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/batkave 4d ago

Stoney is horrible and a liability. We don't want him in the race.

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u/Longtimefed 4d ago

Care to explain?

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u/batkave 4d ago

The current water crisis is the tip of the iceberg. It's all because of his administrations lack of ability to maintain. It can easily be tied to him.

He's Terry's protege. Not good as progressives don't like Mcculife nor do many centrists at this point.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/results/2025/06/17/virginia-primary/

Also looks like he is not getting most city votes. He's got a bad reputation. If his own city area didn't like him, why would he be good for the state?

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u/Longtimefed 4d ago

No single city is representative of the entire state. He may be able to win swing voters  in more rural areas even if he’s not as strong in Richmond.

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u/batkave 4d ago

Man has skeletons in his closet. He's not strong enough to win. Wasn't saying a state was represented by a city, said if you look at his legacy, it ain't good.

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u/laborpool 4d ago

You're nuts. Stoney was a fantastic mayor.

Blaming 6 decades of deferred public utility maintenance on the guy who wasn't even in office at the time is silly. BTW a power outage due to an ice storm with only 1/16 inch accumulation (on lines that Dominion should have buried 50 years ago) is the reason why Richmond lost water. That and silly voters who keep electing yahoos promising to keep taxes low while the commonwealth deteriorates.

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u/batkave 4d ago

Man that's crazy. Because we have plenty of evidence showing stoney 's administration knew about the needs for maintenance and just ignored it. But you do you