.

10 News political analyst Ed Lynch discusses the special counsel classified documents and Nikki Haley's chances of winning the Republican nomination

Dr. Karen Hult, a professor of political science at Virginia Tech, is weighing in on the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling to not allow former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in the state.

With in-person early voting and absentee ballots, over 9,000 votes have already been cast the day before election day.

Every seat in Virginia's General Assembly is on the ballot this election.

This year's election will have every seat in the General Assembly on the ballot.

10 News sat down with Trish White-Boyd to learn about her priorities if elected and her message to voters.

Retired Navy combat veteran Hung Cao, who ran an energetic but unsuccessful campaign last year for a blue-leaning northern Virginia U.S. House seat, has set his sights on the U.S. Senate, announcing Tuesday that he’s seeking the 2024 Republican nomination to challenge Democrat Tim Kaine.

The primaries are over and the race to represent Virginia in the House of Delegates and Virginia Senate heats up.

In 2001, Burgum sold his North Dakota-based software company to Microsoft for $1.1 billion.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked when making rules for elections for Congress and the presidency.

There weren't enough uncounted votes in Republican-leaning areas for Republican challenger Herschel Walker to make up his runoff election night gap with incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

A New York jury has convicted Donald Trump’s company of tax fraud.

The elections director in the largest county in one of the nation’s most important battleground states details the threats he and his co-workers have received since the 2020 presidential election and how he responded to protect his staff.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin swept into office as a Republican revelation with a fresh formula for victory as the GOP contemplated its future beyond Donald Trump.

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia.

As a businessman and president, Donald Trump faced a litany of lawsuits and criminal investigations yet emerged from the legal scrutiny time and again with his public and political standing largely intact.

The extended Senate campaign in Georgia gives Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker a second chance to persuade voters to send them to Washington.

Raphael Warnock is the first Black U.S. senator from Georgia, having broken the color barrier with a special election victory in January 2021.

Former President Donald Trump is facing rebuke from both parties after calling for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution over his lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections.

Democrats have voted to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024.

Nonprofit organizations in Georgia are digging deep to ramp up their operations again after Election Day to inform voters about the closely watched runoff race for one of the state's Senate seats.

President Joe Biden made phone calls with fellow Democrats Friday for Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff election, delivering hot coffee to volunteers, too, and thanking them for their work.

President Joe Biden says Democrats should give up “restrictive” caucuses and move to champion diversity in the order of their presidential primary calendar.

Voters in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat are casting ballots in crucial local elections.

Barack Obama is urging Georgia Democrats to keep pushing voting turnout for Sen. Raphael Warnock.

A judge says Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer can't share lawyers with 10 other fake electors in matters related to a special grand jury probing possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election.

Democrats gathering to consider shaking up the order of their 2024 presidential primary are waiting on President Joe Biden.

Only scattered challenges to certification of the midterm election have been reported in the United States, and not a single one is based on any problems with the accuracy of the results.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley says she would take the Christmas holiday to mull a possible 2024 presidential bid.

A growing number of Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, are criticizing Donald Trump for dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

Early in-person voting for the nation's last U.S. Senate seat is underway statewide in Georgia.

When John Fetterman goes to Washington in January as one of the Senate’s new members, he’ll bring along an irreverent style from Pennsylvania.

Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging.

Republican officials in a rural Arizona county have refused to certify the 2022 election despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count.

The extended Senate campaign in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, football legend Herschel Walker, has grown increasingly bitter ahead as their Dec. 6 runoff nears.

State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems.

Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit demanding Maricopa County hand over a variety of documents related to the election.

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has again withstood challenges from a conservative faction within her party to win reelection.

Fears of aggressive poll watchers sowing chaos at polling stations or conservative groups trying to intimidate votes didn't materialize on Election Day as many election officials and voting rights experts had feared.

Anwar Ibrahim has won a hard-fought battle to become Malaysia’s new Prime Minister.

Republican Sarah Palin re-emerged in Alaska politics over a decade after resigning as governor with hopes of winning the state’s U.S. House seat.

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has won reelection, defeating a fellow Republican who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

Outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says his Republican administration will ensure an orderly transition to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

Georgia counties will be allowed to hold early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

A second Republican-controlled Arizona county, Mohave, has delayed certifying results of this month's election.

Hundreds of people have been convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that left dozens of officers injured, sent lawmakers running for their lives and shook the foundations of American democracy.

Former President Barack Obama will campaign again for Sen. Raphael Warnock as the Georgia Democrat tries to withstand a strong challenge from Republican Herschel Walker.