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FILE - In this April 3, 2021 file photo, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the State Capitol in Atlanta. Republicans are gearing up for midterm gubernatorial races by trumpeting the party’s more hands-off approach to the coronavirus pandemic, attempting to flip the script on an issue that helped Democrats win the White House and control of Capitol Hill in 2020. Kemp recently described his stewardship of a “measured reopening” as the way to “protect lives against COVID-19, but also protect your livelihood and your paycheck.”  (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, file)
GOP governors tie economy to relaxed approach to coronavirus

By Bill Barrow Jun. 12, 2021 10:15 AM EDT

Democratic candidate for Governor of Virginia Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy answers a question during a debate held in Bristol, Va., on Thursday, May 6, 2021. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP)
Democrats seek contrast with GOP's Youngkin in 3rd debate

By Sarah Rankin May. 20, 2021 09:37 PM EDT

Puneet Ahluwalia, candidate for Lt. Governor, works the line of cars during the Virginia GOP drive-thru primary to select candidates for the 2021 general election, Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Annandale, Va. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via AP)
GOP delegates in Virginia to choose nominee for governor

May. 08, 2021 01:03 AM EDT

This Jan. 10. 2021 image provided but the Youngkin for Governor campaign shows Glenn Youngkin in Richmond, Va. The GOP gubernatorial candidate will be chosen during the party's May 8 nominating convention. (Kate Magee Joyce/Youngkin for Governor Campaign via AP)
GOP seeks a candidate that can end its exile in Virginia

By Matthew Barakat And Bill Barrow May. 07, 2021 04:11 PM EDT

GOP candidates for governor make video pitches to delegates

By Matthew Barakat May. 02, 2021 01:35 PM EDT
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia's Republican candidates for governor touted plans to reopen schools and lift pandemic restrictions as they made videotaped...

In this Feb. 2, 2021, photo, Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase and Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks from her desk at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va. The national Republican Party is at war with itself, struggling to reconcile a bitter divide between former President Donald Trump’s fierce loyalists and those who want Trumpism purged from their party. Chase is a polarizing state senator who seems to have won the hearts and minds of the Trump faithful with her fiercely anti-establishment, pro-gun positions and her embrace of the false notion that Trump is the legitimate winner of the November election. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly)
Some assembly required? Va. GOP sorts out nomination process

By Matthew Barakat And Sarah Rankin Feb. 18, 2021 10:57 AM EST

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, ceremonially swears in Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, accompanied by his wife Tanya Mayorkas, and their daughters Amelia, far left, and Giselle, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Senate confirms Mayorkas as Biden's homeland security chief

By Ben Fox Feb. 02, 2021 03:28 PM EST

FILE - In this May 17, 2013 file photo, candidate for Lt. Governor of Virginia, Pete Snyder, center, gestures as he talks to delegates during the opening of the Virginia Republican convention in Richmond, Va. Snyder has joined the crowded field seeking the Republican nomination for Virginia governor. The CEO of a capital investment firm, Snyder said in a campaign video released Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 that he was running as an innovator, disruptor and problem solver seeking to shake up state politics after “eight years of failed leadership” by Democrats in the governor’s mansion.   (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Republican Snyder joins crowded Virginia governor contest

By Sarah Rankin Jan. 26, 2021 04:58 PM EST

FILE - In this March 1, 2020 file photo former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe walks up to the stage as he prepares to introduce Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, during a campaign rally in Norfolk, Va.  An unusually broad field is vying to be the next governor of Virginia as the marquee political contest of 2021 gets into full swing. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
2021 marquee contest: Virginia governor's race in high gear

By Alan Suderman Jan. 02, 2021 08:52 AM EST

FILE - In this March 1, 2020, file photo, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe walks up to the stage as he prepares to introduce Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign rally in Norfolk, Va. McAuliffe is trying to get his old job back and is set to announce a formal bid for governor Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Richmond, according to a McAuliffe aide who was not authorized to speak publicly about the campaign. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Virginia's McAuliffe to make gubernatorial bid official

By Alan Suderman Dec. 08, 2020 07:53 PM EST

Carroll Foy resigns from House to focus on governor's race

By Alan Suderman Dec. 08, 2020 09:26 AM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic state Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy is resigning her seat to focus on her bid to be Virginia's next governor. ...

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Newport News, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden, Trump take differing approaches to debate preparation

By Steve Peoples, Zeke Miller And Bill Barrow Sep. 27, 2020 11:18 AM EDT

The control room for the Democratic National Convention is seen before the start of the convention Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
With DNC convention gone virtual, what's a lobbyist to do?

By Brian Slodysko Aug. 18, 2020 12:55 AM EDT

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo removes a mask as he holds a news conference in a Monday, June 15, 2020 file photo, in Tarrytown, N.Y. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes the reins of the group representing the nation’s governors, which has played a pivotal role in communicating with the Trump administration about state needs during the coronavirus pandemic. As head of the bipartisan National Governors Association, Cuomo will have to walk a fine line between his naturally combative style with the White House and a deferential approach favored by Republicans. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Cuomo takes over governors group as virus batters states

By Marina Villeneuve Aug. 05, 2020 07:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, June 20, 2020. Trump demoted his campaign manager, high-profile supporters are openly questioning his reelection message, and he risks losing the confidence of voters across the political spectrum because of his erratic leadership during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Biden eyes GOP supporters while Trump focuses on his base

By Steve Peoples Jul. 20, 2020 06:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2020, file photo, Steven Posey checks his phone as he waits in line to vote at Central Park in Atlanta. Voters reported wait times of three hours. When some Georgia voters endured a pandemic, pouring rain and massive waits earlier this month to cast their ballot, President Donald Trump and other Republicans blamed local Democrats for presiding over chaos. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Election chaos renews focus on gutted Voting Rights Act

By Bill Barrow Jun. 23, 2020 12:29 AM EDT

FILE- In this Jan. 12, 2017 file photo State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, smiles as she is applauded by members of the Virginia House of Delegates during a warm send-off from the chambers at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. McClellan announced Thursday, June 18, 2020 that she's launching a bid to be the state's next governor, which if successful would make her the nation's first ever African-American woman to ever lead a state. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Democrat McClellan announces bid to be Virginia governor

By Alan Suderman Jun. 18, 2020 07:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., gives her opening statement during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden’s search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting for a dwindling list of potential vice presidential nominees, with several black women in strong contention. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Biden's VP list narrows: Warren, Harris, Susan Rice, others

By Bill Barrow And Julie Pace Jun. 13, 2020 12:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and then-candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., arrive to participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. Biden’s search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting for a dwindling list of potential vice presidential nominees, with several black women in strong contention. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Biden's VP list narrows: Warren, Harris, Susan Rice, others

By Bill Barrow And Julie Pace Jun. 12, 2020 03:35 PM EDT

FILE This Monday Jan. 27, 2020 file photo shows Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, front left, D-Prince William, as she holds her son, Alex Foy, while pointing out the vote tally board for the vote on the Equal Rights Amendment in the House chambers at the Capitol in Richmond, Va.  Foy launched her bid for governor on Wednesday, May 27, becoming the first Democrat to officially get in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Ralph Northam. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Carroll Foy formally launches bid for Virginia governor

By Sarah Rankin May. 27, 2020 11:07 AM EDT

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