Notes from the 2025 Campaign Trail: Ballot Access & the Race for Lieutenant Governor

The Race for Lieutenant Governor Launched this Weekend in Northern Virginia.

This is the first post in a series of ongoing reflections and observations from Virginia’s 2025 elections, where voters will elect a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, 100 Members of the House of Delegates, and numerous down-ballot local officials.

Pursuant to Article VII, Section I of the Plan of Organization for the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV), political committees (like the Arlington GOP, for which I am the Chairman) do not endorse candidates in multi-candidate Republican nominating contests, so I’m writing these observations in my personal capacity only.

Given the nature of the observations in this post, I am making it available to paid subscribers only. Other notes from the 2025 campaign trail will be available to all audiences.

Saturday, February 15th marked the unofficial “launch” of the race for Lieutenant Governor for Republicans in Northern Virginia…