The balance of power in both the Virginia House and Senate were at stake Tuesday, with Democrats aiming to defy Youngkin's hopes of a trifecta.
RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Schuyler VanValkenburg won a critical seat in Virginia’s state Senate on Tuesday, unseating an incumbent Republican and buoying his party’s bid to maintain control of the chamber and blunt GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s conservative agenda.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday evening at a suburban Richmond polling place, Youngkin said he hoped voters would extend Republicans’ “license to lead” but added he expected the battleground races to be tight, likely decided by “hundreds of votes.” Dunnavant, is an OB-GYN who said she supports access to abortion through 15 weeks and afterward only in cases of rape, incest, severe fetal anomalies, and to save the mother’s life.
Candidates spent the run-up to Election Day hosting last-minute get-out-the-vote rallies and canvasses, and some were door-knocking even in the waning hours of voting Tuesday. Other notable matchups include an ultra-competitive Tidewater race between Democratic Senate incumbent Monty Mason and GOP challenger Danny Diggs, a retired longtime sheriff. The contest has featured particularly bitter TV ads, and is critical to Republican efforts to flip control of the Senate.
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Virginia elections: Democrat Schuyler VanValkenburg unseats Siobhan Dunnavant in Senate upsetBreccan F. Thies is an investigative reporter for the Washington Examiner. He previously covered education and culture issues at Breitbart News. A Virginia native, Thies graduated from the University of Virginia in 2019, where he earned a degree in foreign affairs and minored in history. You can follow him on X: BreccanFThies.
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