2025 in Virginia

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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Virginia .

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: Glenn Youngkin (R)

Events

• January 1 – FBI agents announce the seizure of more than 150 homemade pipe bombs and other explosive devices from a home in Isle of Wight County. ^[1]
• May 21 – Representative Gerry Connolly, a Democrat representing Virginia's 11th congressional district, dies of cancer at the age of 75. ^[2]
• June 23 - In Augusta County, 15 cars of a freight train had derailed near Dooms Crossing Road. No one was killed or injured. ^[3]
• June 27 – James Edward Ryan, president of the University of Virginia, resigns under pressure from the Trump administration. ^[4]
• July 30 – At a Danville magazine company building, a man enters the company office of local city Councilman Lee Vogler and sets him on fire, causing serious injuries. Police say a full investigation is underway, but that the suspect appears to have been motivated by personal reasons and that the attack was unrelated to Vogler's work as a councilman. ^[5]
• July 12 - In Manassas, 2 people were injured in a shooting on Pheonix Drive. ^[6]
• August 5 – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery will be returned to the cemetery. The statue had been removed in 2023. ^[7]
• August 16 - As a result of the Roblox Schlep ban controversy, Two teenagers protest at the Dulles Rec Center in Dulles, Virginia calling out to Roblox to unban the YouTuber Schlep and make their platform safer. ^{[8] [ failed verification ]}

Scheduled

• November 4 –
  • 2025 Virginia Attorney General election ^[9]
  • 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election ^[10]

See also

• 2025 in the United States

References

1. "FBI found 150 homemade bombs at Virginia home during search in December, prosecutors say". AP News. January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
2. Quinn, Melissa (May 21, 2025). "Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly dies at 75". CBS News . Retrieved May 21, 2025.
3. "Fifteen cars derailed in Augusta County train crash".
4. Tucker, Eric; Binkley, Collin (June 27, 2025). "University of Virginia president resigns under Trump administration pressure on DEI, AP source says". The Associated Press. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
5. Diaz, Olivia; Breed, Allen G. (July 30, 2025). "Virginia city councilman set on fire in workplace attack; suspect charged with attempted murder". The Associated Press. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
6. "Two injured in Manassas shooting".
7. Khalil, Ashraf (August 5, 2025). "Confederate statues in DC area to be restored and replaced in line with Trump's executive order". The Associated Press. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
8. "Roblox's ban of a user named 'Schlep' has ignited a crisis for the mega-popular gaming platform".
9. vascope (November 18, 2024). "Miyares to run for reelection". Virginia Scope. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
10. "Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger is running for governor instead of seeking reelection to the House". AP News. November 13, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2025.