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** RESULTS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, LOCAL ELECTIONS ([link removed])
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The Virginia Public Access Project

VPAP has results of yesterday's elections for all 140 legislative districts, complete with maps and charts. VPAP also has complete results of local elections for county supervisors, school board and constitutional offices.


** VISUALIZATION: TURNOUT UP IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS ([link removed])
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The Virginia Public Access Project

Nearly 40% of voters statewide cast ballots in this year's General Assembly elections. Turnout ranged from under 22% to more than 53%. That compares to a range of 9% to 43% in 2015. Select a district and click through to a precinct-map with unofficial results from Tuesday.


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** VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL OF STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A GENERATION ([link removed])
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By GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER AND LAURA VOZZELLA, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Democrats gained control of both houses of the Virginia General Assembly on Tuesday, tapping strength in the suburbs to consolidate power for the first time in a generation and deliver a rebuke to President Trump. Several results were still close after polls closed on the most expensive and most watched Virginia legislative races in years, but Democrats flipped at least two seats in the state Senate and at least five in the House of Delegates to take majorities in both.


** DEMOCRATS WIN FULL CONTROL OF VIRGINIA STATEHOUSE ([link removed])
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By ALAN SUDERMAN, Associated Press

Virginia Democrats continued their winning streak under President Trump on Tuesday and took full control of the statehouse for the first time in more than two decades. Suburban voters turned out in big numbers to back Democratic candidates, continuing a trend of once GOP-friendly suburbs turning blue. This is the third election in a row in which Democrats made significant gains since Trump was elected.


** DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL OF VIRGINIA HOUSE AND SENATE ([link removed])
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By PATRICK WILSON, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Fueled by President Donald Trump’s unpopularity, Virginia voters on Tuesday handed control of the state’s General Assembly to Democrats, setting up Virginia's most progressive legislature in modern times....Democrats have not held both the state House and Senate and the governor’s mansion in 26 years, and Tuesday’s results appear to give the party the power to pass its agenda and allow Gov. Ralph Northam to sign his party’s bills into law.


** DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL OF VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN HISTORIC ELECTION ([link removed])
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By MARIE ALBIGES AND DAVE RESS, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Democrats won decisive majorities in the House of Delegates and state Senate in a historic election that sets Virginia on a new course. The wins put Democrats in control of the General Assembly and governor’s office for the first time since 1993.


** DEMOCRATS PROMISE SWIFT ACTION AFTER WIN IN VIRGINIA ([link removed])
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Associated Press

Virginia Democrats promised swift action on a host of liberal policy proposals after taking full control of state government for the first time in more than two decades. Democratic leaders said Virginians should expect a higher minimum wage, new gun restrictions and greater abortion rights after their party flipped control of the state House and Senate in Tuesday's election. They also promised ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, making Virginia the final state needed for possible passage of the gender equality measure.


** DEL. AIRD TO CHALLENGE DEL. FILLER-CORN FOR SPEAKER IN DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED HOUSE ([link removed])
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By PATRICK WILSON, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Del. Lashrecse Aird, D-Petersburg, said she is challenging House Democratic Leader Eileen Filler-Corn of Fairfax for House speaker. Aird’s move sets up a contest within the House Democrats, who won a majority in Tuesday’s election, that spans racial and generational gaps. Aird is 33 and black. Filler-Corn is 55 and white. House Democrats are to gather Saturday to pick a party leader for when they assume control in January.


** BELL TOPS HIGGINS TO WIN 13TH DISTRICT SENATE SEAT ([link removed])
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Inside NOVA

Democrat John Bell has defeated Republican Geary Higgins for the 13th District state Senate seat, considered a key if Democrats are to take control of the chamber.


** DEMOCRAT HASHMI UPSETS GOP INCUMBENT STURTEVANT IN SENATE DISTRICT 10 ([link removed])
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Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Democrat Ghazala Hashmi beat GOP incumbent Glen Sturtevant on Tuesday to win a seat in the Virginia Senate. The 10th Senate District includes parts of Richmond and Chesterfield and all of Powhatan. The race was among the most competitive in the state as Democrats sought to erase the GOP's edge of 20-19 in the Senate, with one vacancy in the chamber.


** REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT SIOBHAN DUNNAVANT WINS SENATE DISTRICT 12 RACE ([link removed])
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By KATIE HOLLOWELL, Commonwealth Times

Republican Incumbent Siobhan Dunnavant won the state Senate seat in District 12 over Del. Debra Rodman....“I’m so thankful that the 12th District is giving me another four years to get the work done. I will keep delivering results for the 12th District and all of Virginia,” Dunnavant said. “It’s a little hard to be overzealous tonight. We have a lot of fellow Republicans that didn’t succeed.”


