Laura Vozzella

Richmond, Va.

Local reporter covering Virginia politics

Education: Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., BA in English Literature

Laura Vozzella covers Virginia politics for The Washington Post. Before joining The Post, she was a political columnist and food writer at the Baltimore Sun. She dutifully recorded hockey sums and breaking news for the Associated Press in Boston, covered federal court for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and chronicled everything that moved in a small Connecticut town for her hometown newspaper, the Hartford Courant.
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Four centuries in, Virginia could be on track for its first female governor

The anticipated matchup between Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears would be a first for Virginia and the nation’s 11th woman vs. woman contest for governor.

December 1, 2024
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Virginia) are running for governor next year.

Virginia Democrats pick JJ Singh in primary for open House seat in Loudoun

Democrat JJ Singh won a firehouse primary in Loudoun County to face Republican Ram Venkatachalam in a Jan. 7 special election for an open House of Delegates seat.

November 25, 2024
Special elections will be held Jan. 7 for a House and a Senate seat in the General Assembly in Richmond.

Democratic primary set for Virginia Del. Srinivasan’s Loudoun-based seat

Saturday’s election is part of a flurry of nominating contests set in motion when state Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Loudoun) won the 10th Congressional District seat.

November 21, 2024
The Virginia Capitol in Richmond.

Court rules against Youngkin’s withdrawal from carbon cap-and-trade market

A spokesman for Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said the governor plans to appeal the ruling, which was celebrated by environmental advocates.

November 20, 2024
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R).

Virginia AG Jason Miyares says he will run for reelection, not governor

By running for reelection, Miyares avoids a potentially expensive and bruising gubernatorial primary with a fellow Republican, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.

November 18, 2024
Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares (R) makes a speech at a rally for former president Donald Trump in Chesapeake, Virginia, in June.

Va. constitutional amendments on abortion, marriage and voting advance

Launching the multi-year process to change the state constitution, a state House committee on Wednesday passed three resolutions that the full House will take up in January.

November 13, 2024
Virginia House Majority Leader Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria) proposed a resolution that would enshrine abortion rights in the state.

Special election set for Virginia state Sen. Subramanyam’s seat

The state will also soon hold an election for the seat being vacated by state Sen. John J. McGuire III, though no date is set.

November 12, 2024
The Capitol in Richmond.

Trump lost Virginia but gained ground in slightly less blue D.C. suburbs

The rightward shift in vote-rich counties such as Loudoun, Prince William and even deep blue Fairfax helped Trump improve his performance in Virginia over 2020.

November 6, 2024
A volunteer hands out Trump stickers on Election Day in Virginia Beach on Tuesday.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) projected to win third term

A popular former governor, Kaine has consistently led Cao, a retired Navy captain, in public polls and fundraising.

November 6, 2024
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) celebrates his reelection with wife Anne Holton at a watch party at the Hippodrome Theater in Richmond on Tuesday night. (John McDonnell for The Washington Post)

Election board in Waynesboro, Va., ordered to certify election results

GOP board members in the rural city had threatened not to sign off unless the ballots were counted by hand.

November 5, 2024
Voters cast ballots at Bettie F. Williams Elementary School in Virginia Beach on Tuesday.