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Primary elections were held on June 8, 2021. [2] It was the first state gubernatorial and legislative election to be held since the passage of several voting rights bills into law by the Democratic trifecta in the 161st Virginia General Assembly, including expansions of early voting, designation of Election Day as a paid state holiday ...
Name Session details [1] [2] Last election Virginia Constitution of 1776 [citation needed]: 1776 Virginia General Assembly: 1777–1778 Virginia General Assembly: 1778 Virginia General Assembly
The Senate of Virginia has its own coat of arms designed and granted by the College of Arms in England. [14] [15] The coat of arms also makes up the official seal of the Virginia Senate. It bears no resemblance to the Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, which is the seal of the state as a whole, however the shield does resemble the Coat of ...
Going into Tuesday’s elections, Democrats held a narrow 22-17 majority in the state’s Senate. The Democratic win in the state’s upper chamber is seen as an affirmation of the party’s ...
Republican Luther Cifers defeated Democrat Jack Trammell in the special election for the state Senate’s 10th District on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, maintaining Republicans’ grip ...
Virginia officials certified the results of the Nov. 2 election on Monday, giving Republicans a two-seat majority in the House of Delegates. The Associated Press hasn’t called the two races that ...
Elections in Virginia are authorized under Article I of the Virginia State Constitution, sections 5–6, and Article V which establishes elections for the state-level officers, cabinet, and legislature. Article VII section 4 establishes the election of county-level officers.
All seats of the Virginia House of Delegates are up for election; the Virginia Senate will not hold regularly-scheduled elections in 2021. Delegates are elected to two-year terms in single-member districts. Democrats recently gained control of the House in 2019. [6] However, they lost their majority to the Republicans in this election.