The poll also finds that Democrats in blue-leaning Virginia also back Democrat candidates in down-ticket races.

Democrat and Republican nominees for Virginia governor are exceeding fundraising records as campaigns prepare for a high-stakes election.

Though Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has not said whether he is planning a run for president in 2028, he said during the Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner on Thursday that he supports keeping the Iowa caucuses first in the nation.

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears hoped winning the Republican nomination for governor of Virginia last month would help her party move past a primary season defined by lurid sex scandals and a boiling MAGA turf war.

The Democratic National Committee announced it is unloading $1.5 million into its Virginia operation Tuesday. Virginia will hold several statewide elections in 2025, including a gubernatorial race and for seats in the House of Delegates.

Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is outraising her Republican opponent Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears by nearly 2-to-1 last quarter, entering the final four months of Virginia’s statewide election season with more than triple the cash on hand.

News 3 interviewed both of the nominees in Virginia's governor's race: Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger.

As the headlining speaker of the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin told a crowd of more than 200 people how he became Virginia's first statewide-elected Republican in 12 years and how Republicans can gain more ground in traditionally blue states.

Virginia Democrats have a broad fundraising lead over Republicans in closely watched off-year elections, with national money flowing in.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Thursday night headlined an annual dinner for the Iowa GOP, a traditional stepping-off point for presidential campaigns.