Levar Stoney lost the city he led for eight years in the Democratic primary for Virginia's lieutenant governor. Why it matters: Richmond is central to the former mayor's political legacy — and voters here rejected him by a landslide,

State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor by a narrow margin statewide, but dominated in Richmond where former Mayor Levar Stoney had served for eight years.

State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi led the six-person race with 27.5% of the vote Tuesday night. The next closest candidates were former Richmond mayor Levar Stoney, who had 26.7% of the vote, and state