2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Ghazala Hashmi John Reid
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,900,1041,505,395
Percentage55.65%44.09%
2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county and independent city.svg
2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by congressional district.svg
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Hashmi:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90
Reid:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     No votes
Lieutenant Governor before election

Winsome Earle-Sears
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Ghazala Hashmi
Democratic

The 2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect the lieutenant governor of Virginia. The incumbent Republican lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, did not run for a second term in office, instead choosing to run for governor. Primary elections took place on June 17, 2025. [1] The in-person early voting period ran from September 19 to November 1, 2025. [2] Hashmi won the general election and will take office on January 17, 2026.

Contents

The Republican nominee was former WRVA radio host John Reid, [3] who would have been Virginia's first openly gay lieutenant governor if elected. [4] The Democratic nominee was state senator Ghazala Hashmi, who will be Virginia's first Asian and Muslim lieutenant governor. [5] She is also the first Muslim woman elected to statewide office in US history. [6]

Republican primary

Reid (left) and Glenn Youngkin (right) speaking on June 25, 2025 LGBTQ+ Advisory Board, Log Cabin Republicans and Community Reception, Richmond.jpg
Reid (left) and Glenn Youngkin (right) speaking on June 25, 2025

In September 2024, incumbent Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears announced her candidacy for Governor of Virginia. [7] In January 2025, Fairfax County supervisor Pat Herrity and radio host John Reid announced their candidacies for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. [8] [9]

On April 21, after the filing deadline, Herrity announced his withdrawal from the race due to health reasons. [10] This made Reid the Republican nominee by default. [10] Four days later, The Richmonder reported that Governor Glenn Youngkin, also a Republican, had asked Reid to withdraw from the race, citing sexually explicit images and posts on a page on the microblogging platform Tumblr which had a username that matched the name Reid uses on other social media accounts. [11] Reid denied making the posts and pledged to remain in the race, arguing the effort to remove him from the ticket was due to his sexual orientation. Reid is Virginia's first openly gay candidate from either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party for statewide office. [12] [13]

Following backlash from within the Republican Party, Youngkin stated he would "support the nominees and their ticket". [13] Youngkin staffer Matt Moran, whom Reid's campaign accused of being behind the effort to remove him from the ticket, resigned as a result of the controversy. [14] [15]

John Curran, a business consultant from James City County, did not qualify for the ballot. Following this, Curran filed as a write-in candidate for the general election and said "I decided to give the voters an option. It's a hard option for me because people actually have to know how to spell your name and write it in. If Virginia wants me, they'll do it." [16]

Candidates

Nominee

  • John Reid, WRVA radio host, former communications director for then-U.S. Senator George Allen, and son of former state delegate Jack Reid [9]

Withdrawn

Failed to qualify

  • John Curran, business consultant [18]

Declined

Endorsements

John Reid

Statewide officials

Democratic primary

Six candidates appeared on the ballot for the Democratic primary. [22] Prior to the election, the race was viewed to have three favored frontrunners: state senators Ghazala Hashmi and Aaron Rouse, along with former Richmond mayor Levar Stoney. [23] In a very tight race between the three, Hashmi narrowly secured the nomination over Stoney and Rouse. [24]

Hashmi speaking at a bus rally in Fairfax, Virginia with Jay Jones and Abigail Spanberger Jay Jones, Ghazala Hashmi and Abigail Spanberger at a bus rally in Fairfax City.jpg
Hashmi speaking at a bus rally in Fairfax, Virginia with Jay Jones and Abigail Spanberger

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Carl Eggleston, former Farmville councilor (1984–1988) (endorsed Stoney) [31]

Declined

Endorsements

Ghazala Hashmi

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Individuals

Organizations

Babur Lateef

Statewide officials

Aaron Rouse

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Local officials

Levar Stoney

Executive branch officials

U.S. representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

Newspapers

Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Ghazala HashmiBabur LateefAaron RouseLevar StoneyOtherUndecided
Garin-Hart-Yang (D) [52] [A] February 25 – March 1, 2025600 (LV)± 4%8%2%10%16%—63%
GBAO (D) [53] [B] March 24–27, 2025600 (LV)± 4%13%2%15%15%3%46%

Debates

2025 Virginia's Lieutenant Gubernatorial Democratic primary debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
BastaniHashmiLateefRouseSalgadoStoney
1May 22, 2025 WJLA-TV Kellye Lynn [54] PPPPPP

