RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Ghazala Hashmi, a state senator out of Richmond, has won Virginia’s lieutenant governor’s race, AP projects.
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Her Republican opponent, former radio host John Reid, addressed his supporters Tuesday night, saying, "We did not win tonight, I did not win tonight. But we did not lose this fight."
Hashmi was born in India before her family moved to the United States in 1969, when she was 4 years old.
She received her bachelor of arts in English from Georgia Southern University and later earned her Ph.D. in English from Emory University. Hashmi then became a professor at the University of Richmond and later at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, where she taught for 30 years.
Hashmi ran a successful campaign to represent Virginia's 10th District in the state senate in 2019. She unseated incumbent Republican Glen Sturtevant, becoming the first Muslim elected to the Virginia Senate.
The lieutenant governor-elect narrowly beat out a crowded primary earlier this year with five other Democrats campaigning.
