A House of Delegate member from northern Virginia has been selected as the new chairwoman of the state Democratic Party and the first African-American to lead the party.

The U.S. economy added 146,000 jobs in November, slightly better than October's gain. At the same time, the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent.

Local Democrats have decided to hold a firehouse election to determine who will represent the party for Charlottesville Treasurer seat.

Virginia Senator-elect Tim Kaine is calling for Congress to take a balanced approach to dealing with the federal budget deficit.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP)— Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is resigning to take the helm of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

Under the proposal, those caught texting behind the wheel would get the same punishment as reckless drivers.

Tom Perriello released a statement Wednesday afternoon ending speculation about his political future. He says he will not run for governor in 2013

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Costs for travel and lodging through October for Gov. Bob McDonnell's State Police security detail totaled slightly more than $105,000.

Albemarle County supervisors will vote Wednesday whether to spend $5,000 on a trip to Austin, Texas.

Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling says he is pulling out of Virginia's Governor's race.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has filed his letter of resignation from his position in Congress. He has been at the center of an investigation from the House Ethics Committee, as well as dealing with personal medical issues.

Former Gov. Mark Warner will decide sometime before Thanksgiving whether he also wants to be future Gov. Mark Warner.

Preliminary figures indicate that most Virginians came to the polls on Election Day prepared to comply with the state's new voter identification law.

A new poll of Virginia voters suggests that if Democratic Sen. Mark Warner seeks an encore term as governor, he'd dominate the field. But if he stays put, it's anybody's game.

Republican George Allen says he's run his last political campaign.

Terry McAuliffe is running for Virginia governor again. The former Democratic National Committee chairman announced his 2013 candidacy in a mass email to supporters Thursday.

Democratic 5th District candidate John Douglass sent an email Thursday to supporters thanking them for standing by them.

Canvassing is underway in Charlottesville to get a handle on official election results.

Many are happy to see the political ads end now that Election Day has passed. But with $6 billion spent on the ads and little political shift in Washington, was the money worth it?

President Obama has been reelected with 307 electoral votes.

No matter what time voters in the Rivanna District decided to go to the Lake Monticello precinct, the lines were incredibly long. There were at least hour and a half long waits starting at 4 a.m. on Tuesday morning but that didn't stop people from wanting their voice to be heard for Virginia

Republican George Allen has conceded the U.S. Senate race in Virginia to Democrat Tim Kaine. His win gives Democrats 50 seats and puts them on he precipice of retaining control of the Senate.

Virginia's U.S. House incumbents have all won re-election, including Robert Hurt (R) in the 5th District, Eric Cantor (R) in the 7th District, and Bob Goodlatte (R) in the 6th District.

Democratic challenger Gen. John Douglass has officially conceded Virginia's 5th District Congressional race to incumbent Republican Rep. Robert Hurt.

Virginia is delaying the release of its election results until 8 p.m. at the earliest because so many people are still in line waiting to vote.