RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Chesterfield), a two-term state senator and the first Muslim woman to be elected to the Virginia General Assembly, has thrown her hat into the ring of ...

NORFOLK, Va. — History was going to be made either way in the race for Virginia's lieutenant governor, as voters went to the polls to decide to elect either the state's first openly gay statewide ...

State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D) defeated conservative talk show host John Reid in the Virginia lieutenant governor’s race on Tuesday, becoming the first Indian person to hold statewide office in the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Chesterfield) has filed paperwork for a run for Virginia lieutenant governor. Sen. Hashmi, a two-term state senator, has not formally announced a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi could make history Tuesday night as the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in ...

Del. Mike Jones, D-Richmond, won the Democratic primary on Sunday to seek the state Senate seat of Lt. Gov.-elect Ghazala Hashmi.