Results

Results by county and independent city: Hashmi 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% Stoney 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Rouse 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Lateef 30-40% Bastani 30-40% 2025 Virginia Democratic lieutenant governor primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county and independent city:
  Hashmi
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Stoney
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Rouse
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Lateef
  •   30–40%
  Bastani
  •   30–40%
2025 Virginia lt. governor Democratic primary [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ghazala Hashmi 136,717 27.50%
Democratic Levar Stoney 131,76526.50%
Democratic Aaron Rouse 130,48526.25%
Democratic Babur Lateef42,0998.47%
Democratic Alex Bastani28,4765.73%
Democratic Victor Salgado27,5935.55%
Total votes497,135 100.00%

Independents

Declined

General election

Campaign

Ghazala Hashmi, the Democratic nominee, had declined to participate in a debate with John Reid, the Republican nominee. [57] No debates had been held for lieutenant governor at the previous 2021 election. [57] In response, Reid held a 40-minute debate without the involvement of Hashmi. [57] [58] Hashmi was represented by a computer monitor depicting her face, with responses delivered via artificial intelligence speech synthesis. [58] The Reid campaign stated the responses delivered through speech synthesis were compiled and written by the Reid campaign, through information from interviews and Hashmi's website. The Virginian-Pilot noted that the on-screen attribution for the statements delivered occasionally listed far-right websites such as The Gateway Pundit . [58] Noah Jennings, Reid's campaign manager, stated that they had aimed for a debate that was "fair and accurate to [Hashmi], not campy and overdramatic", while Ava Pitruzzello, a spokesperson for the Hashmi campaign, called it a "failed use of deepfakes" that was "desperate" and "straight out of Donald Trump’s playbook". [57]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
State Navigate [59] Likely D (flip)August 15, 2025

Post-primary endorsements

John Reid (R)

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

Organizations

Ghazala Hashmi (D)

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

Local officials

Organizations

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation		Dates
administered		Dates
updated		John
Reid (R)		Ghazala
Hashmi (D)		Other/Undecided
[b] 		Margin
Decision Desk HQ [77] through November 3, 2025November 4, 202544.3%48.9%6.8%Hashmi +4.6%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		John
Reid (R)		Ghazala
Hashmi (D)		OtherUndecided
Quantus Insights (R) [78] November 3, 20251,069 (LV)± 2.7%44%52%1%3%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [79] November 1–2, 20251,057 (LV)± 2.9%46%48%–6%
Echelon Insights [80] October 28–31, 2025606 (LV)± 4.7%46%49%–5%
AtlasIntel [81] October 25–30, 20251,325 (LV)± 3.0%46%52%1% [c] 1%
SoCal Strategies (R) [82] [C] October 28–29, 2025800 (LV)–45%47%–8%
State Navigate [83] October 26–28, 2025614 (LV)± 4.0%41%53%–6%
Roanoke College [84] October 22–27, 20251,041 (LV)± 4.1%40%42%4% [d] 14%
A2 Insights [85] October 24–26, 2025776 (LV)–45%53%–2%
Christopher Newport University [86] October 21–23, 2025803 (LV)± 4.1%45%47%1%7%
Suffolk University [87] October 19–21, 2025500 (LV)± 4.4%45%45%2% [e] 8%
State Navigate [88] October 17–20, 2025694 (LV)± 4.0%42%53%–5%
The Washington Post/Schar School [89] October 16–20, 2025927 (LV)± 3.5%44%51%3% [f] 2%
927 (RV)42%48%8% [g] 2%
Quantus Insights (R) [90] October 19–20, 20251,302 (RV)± 2.8%45%49%1%5%
Kaplan Strategies (R) [91] October 16–18, 2025556 (LV)± 4.2%41%48%–11%
co/efficient (R) [92] October 15–17, 2025937 (LV)± 3.2%42%47%–11%
Clarity Campaign Labs (D) [93] [D] October 14–17, 2025958 (RV)± 3.2%44%48%–8%
The Trafalgar Group/InsiderAdvantage (R) [94] October 13–15, 20251,039 (LV)± 2.9%46%46%–8%
Virginia Commonwealth University [95] October 6–14, 2025842 (A)± 4.0%43%44%–13%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [96] October 8–10, 20251,034 (LV)± 2.9%46%47%–7%
Christopher Newport University [97] September 29 – October 1, 2025805 (RV)± 3.9%39%48%–12%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [98] September 29 – October 1, 20251,034 (LV)± 2.9%44%48%–8%
The Washington Post/Schar School [99] September 25–29, 20251,002 (LV)± 3.4%45%49%2% [h] 3%
1,002 (RV)42%47%6% [i] 4%
A2 Insights [100] September 16–28, 2025771 (LV)–44%49%1% [j] 6%
Christopher Newport University [101] September 8–14, 2025808 (RV)± 3.9%37%48%–15%
Pulse Decision Science (R) [102] [E] September 3–5, 2025512 (LV)± 4.4%45%42%–13%
Virginia Commonwealth University [103] August 18–28, 2025804 (A)± 4.1%41%45%–14%
SoCal Strategies (R) [104] [F] August 31 – September 1, 2025700 (LV)–41%46%–14%
co/efficient (R) [105] August 23–26, 20251,025 (LV)± 3.1%43%43%–14%
Roanoke College [106] [107] August 11–15, 2025702 (LV)± 4.3%35%38%–27%
American Directions Research Group/AARP [108] June 25 – July 8, 20251,001 (LV)± 3.1%32%47%9% [k] 12%
Virginia Commonwealth University [109] June 19 – July 3, 2025764 (RV)± 4.2%36%45%4% [l] 15%
Hypothetical polling

