RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that he is backing Terry McAuliffe in the race to succeed him, handing his predecessor one of the contest’s most coveted ...

Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia, facing intense pressure to resign from fellow Democrats after admitting that he posed for a photo in a racist costume as a medical student more than 30 years ago, was ...

HAMPTON, Va. — Governor Ralph Northam announced a new pilot program to help prevent suicide and close gaps in access to care for service members, veterans and their families. The Virginia Identify, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Ralph Northam has surged to a campaign fundraising edge over Republican Ed Gillespie in the governor’s race in Virginia. The latest campaign finance reports for July and ...

Gov. Abigail Spanberger wasted no time in naming 27 new members to the boards of George Mason University, Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia.

He promised to start an honest conversation about race and how to heal the lingering wounds of Virginia's painful past. Then he disappeared. For the past week, Gov. Ralph Northam has defied widespread ...

They kept their sons, Thomas and Ralph, in public schools. As in much of the rest of the country, private schools had popped up in the Northams’ community on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. They were havens ...

One of the most closely watched political races of the year ended with a major victory for Democrats as Ralph Northam soundly defeated Republican Ed Gillespie to become the next governor of Virginia.