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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter casts their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter casts their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter casts their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voters cast their ballots for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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Hyogo Gov. Saito

KOBE, Japan, Nov. 27 Kyodo - Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito attends a press conference on Nov. 27, 2024, at the prefectural office in the western Japan city of Kobe, amid growing accusation that he violated the election law by involving a public relations agency to run his social media campaign in the gubernatorial race. Saito was reelected in the Nov. 17 election despite losing his job over abuse of power allegations. (Kyodo)

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Hyogo Gov. Saito

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito attends a press conference on Nov. 27, 2024, at the prefectural office in the western Japan city of Kobe, amid growing accusation that he violated the election law by involving a public relations agency to run his social media campaign in the gubernatorial race. Saito was reelected in the Nov. 17 election despite losing his job over abuse of power allegations.

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Hyogo Gov. Saito

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito attends a press conference on Nov. 27, 2024, at the prefectural office in the western Japan city of Kobe, amid growing accusation that he violated the election law by involving a public relations agency to run his social media campaign in the gubernatorial race. Saito was reelected in the Nov. 17 election despite losing his job over abuse of power allegations.

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Hyogo Gov. Saito

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito attends a press conference on Nov. 27, 2024, at the prefectural office in the western Japan city of Kobe, amid growing accusation that he violated the election law by involving a public relations agency to run his social media campaign in the gubernatorial race. Saito was reelected in the Nov. 17 election despite losing his job over abuse of power allegations.

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Hyogo Gov. Saito

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito attends a press conference on Nov. 27, 2024, at the prefectural office in the western Japan city of Kobe, amid growing accusation that he violated the election law by involving a public relations agency to run his social media campaign in the gubernatorial race. Saito was reelected in the Nov. 17 election despite losing his job over abuse of power allegations.

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Tokyo governor race begins

TOKYO,Japan, June 20 Kyodo -Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike makes her first stump speech in Tokyo on June 20, 2024, as official campaigning for the July 7 gubernatorial election in the Japanese capital began the same day.(Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Tokyo gubernatorial election candidates

(From L) Shinji Ishimaru, former mayor of Akitakata in Hiroshima Prefecture, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker and Toshio Tamogami, a former Air Self-Defense Force chief, pose for photos before a joint press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 19, 2024, ahead of the capital's gubernatorial election on July 7.(Kyodo)

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Yoichi Masuzoe (C) waves to supporters in the Japanese capital's Ginza district on Feb. 2, 2014. At left is Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and at right is Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the New Komeito party, the ruling coalition ally of Abe's Liberal Democratic Party. A Kyodo News survey showed the same day that Masuzoe is leading the race ahead of the Feb. 9, 2014, vote.

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Candidate backed by ruling bloc defeated in Saga election

SAGA, Japan - Yoshinori Yamaguchi, a former Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry official, extends his hand to a supporter in the southwestern Japan city of Saga after defeating a rival backed by the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc in the Saga gubernatorial race on Jan. 11, 2015. Yamaguchi was supported by agricultural cooperative members and some LDP local assembly members opposed to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned farming reforms.

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Okinawa people reiterate opposition to base transfer

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa people rally to show their opposition to the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Japan's southernmost island prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2014, in front of the prefectural office building in Naha. Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga won the gubernatorial race in November, delivering a de facto "No" vote on the controversial relocation plan.

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Okinawa people reiterate opposition to base transfer

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa people rally to show their opposition to the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Japan's southernmost island prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2014, in front of the prefectural office building in Naha. Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga won the gubernatorial race in November, delivering a de facto "No" vote on the controversial relocation plan.

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Nakaima defeated in gubernatorial race

NAHA, Japan - Hirokazu Nakaima, governor of Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, delivers an address to his supporters on Nov. 16, 2014, in the prefecture's capital of Naha, after being defeated in the gubernatorial election. Voters delivered a de-facto no vote to a controversial plan for the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the island prefecture.