John Reid vs. Generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		John
Reid (R)		Generic
Democrat		OtherUndecided
co/efficient (R) [110] [G] June 8–10, 20251,127 (LV)± 3.1%41%39%2% [m] 18%

Results

2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election [111]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ghazala Hashmi 1,900,104 55.65% +6.48%
Republican John Reid1,505,39544.09%−6.62%
Write-in 8,6780.25%+0.13%
Total votes3,414,177 100.00
Turnout
Registered electors
Democratic gain from Republican

By county and independent city

Locality [112] John Reid
Republican		Ghazala Hashmi
Democratic		Write-in
Various		MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Accomack 7,30356.31%5,65843.62%90.07%−1,645−12.68%12,970
Albemarle 17,47731.48%37,93168.33%1040.19%20,45436.85%55,512
Alexandria 11,78518.88%50,42280.79%2030.33%38,63761.91%62,410
Alleghany 4,07970.93%1,66428.93%80.14%−2,415−41.99%5,751
Amelia 4,58472.60%1,71227.11%180.29%−2,872−45.49%6,314
Amherst 8,90568.20%4,12131.56%310.24%−4,784−36.64%13,057
Appomattox 5,61276.66%1,67922.93%300.41%−3,933−53.72%7,321
Arlington 18,30518.45%80,69481.32%2320.23%62,38962.87%99,231
Augusta 24,72172.68%9,17726.98%1170.34%−15,544−45.70%34,015
Bath 1,45176.33%44823.57%20.11%−1,003−52.76%1,901
Bedford 29,46975.43%9,48424.28%1150.29%−19,985−51.15%39,068
Bland 1,98582.98%40016.72%70.29%−1,585−66.26%2,392
Botetourt 12,00371.81%4,66327.90%480.29%−7,340−43.92%16,714
Bristol 3,13066.22%1,57533.32%220.47%−1,555−32.90%4,727
Brunswick 2,67045.19%3,23054.66%90.15%5609.48%5,909
Buchanan 4,37382.42%90817.11%250.47%−3,465−65.30%5,306
Buckingham 3,67061.12%2,32838.77%70.12%−1,342−22.35%6,005
Buena Vista 1,42969.23%63330.67%20.10%−796−38.57%2,064
Campbell 16,97574.18%5,80525.37%1050.46%−11,170−48.81%22,885
Caroline 6,81450.99%6,51748.77%320.24%−297−2.22%13,363
Carroll 8,96379.59%2,27420.19%240.21%−6,689−59.40%11,261
Charles City 1,52744.04%1,93555.81%50.14%40811.77%3,467
Charlotte 3,22368.72%1,45731.07%100.21%−1,766−37.65%4,690
Charlottesville 2,35712.58%16,33787.21%390.21%13,98074.63%18,733
Chesapeake 43,70945.64%51,85754.15%2060.22%8,1488.51%95,772
Chesterfield 72,70042.70%97,22057.10%3300.19%24,52014.40%170,250
Clarke 4,32656.94%3,25042.77%220.29%−1,076−14.16%7,598
Colonial Heights 4,17363.80%2,35435.99%140.21%−1,819−27.81%6,541
Covington 1,02862.04%62837.90%10.06%−400−24.14%1,657
Craig 1,80280.05%44119.59%80.36%−1,361−60.46%2,251
Culpeper 13,01160.01%8,63339.82%380.18%−4,378−20.19%21,682
Cumberland 2,65260.41%1,72839.36%100.23%−924−21.05%4,390
Danville 4,79539.47%7,32060.26%320.26%2,52520.79%12,147
Dickenson 3,43277.33%99722.47%90.20%−2,435−54.87%4,438
Dinwiddie 7,18459.72%4,81039.98%360.30%−2,374−19.73%12,030
Emporia 57134.52%1,08065.30%30.18%50930.77%1,654
Essex 2,59753.61%2,24146.26%60.12%−356−7.35%4,844