** IN VIRGINIA BEACH, REPUBLICANS HOLD ONE STATE SENATE SEAT, LEAD IN ANOTHER ([link removed])
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By MARIE ALBIGES, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Two Virginia Beach state Senate races came down to the wire Tuesday night, with Republicans appearing to have won both. The victories would run counter to a Democratic wave on a night when the party won control of both houses of the General Assembly.


** ‘FIGHTING JOE’ RETURNS TO VA. LEGISLATURE ([link removed])
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By JIMMY O’KEEFE, VCU Capital News Service

“Fighting Joe” is back. Joe Morrissey, a controversial figure in Virginia politics, appears poised to return to the legislature after defeating independent candidate Waylin Ross in Senate District 16 with nearly two-thirds of the vote. “Having been there before, having seen the way things work, I really, truly am going in with a slightly different approach this time,” Morrissey said in an interview Monday, anticipating his win.


** HANGER RETAINS SENATE SEAT IN BIG WIN ([link removed])
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By JEFF SCHWANER AND RILYN EISCHENS, News Leader (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Incumbent senator Emmett Hanger won re-election easily over Democratic challenger Annette Hyde Tuesday night for the 24th Senate seat.


** SPRUILL, LEWIS, COSGROVE HANG ON TO THEIR STATE SENATE SEATS ([link removed])
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By BRIANA ADHIKUSUMA, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Three incumbents fought off challengers to hold on to their state Senate seats in South Hampton Roads Tuesday night, two of them Democrats and one a Republican.


** INCUMBENT SENATORS RETURNED TO OFFICE IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA ([link removed])
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By BRYAN MCKENZIE, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Voters in all nine Central Virginia localities returned their incumbent state senators to office in Tuesday’s balloting. The closest race was in the 17th district, which includes portions of Albemarle County, where incumbent Republican Bryce E. Reeves, defeated former Charlottesville City School Board member and Democratic challenger Amy J. Laufer.


** EDWARDS, STANLEY RE-ELECTED TO SENATE ([link removed])
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By NEIL HARVEY, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

Two longtime Senate incumbents — one Democrat, the other Republican — fended off upstart challenges from independent candidates Tuesday and will retain their seats in the Virginia General Assembly.


** SUETTERLEIN CRUISES TO SECOND TERM ([link removed])
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By AMY FRIEDENBERGER, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

Republican Sen. David Suetterlein easily dispatched a Democratic challenger Tuesday to win a second term in the state Senate. Suetterlein, R-Roanoke County, defeated Flourette “Flo” Ketner, a stay-at-home mother from Montgomery County in the Senate’s heavily Republican 19th District.


** TODD PILLION WINS STATE SENATE SEAT BY WIDE MARGIN ([link removed])
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By DAVID MCGEE, Bristol Herald Courier (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

Southwest Virginia voters gave Todd Pillion a belated birthday gift Tuesday, as the Abingdon pediatric dentist won the 40th District state Senate seat by a wide margin.


** REPUBLICAN POWERHOUSE CHRIS JONES FALLS TO CLINTON JENKINS IN NEWLY REDRAWN DISTRICT ([link removed])
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By MARIE ALBIGES AND JONATHAN EDWARDS, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

A Democrat who lost a city council election in 2014 defeated one of the most powerful Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday. Clinton Jenkins beat Del. Chris Jones, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee who was first elected to represent Suffolk and part of Chesapeake in 1997.


** JENKINS UNSEATS JONES ([link removed])
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By TRACY AGNEW, JIMMY LAROUE AND ALEX PERRY, Suffolk News Herald

Suffolk’s Clinton Jenkins was part of a blue wave across Virginia that flipped both the House of Delegates and the Senate out of Republican hands, giving Democrats control of both houses of the General Assembly and the governor’s mansion for the first time in decades....Jones said he was disappointed by the outcome but would work to ensure Jenkins’ transition to the seat is smooth.


** COX WINS RE-ELECTION, BUT LOSES SPEAKER SPOT ([link removed])
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By BILL ATKINSON, Progress Index (Metered paywall - 5 free articles a month)

House Speaker M. Kirkland Cox rode a very strong showing in his hometown of Colonial Heights to ride out a victory over Democratic challenger Sheila Bynum-Coleman, but his tenure at the podium will come to an end in January, as Democrats were successful in gaining majorities in both the House of Delegates and state Senate.


** DEMOCRAT DAN HELMER IS PROJECTED WINNER OF PIVOTAL VIRGINIA HOUSE ([link removed])
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By MIKE VALERIO, WUSA

Democratic challenger Dan Helmer defeated Republican incumbent Del. Tim Hugo Tuesday, according to initial projections provided by the Associated Press. The victory signaled Democratic strength in a closely-contested district, where Hugo currently serves as the only Republican House member representing Northern Virginia.


