The Republican candidate has a familiar closing message in the Virginia gubernatorial race. Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears' campaign spent millions of dollars on ads attacking Democratic nominee and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger for her stance on transgender rights in Virginia schools.

Earle-Sears joined Attorney General Jason Miyares, Lt. Gov. candidate John Reid, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin for a rally on Election Day eve.

The race for lieutenant governor started with a crowded Democratic primary and a Republican nominee who the governor initially called on to drop out.

The 2025 governor's race between Spanberger and Earle-Sears offers both parties a chance to start charting a path forward after last year's 2024 presidential election.

The first polls will close Tuesday night in Virginia, where the state will elect a new governor, one of several major races throughout the country.

On the eve of Election Day, Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears rallied supporters at her alma mater, Regent University, as she made her final pitch to voters.

The message of affordability also propelled Zohran Mamdani, a little-known New York assemblyman who has vowed to freeze the rent for rent-controlled apartments in New York City, to the Democratic nomination and helped make him the favorite in Tuesday’s mayoral race.

With voters turning out in record numbers for this year’s municipal elections, officials say results in New York City and New Jersey could come faster than usual — possibly within an hour after polls close Tuesday night.