New Delhi, June 17 -- Voters across Virginia are casting ballots today in closely watched primaries that will help shape the state's high-stakes November elections. On the ballot are: party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and House of Delegates seats.

While the Democratic and Republican nominees for governor are already set - former US Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) and current Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) - both parties are finalising their down-ballot tickets today.

Virginia's next governor will be a woman for the first time in state history. If Earle-Sears wins, she would become the first Black woman ever elected governor in the US. Spanberger, a former CIA officer and centrist Democrat, is running on i...