** ‘IT’S A FREE PEN’: IN CULPEPER, DELEGATE’S WRITE-IN EFFORT GETS LITERAL ([link removed])
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By SARAH VOGELSONG, Virginia Mercury

Not everyone in Virginia’s 30th House District was voting for Nick Freitas, but everyone wanted a pen with his name on it. “It’s a free pen,” said Culpeper resident Stan Morford with a shrug as he and his wife went to cast a vote for “any Democrat” — which Freitas is not — at the county’s Pearl Sample precinct early Tuesday afternoon.


** DEMOCRAT WILLETT DEFEATS REPUBLICAN KASTELBERG IN HENRICO'S HD 73 ([link removed])
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By STAFF REPORT, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Democrat Rodney Willett defeated Republican Mary Margaret Kastelberg on Tuesday in the race for Henrico's House District 73. Willett and Kastelberg were vying for the seat that Del. Debra Rodman, D-Henrico vacated in order to challenge Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant, R-Henrico.


** CARTER HOLDS ON TO 50TH DISTRICT SEAT REPRESENTING MANASSAS ([link removed])
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Inside NOVA

Del. Lee Carter has successfully defended his seat in the legislature, defeating Republican Ian Lovejoy in the 50th District race.


** AYALA, GUZMAN WIN RE-ELECTION AS 'BLUE WAVE' CONTINUES ([link removed])
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Inside NOVA

Virginia’s first two Latinas in the state legislature will be heading back together after each won re-election Tuesday.


** ROEM WINS RE-ELECTION IN 13TH DISTRICT RACE ([link removed])
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Inside NOVA

Del. Danica Roem, D-13th, defended her seat in Tuesday's election, becoming the first transgender state legislator to win re-election.


** WILT SOLIDIFIES SUPPORT IN 26TH HOUSE DISTRICT ([link removed])
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By IAN MUNRO, Daily News Record (Subscription Required)

As the vote results streamed in Tuesday, Republican Del. Tony Wilt of Broadway took a conservative approach to calling his victory. But by 8:50 p.m., as results seemed as complete as they would be, Wilt stood in the back room of El Charro in Harrisonburg, held his wife, Vickie, and turned to the crowd. “I got the phone call I was waiting for,” he said,


** AVOLI CELEBRATES WIN WITH FAMILY, SUPPORTERS AND BARBECUE ([link removed])
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By LEANNA SMITH, News Leader (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

At the Elks Lodge in Staunton, the unofficial Tuesday evening dress code included two items— an "I voted" sticker on one side of your shirt and an "Avoli for Delegate" sticker on the other. At 9:15 p.m., Republican John Avoli secured a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates representing District 20,


** REPUBLICANS LOSE HOUSE BUT LOCAL DELEGATES HOLD ON ([link removed])
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By MAX THORNBERRY, Northern Virginia Daily

In a night when Republicans lost control of their slim majority in Virginia’s House of Delegates, Republicans representing Shenandoah and Warren counties will return to Richmond next year as members of the minority party. Todd Gilbert, R-Mount Jackson, will lose his position as the majority leader in the House but kept his seat safe after he faced competition for the first time in 10 years, according to the Virginia Public Access Project and Associated Press.


** HURST REELECTED IN 12TH HOUSE DISTRICT ([link removed])
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By ANDREW ADKINS, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

Del. Chris Hurst, D-Blacksburg, defeated Republican challenger Forrest Hite on Tuesday to win a second term.


** REPUBLICAN DELEGATES FEND OFF CHALLENGERS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA ([link removed])
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By TYLER HAMMEL, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Despite significant wins from Democrats across the Commonwealth, Central Virginia’s House of Delegate districts remained Republican following Tuesday’s election. Three solidly red districts — the 25th, 58th and 59th — remained in Republican control despite efforts from rural Democratic challengers who formed a group called Rural Groundgame to share resources and more effectively campaign.


** ROANOKE COUNTY'S JOE MCNAMARA ELECTED TO FULL TERM IN HOUSE OF DELEGATES ([link removed])
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By AMY FRIEDENBERGER, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

Del. Joe McNamara kept the 8th House of Delegates District in Republican hands Tuesday, winning a convincing victory over Democrat Darlene Lewis. McNamara, R-Roanoke County, will return to Richmond for his first full two-year term in the House.


** REPUBLICANS HOLD THE LINE IN ROCKBRIDGE, LYNCHBURG AREA HOUSE RACES ([link removed])
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By MATT CHITTUM, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

In a rematch of a December special election, Republican Ronnie Campbell easily clinched a first full-term in his briefly held seat in 24th House of Delegates District. Campbell, a retired state trooper and former Rockbridge County supervisor and school board member, led Democratic attorney Christian Worth, by a 2-to-1 margin.


