Lieutenant governor’s race heats up in Virginia with Election Day 2025 more than 500 days away


by WRIC

WRIC— With more than 500 days till Election Day 2025, the race for lieutenant governor is heating up.

Washington Examiner—Richmond mayor drops out of Democratic primary for Virginia governor’s race. Mayor Levar Stoney of Richmond, Virginia, dropped out of the Democratic primary for the 2025 gubernatorial election on Tuesday, seeking to “avoid an ugly primary for governor.” With Stoney dropping out, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) is the only remaining major candidate in the Democratic primary for governor and now has the inside track to win […]

Forbes—Indianapolis 500 Race Day Parking And Race Weekend Camping Sold Out. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced 33 days before the start of the 108th Indianapolis 500 that all Race Day parking and Race Weekend camping have been sold out.

Raw Story—Utah governor’s TED Talk urges U.S. to resist tribalism as presidential election looms. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox opened his TED talk, which he delivered from Canada on Wednesday, with a quote from former President Ronald Reagan: “Freedom is a fragile thing, and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction.” Cox said he, like many others, has used that quote many times — but he confessed he didn’t actually believe it. That is, until the “first cracks in my confidence came” when he was Utah’s lieutenant governor, and that was when he showed up to what was supposed to...