Laura Vozzella

Richmond, Va.

Local reporter covering Virginia politics

Education: Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., BA in English Literature

Laura Vozzella covers Virginia politics for The Washington Post. Before joining The Post, she was a political columnist and food writer at the Baltimore Sun. She dutifully recorded hockey sums and breaking news for the Associated Press in Boston, covered federal court for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and chronicled everything that moved in a small Connecticut town for her hometown newspaper, the Hartford Courant.
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Harris leads among Virginia voters, Post-Schar School poll finds

The eight-point margin for Harris suggests Virginia would be a long-shot for Trump, whom voters view negatively and who is not significantly preferred on any issue.

September 10, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, Va., on Jan. 23.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears announces her candidacy for governor

Her announcement kicks off a historic bid to become the first woman to lead the state and the first Black woman to serve as governor anywhere in the nation.

September 5, 2024
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks at a rally at Chick’s Oyster Bar in Virginia Beach on Thursday after announcing that she will run for governor.

After bitter GOP primary in this deep-red Virginia district, more anger

After a bitter primary election between former congressman Bob Good and state Sen. John J. McGuire III in Virginia’s 5th District, the local GOP is locked in a feud.

September 5, 2024
Virginia state Sen. John McGuire (R) speaks with voters outside an elementary school in Lynchburg on June 18.

Md. Gov. Moore calls false Bronze Star claim ‘honest mistake’ after report

The New York Times reported that when applying for a White House fellowship in 2006, Moore claimed in writing that he was a recipient of the medal.

August 30, 2024
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore at the Democratic National Convention this month.

Hunter to serve jail time for killing Richmond’s beloved ‘Hollywood buck’

Jason Walters and an accomplice, who was sentenced to house arrest, will lose their hunting privileges for years.

August 15, 2024
The Hollywood Cemetery buck, also known as Prince, was killed in December.

Youngkin tax team delayed business tax refunds worth hundreds of millions

In its haste to process election-eve tax rebates to individuals in 2022 and 2023, the administration ‘pushed aside’ the work of routine corporate tax refunds.

August 15, 2024
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) arrives on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 17 in Milwaukee. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Youngkin embraces Trump but still plays coy on some MAGA policies

The Republican governor’s role as a surrogate for Donald Trump in Virginia aligns him with policies that might be unpopular in his politically purple state.

August 14, 2024
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), fourth from left, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, third from left, applaud at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

Trump’s plan to upend federal workforce could rattle DMV economy

Trump’s vow to eliminate, overhaul or relocate big chunks of the federal bureaucracy could have a significant economic impact in D.C., Virginia and Maryland.

August 8, 2024
Former president Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ex-GOP congressman Riggleman endorses Harris, rips Trump’s ‘thirst for power’

Denver Riggleman, a former GOP congressman from Virginia who split with Trump over Jan. 6, endorsed Kamala Harris for president.

August 4, 2024
Denver Riggleman, a former Republican congressman from Virginia, endorsed Vice President Harris.

Trump-backed McGuire prevails over Good in rural Virginia recount

Elections officials in rural Virginia conducted a recount sought by Rep. Bob Good (R), who in June seemed to lose a tight primary to Trump-backed John McGuire.

August 2, 2024
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), left, and state Sen. John J. McGuire III (R-Goochland). (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post; Ryan M. Kelly for The Washington Post)