Republicans Win Virginia Special Elections in Blowouts Against Democrats
A pair of Virginia Republicans protected two seats in the state legislature on Tuesday night in blowouts against Democrats.
A pair of Virginia Republicans protected two seats in the state legislature on Tuesday night in blowouts against Democrats.
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A majority of Virginians approve of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin in his first year in office, while President Joe Biden’s approval is still underwater in the Commonwealth, according to a survey.
Democrats failed Friday to overturn a Virginia House of Delegates seat in a recount, officially affirming Republican majority control of the Commonwealth’s lower chamber.
Two incumbent Democrat lawmakers, Dels. Martha Mugler and Alex Askew, are attempting to wrest control of the Virginia House of Delegates from Republicans by requesting recounts after what appears to have been a clean sweep of all three statewide offices and the state House in the 2021 election.
Virginia Republicans wrestled away control of the Virginia House of Delegates to take away the Democrats’ 55-45 majority held since 2019.
With Virginia’s statewide election coming to a close Tuesday and the ever-tightening governor’s race between former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin being considered a national bellwether coming into the 2022 midterms, control of the Commonwealth’s House of Delegates also remains a ripe opportunity for Republicans to thwart the Old Dominion’s leftward shift after two years of complete Democrat control of government.
A bill to rename “Jefferson Davis Highway” on U.S. Route 1 to “Emancipation Highway” passed the Virginia Senate Thursday in a 30-9 vote.
Democrats swept into the majority in the Virginia state legislature, in both the House of Delegates and the State Senate, taking majorities in both in Tuesday’s elections.
Virginia delegate Ibraheem Samirah (D) on Tuesday disrupted President Donald Trump’s speech commemorating the 400th anniversary of a representative legislative body meeting in the United States. Samirah, who represents the 86th district in the Virginia House of Delegates, shouted “You can’t send us back,