Fairfax City 3,08729.78%7,24969.94%290.28%4,16240.15%10,365
Fairfax County 125,47028.18%318,49671.54%1,2170.27%193,02643.36%445,183
Falls Church 1,36118.07%6,15781.74%140.19%4,79663.67%7,532
Fauquier 20,37459.15%13,98540.60%860.25%−6,389−18.55%34,445
Floyd 4,80465.04%2,54634.47%360.49%−2,258−30.57%7,386
Fluvanna 6,89251.52%6,45448.25%310.23%−438−3.27%13,377
Franklin City 1,11938.39%1,79261.48%40.14%67323.09%2,915
Franklin County 16,60472.01%6,40127.76%530.23%−10,203−44.25%23,058
Frederick 23,58460.76%15,15539.05%750.19%−8,429−21.72%38,814
Fredericksburg 3,20730.71%7,21369.06%240.23%4,00638.36%10,444
Galax 1,30169.72%56530.28%00.00%−736−39.44%1,866
Giles 5,07675.40%1,64124.38%150.22%−3,435−51.02%6,732
Gloucester 11,62967.41%5,59232.42%300.17%−6,037−35.00%17,251
Goochland 10,14559.62%6,84140.21%290.17%−3,304−19.42%17,015
Grayson 4,56278.48%1,19820.61%530.91%−3,364−57.87%5,813
Greene 5,58158.95%3,85940.76%270.29%−1,722−18.19%9,467
Greensville 1,48044.70%1,82855.21%30.09%34810.51%3,311
Halifax 8,13261.39%5,09038.42%250.19%−3,042−22.96%13,247
Hampton 12,63326.88%34,25372.88%1150.24%21,62046.00%47,001
Hanover 37,43262.23%22,57237.52%1510.25%−14,860−24.70%60,155
Harrisonburg 3,78128.90%9,28570.97%170.13%5,50442.07%13,083
Henrico 49,34933.14%99,32266.70%2400.16%49,97333.56%148,911
Henry 11,38365.47%5,95934.27%450.26%−5,424−31.20%17,387
Highland 84771.18%33928.49%40.34%−508−42.69%1,190
Hopewell 2,69340.77%3,89358.93%200.30%1,20018.17%6,606
Isle of Wight 11,23558.83%7,81240.91%490.26%−3,423−17.93%19,096
James City 19,92346.85%22,47152.84%1310.31%2,5485.99%42,525
King and Queen 2,03062.19%1,23137.71%30.09%−799−24.48%3,264
King George 7,09961.20%4,48038.62%210.18%−2,619−22.58%11,600
King William 6,12968.01%2,86731.81%160.18%−3,262−36.20%9,012
Lancaster 3,39556.63%2,58743.15%130.22%−808−13.48%5,995
Lee 5,42784.88%95014.86%170.27%−4,477−70.02%6,394
Lexington 73534.00%1,42665.96%10.05%69131.96%2,162
Loudoun 63,08737.64%104,17562.15%3590.21%41,08824.51%167,621
Louisa 11,57761.37%7,24438.40%420.22%−4,333−22.97%18,863
Lunenburg 2,72661.34%1,70238.30%160.36%−1,024−23.04%4,444
Lynchburg 13,69951.58%12,73847.96%1240.47%−961−3.62%26,561
Madison 4,36566.21%2,21133.54%170.26%−2,154−32.67%6,593
Manassas 4,24536.36%7,40663.43%240.21%3,16127.07%11,675
Manassas Park 1,21330.50%2,75669.30%80.20%1,54338.80%3,977
Martinsville 1,52338.71%2,40461.11%70.18%88122.39%3,934
Mathews 3,32169.64%1,44230.24%60.13%−1,879−39.40%4,769
Mecklenburg 7,28761.91%4,46237.91%220.19%−2,825−24.00%11,771
Middlesex 3,54863.20%2,06236.73%40.07%−1,486−26.47%5,614
Montgomery 15,58842.74%20,60556.49%2810.77%5,01713.76%36,474
Nelson 3,93751.34%3,71548.44%170.22%−222−2.89%7,669
New Kent 9,03765.12%4,82534.77%160.12%−4,212−30.35%13,878
Newport News 18,24432.53%37,64567.13%1900.34%19,40134.60%56,079
Norfolk 16,62126.01%47,15073.78%1370.21%30,52947.77%63,908
