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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 ...
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 ...
Former Virginia state Sen. Glen Sturtevant narrowly defeated incumbent state Sen. Amanda Chase, who has described herself as “Trump in heels,” in the GOP Virginia state Senate primary Tuesday ...
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 ...
The Senate of Virginia was created by the 1776 Constitution of Virginia, and originally consisted of twenty-four members. [1] Along with the House of Delegates, the Senate comprised a new bicameral legislature designed to replace the colonial Virginia House of Burgesses, which formally dissolved on May 6, 1776. [2]
A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the 9th district in the Virginia State Senate from 2017 to 2023 and the 71st district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2009 to 2017. She ran in the Democratic primary for governor of Virginia in the 2021 election, losing to former governor Terry McAuliffe. [1]
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 ...
The 2021 United States state legislative elections were held on November 2, 2021. Three legislative chambers in two states, New Jersey and Virginia , held regularly scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections , including gubernatorial elections in both states .