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Candidates for Okinawa gubernatorial race hold debate

NAHA, Japan - Candidates for the Okinawa gubernatorial election pose after an open debate in Naha, Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014. From L: Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga, Mikio Shimoji, former minister in charge of privatization of postal services, Shokichi Kina, a former House of Councillors member, and incumbent Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima.

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Fukushima gubernatorial race campaign starts

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the Fukushima gubernatorial election in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Oct. 9, 2014, when official campaigning began. It is the first gubernatorial election since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Fukushima gubernatorial race campaign starts

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the Fukushima gubernatorial election in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Oct. 9, 2014, when official campaigning began. It is the first gubernatorial election since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Ex-Futaba mayor to run in Fukushima gubernatorial race

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Katsutaka Idogawa, former mayor of Futaba, home of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, announces on Sept. 16, 2014, in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima that he will run in the October Fukushima gubernatorial election. Idogawa served as Futaba mayor from December 2005 to February 2013.

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Central banker to run in Fukushima gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Hachimura, a Bank of Japan official, meets with the press on Aug. 17, 2014, in the city of Fukushima where he announced he will run in October's Fukushima gubernatorial election, the first leadership race since the March 2011 nuclear disaster there. Hachimura, 55, served as the central bank's Fukushima branch manager between 2005 and 2008 and the Reconstruction Agency's policy adviser after the disaster.

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Central banker to run in Fukushima gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Takeshi Hachimura, a Bank of Japan official who will run in October's Fukushima gubernatorial election, the first leadership race since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami triggered the nuclear crisis there. Hachimura, 55, served as the central bank's Fukushima branch manager between 2005 and 2008 and the Reconstruction Agency's policy adviser after the disaster.

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Candidate supporting nuclear phaseout elected Shiga governor

OTSU, Japan - Former lawmaker Taizo Mikazuki (C) celebrates in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on July 13, 2014, after winning the Shiga gubernatorial election to succeed incumbent Gov. Yukiko Kada (L). Mikazuki, 43, a former Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker who supports phasing out nuclear power, won a three-way race, beating a candidate backed by the ruling parties by a narrow margin.

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Candidate supporting nuclear phaseout elected Shiga governor

OTSU, Japan - Former lawmaker Taizo Mikazuki (R) receives flowers from Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on July 13, 2014, after winning the Shiga gubernatorial election to succeed her. Mikazuki, 43, a former Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker who supports phasing out nuclear power, won a three-way race, beating a candidate backed by the ruling parties by a narrow margin.

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Official campaigning for Tokyo gubernatorial race to start Jan. 23

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Utsunomiya, former chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, who will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Jan. 22, 2014, a day before official campaigning commences for the Feb. 9 election.

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Official campaigning for Tokyo gubernatorial race to start Jan. 23

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Tamogami, former chief of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force who will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Jan. 22, 2014, a day before official campaigning commences for the Feb. 9 election.

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Official campaigning for Tokyo gubernatorial race to start Jan. 23

TOKYO, Japan - Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe, who will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2014, a day before official campaigning commences for the Feb. 9 election.

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Hyogo gubernatorial race

KOBE, Japan - Combination photo shows Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, 67, (R), and Kotaro Tanaka, 64, an official of a political group related to the Japanese Communist Party, during stump speeches in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 gubernatorial election. Ido is seeking a fourth four-year term, while Tanaka is challenging Ido for the second time.

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Inose announces candidacy for Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose, a prizewinning nonfiction writer, holds a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, in which he announced that he will run as an independent in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election set for Dec. 16.

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Inose announces candidacy for Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose, a prizewinning nonfiction writer, holds a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, in which he announced that he will run as an independent in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election set for Dec. 16.

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Inose announces candidacy for Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose, a prizewinning nonfiction writer, holds a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, in which he announced that he will run as an independent in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election set for Dec. 16.