Northampton 2,58347.04%2,89952.80%90.16%3165.75%5,491
Northumberland 4,24462.51%2,53737.37%80.12%−1,707−25.14%6,789
Norton 72269.56%31029.87%60.58%−412−39.69%1,038
Nottoway 3,20959.99%2,12839.78%120.22%−1,081−20.21%5,349
Orange 10,26559.56%6,92640.19%440.26%−3,339−19.37%17,235
Page 7,03175.85%2,21623.91%230.25%−4,815−51.94%9,270
Patrick 5,17778.82%1,38021.01%110.17%−3,797−57.81%6,568
Petersburg 1,23412.51%8,56786.87%610.62%7,33374.36%9,862
Pittsylvania 17,58871.58%6,94328.26%400.16%−10,645−43.32%24,571
Poquoson 4,52472.52%1,70627.35%80.13%−2,818−45.17%6,238
Portsmouth 8,97728.86%22,04270.87%850.27%13,06542.00%31,104
Powhatan 12,11571.29%4,84328.50%350.21%−7,272−42.79%16,993
Prince Edward 3,71150.26%3,64849.40%250.34%−63−0.85%7,384
Prince George 8,12259.59%5,48040.21%270.20%−2,642−19.39%13,629
Prince William 56,66934.25%108,43465.54%3480.21%51,76531.29%165,451
Pulaski 8,73970.04%3,68429.52%550.44%−5,055−40.51%12,478
Radford 2,04243.74%2,55154.65%751.61%50910.90%4,668
Rappahannock 2,25555.93%1,75843.60%190.47%−497−12.33%4,032
Richmond City 13,48914.88%77,01184.94%1640.18%63,52270.06%90,664
Richmond County 2,04365.99%1,04733.82%60.19%−996−32.17%3,096
Roanoke City 10,62834.62%19,99665.13%760.25%9,36830.51%30,700
Roanoke County 25,40059.50%17,17940.24%1130.26%−8,221−19.26%42,692
Rockbridge 6,71066.49%3,36533.35%160.16%−3,345−33.15%10,091
Rockingham 24,66568.59%11,20731.16%900.25%−13,458−37.42%35,962
Russell 6,99579.69%1,55417.70%2292.61%−5,441−61.98%8,778
Salem 5,43857.77%3,95442.01%210.22%−1,484−15.77%9,413
Scott 6,11284.14%1,13515.63%170.23%−4,977−68.52%7,264
Shenandoah 12,64569.87%5,40729.88%460.25%−7,238−39.99%18,098
Smyth 7,74377.97%2,12921.44%590.59%−5,614−56.53%9,931
Southampton 4,60262.26%2,78037.61%90.12%−1,822−24.65%7,391
Spotsylvania 30,05050.43%29,38649.32%1470.25%−664−1.11%59,583
Stafford 28,88545.93%33,89753.90%1100.17%5,0127.97%62,892
Staunton 4,35840.48%6,38659.31%230.21%2,02818.84%10,767
Suffolk 16,57539.98%24,79659.81%870.21%8,22119.83%41,458
Surry 1,74548.87%1,81850.91%80.22%732.04%3,571
Sussex 1,83447.84%1,99251.96%80.21%1584.12%3,834
Tazewell 10,37482.70%2,09616.71%740.59%−8,278−65.99%12,544
Virginia Beach 78,93046.88%89,25853.01%1860.11%10,3286.13%168,374
Warren 10,54765.45%5,48434.03%830.52%−5,063−31.42%16,114
Washington 15,58974.90%5,03524.19%1880.90%−10,554−50.71%20,812
Waynesboro 4,11048.62%4,32751.18%170.20%2172.57%8,454
Westmoreland 4,50955.78%3,56244.07%120.15%−947−11.72%8,083
Williamsburg 1,77326.55%4,88273.11%230.34%3,10946.56%6,678
Winchester 3,59941.12%5,13258.63%220.25%1,53317.51%8,753
Wise 8,76680.23%2,13619.55%240.22%−6,630−60.68%10,926
Wythe 8,49877.57%2,41022.00%470.43%−6,088−55.57%10,955
York 16,26951.82%15,02947.87%990.32%−1,240−3.95%31,397
Totals1,505,39544.09%1,900,10455.65%8,6780.25%394,70911.56%3,414,177

