The Virginia State Board of Elections web page has returns for the Republican and Democratic primaries of June 14, 2017. In the Republican gubernatorial primary, With 93.4% of the precincts reporting, the two leading contenders are very close. Ed Gillespie, a former national chairman of the Republican Party, has 146,521 votes; Corey A. Stewart has 144,933. These numbers, of course, will continue to change. Stewart is known for being all-out in support of President Donald Trump.
Gillespie eked out the victory.
The results of both primaries were surprising. The conventional wisdom was that the Democrat race between Northam and Perriello would be close (some thinking that Perriello would win), but that Gillespie was far ahead in the Republican race. It turns out that quite the opposite of this happened — Gillespie almost lost, and Northam defeated Perriello fairly comfortably.
Sort of related, Cliff Hyra, the Libertarian nominee reports that he turned in the last of his petitions this evening, in time for the deadline. While he expects to be on the ballot, is there any official confirmation of this?