2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election
November 4, 2025
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The 2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect the lieutenant governor of Virginia. The election was held concurrently with elections for Virginia's statewide offices, the House of Delegates, and other United States' offices. Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears did not run for reelection to a second term in office and ran for governor.
WRVA radio host John Reid won the Republican nomination on April 21, and was the first openly gay man nominated for statewide office in Virginia. State Senator Ghazala Hashmi won the Democratic primary on June 17. She was nominated the first Indian American and Muslim for statewide office in Virginia.
Hashmi defeated Reid by a 12-point margin, which is the largest Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial margin since 1965. Hashmi focused on opposition to the Trump Administration while Reid made education and economic issues the main themes of his campaign. Hashmi's win was part of the Democratic sweep in the three statewide executive offices in the concurrent elections.
Hashmi was sworn in as the 43rd lieutenant governor of Virginia on January 17, 2026. She is the first Indian American elected to statewide office in Virginia and the first Muslim woman elected to statewide office in the country.