What’s Behind Stafford County’s Democratic Flip: Traffic, Affordability, Demographic Shifts

Spanberger flipped 15 Va. cities, counties

ELECTION 2025

What’s behind Stafford County’s Democratic flip: Traffic, affordability, demographic shifts

One of the most dramatic results in Virginia’s 2025 general election is that Stafford County supported Democrats Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi, and Jay Jones.

Va. Gov.-elect Spanberger urges Dems not to prolong shutdown

Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) urged all members of Congress to reopen the government "immediately" and warned that Democrats' electoral triumphs last week shouldn't be seen as an excuse to prolong the shutdown scrum, while New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) argued that it's "really important that we keep up that fight."

Spanberger flipped 15 cities and counties Youngkin carried. How?

Democrat Abigail Spanberger led a blue wave in Virginia last Tuesday that saw every locality in the commonwealth trend more Democratic. But how?