The Virginia Department of Elections released its unofficial results of the Tuesday, June 17, Democratic Primary, last updated at 10:57 p.m. Democrats are running with the results. All election results are unofficial until certified. The Democratic nominee for Virginia lieutenant governor is Ghazala F. Hashmi and Jay C. Jones is the nominee for attorney general. Hashmi and Jones will join nominee Abigail Spanberger, the uncontested Democratic nominee for governor, in the pivotal November general election. 

The primary results between the top three contenders for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, Hashmi, Jones, and Aaron. R. Rouse, were close. In Fairfax County, the Virginia Department of Elections detailed 100 precincts reporting election statistics, with voter turnout at 9 percent, or 75,319 ballots cast out of 802,223 possible voters. 

In the crowded field of six contenders for Virginia lieutenant governor, Hashmi declared victory with 131,367 votes (27.29 percent). Trailing closely behind, runner-up Levar Marcus Stoney tallied 127,331 votes (26.65 percent), and Rouse 124,991 votes (26.16 percent).

"I'm honored to be our Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor," Hashmi said on X at 10:10 p.m. Tuesday.

“Virginians made history. We didn't just win a primary; we sent a clear message that we won't be bullied, broken, or dragged backward by the chaos in Washington," Hashmi said. 

John Reid, a conservative Richmond radio host, will be the Republican nominee for Virginia's lieutenant governorship, after running unopposed in Tuesday's statewide primary election.

With the tight results reported by the Virginia Department of Elections as of 10:57 p.m. on Tuesday between Hashmi and Stoney, 3,996 votes, the margin appears within 1 percent or less of the total votes for the top two candidates. Code of Virginia § 24.2-800 allows the defeated candidate to request a recount.

Stoney has indicated that he's not willing to concede the race for lieutenant governor. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that at his election watch party, Stoney said, "There's a lot of votes still left to count." He said they are "going to wait until all the votes are counted" before they say anything. Stoney served as mayor of Richmond, Virginia, from 2017 to 2025. He was in office until the end of 2024.

According to the VA Department of Elections, provisional and post-election incoming ballots are “Not Reported” yet.

In the race for the Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general, Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones, a former state delegate from Norfolk, received 242,318 votes, 50.94 percent. His opponent, Shannon L. Taylor, received 233,380 votes, or 49.06 percent. 

Jones will face off against Republican Attorney General Jason Myers in November. "The most powerful corporations and special interests believe that Virginia's government should be beholden to them. They will spend more trying to beat us in November by funding Donald Trump's pro-bono attorney, Jason Miyares. And we are ready for that fight because it's not their government, it's yours. As your next Attorney General, I will return the power back to you. To the people of Virginia," Jones said.

The Democratic nominee trio, Hashmi, Jones, and Spanberger, will compete for the top three positions in the Virginia government, which hold significant roles and constitutional importance. Spanberger will face off against Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.

One history-making change is in the cards, with Spanberger (D)  and Winsome Earle-Sears (R) on the ballot for governor, the results of the November election will produce the first female governor of Virginia.