Lt. Governor

Get to Know Ghazala Hashmi

August 23, 2025
By: Heather Massey

Who is Ghazala Hashmi? Short answer: She’s an accomplished senator (D SD 15) in the VA General Assembly and her new goal is to become the next Lt. Governor of Virginia.

Yet there’s far more to Ghazala Hashmi than meets the eye.

Hashmi has served in the Virginia State Senate since 2020. Her journey is one to which many Virginians can relate. Read More

Watch the Virginia Lt. Governor Democratic Debate!

May 28, 2025
By: Colleen Bohlman

On May 22nd, WJLA 7 in partnership with the Northern Virginia Black Democratic Caucus hosted the Virginia Lt. Governor Democratic Debate. The event was recorded and is available for you to watch on YouTube at your convenience. Read More

Who are the Six Democrats running for Lt. Governor?

May 5, 2025
By: Colleen Bohlman

Six candidates are competing to be the Democratic nominee for Virginia’s lieutenant governor. They include retired attorney Alex Bastani, state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, Prince William County School Board Chair Babur Lateef, state Sen. Aaron Rouse, former prosecutor Victor Salgado and former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney. To save you time in evaluating the Democrat candidates, we’ve gathered information from a variety of reputable sources. Read More

“I want a better society for my kids. I’m passionate about healthcare. I’m a physician, my wife is in public health and the way healthcare is going right now is very frightening and I just want a candidate who is willing to go against what is happening on the national level. The vaccination piece is definitely scary, I think it’s really important to stay up to date with those things, the pandemic changed so much about how people trust the healthcare system, and while there are a lot of ways the healthcare system needs to improve, leadership from the top down needs to be solid and it’s just not solid right now”.

“I’m mostly concerned about the SNAP funding. Because in my profession, I know some people through Virginia Cooperative Extension who were doing nutrition education for SNAP beneficiaries, all of those programs were cut as kind of a ripple effect from the (Big, Beautiful) bill, but they lost those programs, which is important to me – nutrition information. I’m concerned about out healthcare, I’m concerned about what’s happening with immigration right now and for me personally, I’m soon going on Medicare, and I’m concerned with what’s happening with that. Things are so divisive, you can’t even really talk about issues in a calm way”.

“I am passionate about gun safety regulation. I am passionate about enforcement of the anti-trust laws. Those are two big ones for me. And also intelligent AI regulation and data center/environmental regulations. I have concern about the kind of Wild West style lack of regulation of artificial intelligence. I think we need to take a systematic thoughtful approach so that we targeted AI rather than just an uncontrolled profit for a few big companies”.

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