FILE - Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, left, gestures as Richmond interim Police Chief Rick Edwards listens during a news conference in Richmond, Va, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Tuesday, April 23, 2024, that he is dropping his bid for Virginia governor in 2025 and will instead run for lieutenant governor. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
FILE -Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., speaks during a news conference on national security legislation on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Washington. Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Tuesday, April 23, 2024, that he is dropping his bid for Virginia governor in 2025 and will instead run for lieutenant governor. When Stoney entered the gubernatorial race in December, it set up a Democratic nomination contest with U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer who has cultivated an identity as a bipartisan consensus builder over three terms in Congress. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)