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Ishii wins Toyama gubernatorial race

TOYAMA, Japan - Incumbent Toyama Governor Takakazu Ishii raises flowers after winning the Toyama gubernatorial race in the city of Toyama on Oct. 28, 2012.

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Ibaragi wins in Okayama gubernatorial race

OKAYAMA, Japan - Ryuta Ibaragi, former president of Okayama-based department store chain Tenmaya Co., celebrates after winning the Okayama gubernatorial race in the city of Okayama on Oct. 28, 2012.

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Yamamoto wins Yamaguchi gubernatorial race

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Shigetaro Yamamoto raises flowers received after his victory in the Yamaguchi gubernatorial election, in the city of Yamaguchi on the night of July 29, 2012. During campaigning, Yamamoto said he would suspend a plan to build a nuclear plant in the western Japan prefecture, while his main rival Tetsunari Iida called for the plan to be scrapped in the wake of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Yamamoto wins Yamaguchi gubernatorial race

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Shigetaro Yamamoto (C) and his supporters shout "banzai" after his victory in the Yamaguchi gubernatorial election, in the city of Yamaguchi on the night of July 29, 2012. During campaigning, Yamamoto said he would suspend a plan to build a nuclear plant in the western Japan prefecture, while his main rival Tetsunari Iida called for the plan to be scrapped in the wake of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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LDP's Maruyama not to run in Osaka gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuya Maruyama, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Councillors, is seen in a press conference he held in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2011, to announce his decision not to run in the Osaka gubernatorial election on Nov. 27. The lawyer-turned-politician, widely known after appearing regularly on a TV variety show featuring lawyers, had expressed a willingness to run in the election to succeed outgoing Gov. Toru Hashimoto, who also became a politician after gaining popularity by appearing in the same show as a lawyer.

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Gubernatorial race in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Voters listen to the speech of a gubernatorial candidate in the tsunami-hit town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2011, on the first day of official election campaigning. The election had been postponed due to the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Gubernatorial race in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Voters listen to the speech of a gubernatorial candidate in the tsunami-hit town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2011, on the first day of official election campaigning. The election had been postponed due to the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Higashikokubaru after Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Higashikokubaru, a candidate in the Tokyo gubernatorial race and former Miyazaki governor, speaks to reporters at his election campaign office in Tokyo on April 10, 2011, after losing the election the same day.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Voters in Tokyo listen to a candidate's speech in front of Shibuya train station on March 24, 2011, the first day of the official campaigning period for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Attention is focused on how voters will assess the 12-year administration under 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara, who is being challenged by several high-profile candidates.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru (L), 53, shakes hands with 82-year-old Yoshiro Nakamatsu, an inventor known as ''Dr. NakaMats,'' when they bump into each other while stumping in front of Shibuya train station in Tokyo on March 24, 2011, the first day of the official campaigning period for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Higashikokubaru and Nakamatsu are among several high-profile candidates challenging 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Koike (R), former upper house lawmaker of the Japanese Communist Party, 50, waves to his supporters, with JCP chief Kazuo Shii standing next to him, in Tokyo on March 24, 2011, as Koike kicked off campaigning for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Koike is among several high-profile candidates challenging 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Incumbent Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara speaks with his supporters in Tokyo on March 24, 2011, as he kicked off campaigning for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Attention is focused on how voters will assess the 12-year administration under 78-year-old Ishihara, who is being challenged by several high-profile candidates.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Miki Watanabe, the 51-year-old former chairman of restaurant chain Watami Co., shakes hands with his supporters in Tokyo on March 24, 2011, as he kicked off campaigning for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Watanabe is among several high-profile candidates challenging 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Voters in Tokyo listen to a candidate's speech in front of Shinjuku train station on March 24, 2011, the first day of the official campaigning period for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Attention is focused on how voters will assess the 12-year administration under 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara, who is being challenged by several high-profile candidates. (Photo partially modified to conceal the identify of the candidate)