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The 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next governor of Virginia. The election was concurrent with other elections for Virginia state offices. Incumbent Democratic governor Ralph Northam was ineligible to run for re-election, as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits governors from serving ...
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election. [6] The chamber was controlled by Democrats after the 2019 elections , holding a majority of ten seats. The chamber returned to the Republican Party following the 2021 elections, electing Todd Gilbert as the Speaker of the House .
In the general election on November 2, Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat and former Governor Terry McAuliffe, making him the first Republican to win a statewide election in Virginia since 2009. Republicans also flipped the lieutenant governor, attorney general and House of Delegates races that were held concurrently. [42]
Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia's high-profile Tuesday election for governor, NBC News projected, flipping control of a state that President Joe Biden won ...
Polls closed in the state on Tuesday night. As the current results stand, Youngkin has drawn 50.9% of the vote with over 95% of polling stations reporting. McAuliffe has drawn 48.4% of the vote.
Republican former business executive Glenn Youngkin has won Virginia’s governor’s race, a major political turnabout in a state that had been trending increasingly blue.
On May 11, 2021, Sears won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor of Virginia on the fifth ballot, defeating former state delegate Tim Hugo, 54% to 46%. [8] On November 2, she won the race along with gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin and attorney general nominee Jason Miyares . [ 23 ]
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) is locked in a tight race with her potential Democratic rivals in the state’s upcoming governor’s race, according to a poll released Friday. According ...