By congressional district

Hashmi won seven of 11 congressional districts, including one held by a Republican. [113]

DistrictReidHashmiRepresentative
1st 51.0%48.8% Rob Wittman
2nd 48.4%51.4% Jen Kiggans
3rd 29.6%70.1% Bobby Scott
4th 30.7%69.1% Jennifer McClellan
5th 55.1%44.6% John McGuire
6th 59.6%40.1% Ben Cline
7th 44.0%55.8% Eugene Vindman
8th 22.0%77.7% Don Beyer
9th 69.2%30.3% Morgan Griffith
10th 41.8%58.0% Suhas Subramanyam
11th 28.5%71.3% James Walkinshaw

Exit poll

CNN exit poll

2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election voter demographics (CNN) [114]
Demographic subgroupHashmiReid% of
total vote
Ideology
Liberals 95533
Moderates 663333
Conservatives 89235
Party
Democrats 98236
Republicans 69431
Independents 564433
Donald Trump job approval
Approve59539
Disapprove91959
Most important issue facing Virginia
Economy613948
Health care802021
Education524811
Immigration118911
2024 presidential vote
Kamala Harris 97351
Donald Trump 59542
Another candidate53462
Did not vote61393
Gender
Men465447
Women633653
Income
$200,000 or more623814
$100,000-$199,999514928
$50,000-$99,999564431
Less than $50,000604026
Race/ethnicity
White 455571
Asian 78214
Latino 65355
Black 901016
White born-again or evangelical Christian?
Yes198128
No693172
Race by gender
White men366434
White women534736
Black men84167
Black women9559
Latino men52482
Latina women75252
All other voters69309
Age
18–29 years old683213
30–44 years old613920
45-64 years old524735
65 and older505032
Area type
Urban643619
Suburban574357
Rural445624
Education
College graduate613952
No college degree495148
Education by race
White college graduates554538
Non-white college graduates772314
Whites without college346633
Non-whites without college821715
Education by gender and race
White women with college degrees643620
White women without college degrees396116
White men with college degrees455518
White men without college degrees287217
Voters of color802030
Educational attainment
Advanced degree 653523
Bachelor's degree584229
Associate's degree524810
Some college534717
Never attended college455521

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  3. ↑ "Would not vote" with 1%
  4. ↑ "Refused" with 3%; "Some other candidate" with 1%
  5. ↑ "Refused" with 2%
  6. ↑ "Neither" with 2%; "Would not vote" with 1%
  7. ↑ "Neither" with 5%; "Would not vote" with 3%
  8. ↑ "None of these" with 2%
  9. ↑ "Neither" with 4%; "Would not vote" with 2%
  10. ↑ "Other" with 1%
  11. ↑ Marlow Jones with 9%
  12. ↑ "Wouldn't vote" with 2%, "Refused" with 2%, and "Someone else" with 0%
  13. ↑ Marlow Jones with 2%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll conducted for Stoney's campaign
  2. ↑ Poll conducted for Hashmi's campaign
  3. ↑ Poll sponsored by Red Eagle Politics, a conservative content creator
  4. ↑ Poll commissioned by the Democratic Attorneys General Association
  5. ↑ Poll sponsored by Reid's campaign
  6. ↑ Poll sponsored by the Virginia Project
  7. ↑ Poll sponsored by Founders Insight

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