The story of Levar Stoney was not supposed to end like this.

It was his hometown that cost former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney the lieutenant governor nomination. As one politico put it, ...

In 2016, the city of Richmond elected a 35-year-old upstart Democrat named Levar Stoney as its mayor. In 2020, the city elected him again. But on Tuesday, Richmond voters summarily rejected him in the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The candidates for Virginia’s lieutenant governor are set to make history after Sen. Ghazala Hashmi won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor on Wednesday.

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney's campaign committee raised about $760,000 between his announcement on Dec. 4 and the end of the fourth quarter, said Kevin Zeithaml, senior adviser to the campaign.

Paul Goldman, a former chairman of Virginia’s Democratic Party who has spent recent years focused on Richmond politics, is running for lieutenant governor.

Democrat Levar Stoney, a Black candidate for lieutenant governor, said Virginia politics today feels more charged than when he first ran for Richmond mayor in 2016.

Stoney already has raised $791,768, thanks in part to his initial bid for the gubernatorial nomination, which he announced last December and abandoned in April.

Former Gov. Doug Wilder is warning Virginia Democrats not to make the same mistake in next year’s gubernatorial election that they made in 2021, when he said lack of unity behind former Gov ...

Early voting in Virginia's 2025 Democratic primary begins Friday, officially kicking off the party's bid to retake statewide seats that were swept by Republicans in 2021. Rep. Abigail Spanberger ...