Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi has won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Hashmi is the first Muslim woman in the Virginia Senate and could become the first to hold the state’s second-highest office.

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

The lineups for both parties present a stunningly diverse crop of candidates who highlight the changing nature of Virginia, the old capital of the Confederacy.