A handful of ultra-competitive Virginia legislative races remain undecided after Democrats won enough contests to take control of both the House and Senate in a blow for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
A woman walks past voting signs toward the polling place at Alexandria City Hall, in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. – While expressing disappointment in Tuesday night’s legislative wins by Virginia Democrats, GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin pledged to work with the party’s new legislative majority on bipartisan priorities like improving the mental health care system and economic development over the remainder of his term.
RICHMOND, Va. — Only a handful of ultra-competitive Virginia legislative races remained undecided late Wednesday morning, afterto take control of both the House and Senate in a blow for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Also uncalled by The Associated Press Wednesday morning was the Tidewater matchup between Democratic incumbent Monty Mason and his GOP challenger, Danny Diggs.
All 140 General Assembly seats were on the ballot in this year's hard-fought campaign cycle. Democrats' path to the majority ran through mostly suburban districts in Hampton Roads, and central and northern Virginia.
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