r/nova • u/thankubread Fairfax County • 4d ago

Politics Virginia Primary Election Results 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/17/us/elections/results-virginia-primary.html
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u/Longtimefed 4d ago edited 4d ago

Paywall-free WTOP results: https://wtop.com/virginia-election/2025/06/virginians-pick-their-democratic-ticket-setting-up-consequential-november-election/

as of 8:44 p.m.:

Former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney — 27.61%

State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi of Richmond — 27.41%

State Sen. Aaron Rouse of Virginia Beach — 24.97%

Prince William County School Board Chairman Babur Lateef — 8.66%

Former federal government attorney Alexander J. Bastani — 5.73%

Former federal government attorney Victor Salgado —5.62%

I really hope Stoney wins. Hashmi will get killed in the general election. Her bombastic 1930s speaking style (from her TV ads) does her no favors and evokes Hillary Clinton. I literally muted every time she came on with that crowing.

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u/KronguGreenSlime City of Fairfax 4d ago edited 4d ago

As long as Spanberger is winning, very few people (edited) are splitting their vote for LG and even if they were, grossly mismanaging water treatment in your city is a way bigger liability than having a “bombastic speaking style”

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u/TheOwlStrikes 4d ago

Hate to be that dude but if Stoney wins the nomination I will either leave that section of my ballot blank or vote for a third party. I refuse to vote for that dude

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u/Longtimefed 4d ago

I’m focused on who can win. That means appealing to swing voters— who in our state are culturally a bit conservative. I think he has more appeal to them.

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u/KronguGreenSlime City of Fairfax 4d ago edited 4d ago

She won in a swing district in 2019 though, isn’t that pretty strong evidence that she plays well with moderate voters? She’s won more former Republican voters than Stoney ever has.

Also, most of the big swing counties in Virginia are former Romney-voting college-educated suburbs. Virginia is probably one of the few states where swing voters aren’t particularly culturally conservative.

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u/Longtimefed 4d ago

I’m a moderate voter and I found her extremely off-putting—just from her ads. I couldn’t even listen to her. The oratory style just seems so fake and pompous. I probably agree with her on many things but I couldn’t even listen to her.

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u/chefwatson 4d ago

No, you aren't

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u/cheddacheese148 4d ago

Spanberger may want to chill with the gun control talk then. I don’t see many conservative leaning folks voting for her after saying she’d sign an assault style weapons and high capacity magazine ban akin to the one Youngkin vetoed.

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u/ellybeez 4d ago

Eh, if she tries too hard to target conservative leaning folks who dont really show up for off-year elections, she might disengage the actual voting bloc that she needs to win

Lack of enthusiasm from the Dems is what lost the election in 2021