It was interesting who won and who lost. Four Democrats with liberal voting records were defeated by candidates that were to the left of them. This takes the Democrat Party into an awkward position. These new candidates might be successful in parts of Northern Virginia, but this makes the Democrat Party less acceptable to most Virginians.
I am very proud of those Senate candidates that will represent the Republican Party. They are commonsense conservatives that will do a good job if they are elected in November. It is entirely possible that the Republican Party will win twenty-three of the forty seats.
If I am fortunate to be one of those, I will be in line to be chairman of the Finance and Appropriations Committee. The first Southern Virginia senator from this area since Halifax County’s Howard Anderson in the eighties.
The most outspoken delegate and senator on the Republican side were defeated, not because of their votes on legislation, but rather because they simply did not serve professionally. As expected, upon their losses, each laid blame for their loss on others; another instance of their unprofessional behavior. The flip side was the Democrat senator from Northern Virginia who humbly accepted his defeat thanked the voters for their past support and congratulated the winner.
In the election that covered Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, Charlotte, as well as parts of Halifax and Prince Edward, there was a pointless primary. The individual that was running against Delegate Wright withdrew after the early voting had already begun. The lawyers that focus on election law concluded that since the voting had already begun, the primary could not be cancelled. Because the second candidate had already withdrawn, he could not win even if he had received most of the votes. As well, primaries do not allow write-in votes. Wright is the only candidate that could win. This was a silly waste of taxpayers’ money. A problem that was created because we currently have a six-week voting season rather than a voting day. A situation that was an unexpected result of the changes in 2021.
In the newly drawn senate district that begins in Brunswick and Dinwiddie and goes to Suffolk, two good candidates split the vote east and west. However, the eastern part has greater population, therefore, Delegate Emily Brewer will represent the Republican Party in November.
