Recent special elections in Virginia show Democrats holding onto their narrow majorities in the state legislature. The results offer early insights into the political landscape heading into the 2025 elections, which include a competitive gubernatorial race in Virginia and nationwide contests.
The monumental 2024 elections were just nine weeks ago, and many voters are still catching their breaths after an overwhelming season of casting ballots, seeing campaign ads, reading polls, watching debates, and scrolling through social media feeds. There is, however, no rest for the weary: The first closely watched elections of 2025 are already upon us, and NBC News reported on the results.
The news for the GOP wasn’t all bad: In a conservative state Senate district west of Richmond, Republican Luther Cifers won his contest on the same day. To be sure, the results weren’t altogether surprising: The candidates who were supposed to win did, in fact, prevail. But that doesn’t make the results unimportant. For one thing, control of the chambers in Virginia’s General Assembly was on the line: If the Democratic victories had gone the other way — and in off-year special election contests, one never really knows — Republicans would’ve taken control of the House of Delegates and the state Senate in the commonwealth. With their wins, Democrats instead held onto their narrow majorities, to the chagrin of Republican Gov. Glenn Younkgin, who’s entering his final year in office. For another, Virginia is one of two states that will hold statewide elections in 2025, including a competitive gubernatorial race, and these state legislative races were, as the NBC News report put it, “an early test of the political environment.” But while it’s best not to extrapolate too much from local state legislative special elections, there was also a national dimension to these contests. As a Politico report noted, both parties watched the contests for “clues about Republicans’ durability in a Democratic stronghold that tilted toward Trump in November.” Election Day 2025 is a mere 300 days away. Watch this space
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