History says: when Virginia votes, the nation should pay attention. The Commonwealth’s elections have long been a preview of ...

Former Gov. Wilder calls new VCU poll a “wake-up call” as Democrats’ leads shrink in key 2025 races, with GOP gains in ...

Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Government and Public Affairs released data Tuesday showing that Democratic ...

A new poll out from Virginia Commonwealth University shows Democratic candidate for governor Abigail Spanberger holding a ...

A new poll from the VCU Wilder School shows Virginia’s statewide races are tightening with less than two weeks until the ...

Barack Obama has a sizable lead over Sen. John McCain, polls show, but those numbers could be deceiving if the "Bradley effect" comes into play. The Bradley effect is named after former Los Angeles ...

Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder knew he was “a son of Virginia” because his mother told him so. The phrase that still resonates from his inaugural address 25 years ago next month as the nation’s first ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder's 93rd birthday will be marked by the premiere of a revealing and deeply personal documentary about his life this week. The film will ...

Democrat Abigail Spanberger holds a 7-point lead over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia’s 2025 governor’s ...

L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor, told C-SPAN in an interview Thursday that improving education is more important than spending tax dollars on taking down Confederate ...

In the history books, L. Douglas Wilder will take his prominent place as the first African-American governor elected in the United States. But in grand fashion Sunday afternoon, during his Jan. 2 ...