Republican Districts Take Lead in Early-Voting Tallies in Virginia

Republican Districts Take Lead in Early-Voting Tallies in Virginia

Republican-leaning districts are leading in early voting with less than four weeks to go in the 2025 off-off-year elections, amid historic voter turnout. More than 420,000 Virginians have already cast ballots in statewide elections scheduled for Nov. 4—double the early-voting numbers recorded in Virginia in 2021.  Altogether, voters will have 44 days to vote early, either in person or by mail, for races including governor, lieutenant governor, s…

GOP-leaning districts lead in early voting. Here’s where IW and Surry stand.

Republican-leaning House of Delegates districts are outpacing Democratic strongholds in their share of early ballots, according to Virginia Public Access Project data. Six of the top 10 House Districts with the highest percentage of ballots cast in the three weeks since early in-person and mail-in voting began either lean Republican or are safe GOP territory, according to VPAP’s analysis.  All 100 seats in the House, which presently has a narrow…