Just 46 votes separate the two candidates for mayor. But election workers must still tally more than 2,000 provisional votes, most of them from precincts with sizeable student populations.

Republican incumbents walked away with four Hill City races Tuesday night, but the treasurer’s race remains neck-and-neck and likely won’t be decided until next week.

The Category 1 hurricane’s fingerprints were on the deadly and destructive flooding 40 years ago this week, but the atmospheric setup that yielded the worst river flooding on record at Roanoke and ...

It’s tempting for commentators to attribute the breadth of this victory to just one cause — the unpopularity of President Donald Trump in Virginia. He certainly played an outsized part in the ...

The third race, in the Windsor Hill District between incumbent Cheryl Facciani and challenger Ryan White, was too close to call late Tuesday. In the Hollins District, David Linden was reelected with ...

The candidates — incumbent Cheryl Facciani and challenger Ryan White — are separated by just a few dozen votes.

Virginia has elected its first woman governor. Democratic former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger was elected in a sweeping victory over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears on Tuesday night.

On Tuesday evening, Peter Macedo, a political newcomer and the owner of Blacksburg Bagels, had a slight lead over Michael Sutphin, the town’s vice mayor, who has been on the town council since 2012.

Here’s a list of all of Cardinal’s election stories. For results of all races across the state, see the Virginia Department of Elections site. If you like what we’re doing at Cardinal, you can support ...

The two races were too close to call election night. The 164 provisional ballots that will decide the commissioner’s race will be settled Nov. 12.

In November 1985 I was working at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in the psychology department which was housed in the Rehab, across Jefferson St. from the main hospital. From the upper floors, you could ...

Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger will enter office with a trifecta, with the governor’s seat, the state Senate and House of Delegates all under the same party. She will be the first Democratic ...