Elizabeth Beyer

3 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer

Lea Moyer began taking classes at the Blue Ridge Job Corps center in Marion in October after experiencing homelessness. Moyer, 22, entered the foster care system when she was 17 years old. She struggled with her mental health, and that led her to getting “kicked out” of foster care programs, she said. “When I aged out no one was there to help me with anything anymore, and due to my mental health and needing hospitalizations sometimes it was hard to keep up with housing and a job,” she said.

1 week ago | cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer

The table is set for November in Southwest and Southside Virginia after Tuesday’s primary elections determined the ballot for the general election in five House of Delegates races. Del. Terry Austin, R-Botetourt County, beat his primary challenger. In the Roanoke Valley, Democrat Donna Littlepage will go on to face Republican Del. Joe McNamara. In a district that spans Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth and Wythe counties, Mitchell Cornett outpaced Adam Tolbert in the Republican primary race for Del.

1 week ago | cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer

The statewide Democratic ticket is set for the November election as state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi and former Del. Jay Jones won their primaries for lieutenant governor and attorney general Tuesday night. They will join former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for governor, on the general election ticket. Hashmi, a Democrat from Chesterfield County, beat five opponents in a six-way primary for lieutenant governor on Tuesday.

2 weeks ago | cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer

Two Republican candidates are vying for their party’s nomination for the 46th District race, in a bid to represent the most conservative district out of the three open seats in this year’s House of Delegates election. Mitchell Cornett and Adam Tolbert, both Republicans, signaled their intention to run for the seat after Del. Jed Arnold, R-Smyth County, announced he would not seek reelection in March.

2 weeks ago | cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer

Del. Danny Marshall’s seat has drawn a primary election on both sides of the aisle. Marshall announced in February his intention to not seek reelection to the House of Delegates 49th District, citing health concerns. Two Democrats and two Republicans qualified for primary elections in a district made up of the city of Danville and parts of Halifax and Pittsylvania counties.