** CHRISTIANSBURG'S RUSH WINS REELECTION IN 7TH HOUSE DISTRICT ([link removed])
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By HENRI GENDREAU, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

Del. Nick Rush, R-Christiansburg, cruised to reelection Tuesday in the Republican-leaning Seventh House District. Rush defeated Democrat Rhonda Seltz by a two-to-one margin to earn a fifth term


** CAMPBELL, RUNION WIN DELEGATE SEATS WHILE THE STATE GOES BLUE ([link removed])
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By JEFF SCHWANER AND RILYN EISCHENS,, News Leader (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Not here. The Democrats fielded Staunton's Jennifer Kitchen against Republican incumbent Chris Runion in an attempt to unseat the Republicans, but the small business owner from Rockingham County rode to a comfortable victory.


** DEL. DANNY MARSHALL EARNS A 10TH TERM IN HOUSE DISTRICT 14 ([link removed])
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By HOLLY KOZELSKY, Martinsville Bulletin

Danny Marshall moves into double digits when it comes to terms served: Tuesday night, he won his 10th term as Delegate in the 14th District House race. Marshall, a Republican, easily slid past his challenger, political newcomer Eric Stamps, with 61.3% of the vote to Stamps’ 38.6. Marshall’s margin in Henry County was more than 2-to-1.


** REPUBLICANS WIN LYNCHBURG-AREA HOUSE RACES ([link removed])
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By RICHARD CHUMNEY, News & Advance (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

Despite losing their majority in the House of Delegates, Republicans cruised to victory in three Lynchburg-area House districts Tuesday, returning two longtime delegates and sending a first-time candidate to Richmond. Del. Kathy Byron, Del. C. Matt Fariss and longtime Republican activist Wendell Walker all won their races


** WAMPLER WINS 4TH DISTRICT HOUSE SEAT, MAINTAINS FAMILY TRADITION ([link removed])
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By DAVID MCGEE, Bristol Herald Courier (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

Will Wampler III won his first race for public office Tuesday, capturing the 4th District House of Delegates seat over Democrat Starla Kiser.


** VOTING, BALLOT GLITCHES EMERGE ACROSS VIRGINIA ([link removed])
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By IAN M. STEWART, WCVE

Virginia Election Commissioner Christopher Piper told members of the media Tuesday morning that everything had been going “fairly smooth” other than “typical” electronic and machine glitches that in most cases were “easily resolved without disruption.” No security threats had been identified by a team of FBI, Homeland Security and police monitoring social media, chat rooms and other channels. However, Piper detailed a couple of problems with ballots: one in Richmond, and one in Stafford County.


** VOTERS AGAIN GIVEN WRONG BALLOTS IN COMPETITIVE STAFFORD COUNTY ([link removed])
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By RACHEL WEINER, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Virginia voters turned out steadily Tuesday to vote for legislative and local candidates under a new and temporary map designed to address racial discrimination in the House of Delegates. But in competitive Stafford County, some voters were given the wrong ballots, a problem that could lead to legal challenges in close races.


** REPUBLICANS FILE COMPLAINT WITH ACCOMACK COUNTY PROSECUTOR OVER ABSENTEE BALLOTS ([link removed])
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By PATRICK WILSON, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

A lawyer for the Republican Party of Virginia has made a complaint to the Accomack County commonwealth's attorney alleging a Democratic voter illegally filled out absentee ballots for others. Republicans have asked a judge to temporarily stop the Accomack County Electoral Board and registrar from counting any absentee ballots under review by the prosecutor, according to a court filing made Monday in Accomack Circuit Court.


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** ‘A SEA CHANGE’ FOR PROSECUTORS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES SWEEP RACES ([link removed])
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By JUSTIN JOUVENAL, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Democrats swept elections for top prosecutor in four Northern Virginia counties Tuesday, giving a nationwide movement for bold criminal justice reforms a major foothold in the state for the first time. Candidates who labeled themselves progressives won races for commonwealth’s attorney offices in Fairfax, Arlington and Loudoun counties, while a fourth pushing liberal reforms beat a Republican in Prince William County.


** ARLINGTON DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS CRISTOL, DORSEY RETURN TO COUNTY BOARD ([link removed])
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By PATRICIA SULLIVAN, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Incumbents Katie Cristol and Christian Dorsey easily won reelection to the Arlington County Board on Tuesday, defeating two independent opponents and ensuring the county will continue to be led by an all-Democratic board.


** FAIRFAX COUNTY: MCKAY TO SUCCEED BULOVA AS BOARD CHAIR; HERRITY HAS NARROW LEAD ([link removed])
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By ANTONIO OLIVO, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Democrat Jeff C. McKay won the chairman’s seat of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, and veteran Supervisor Pat Herrity was clinging to a narrow lead for what would be the sole remaining Republican seat on the board.


** DEMOCRATIC-BACKED CANDIDATES TAKE FULL CONTROL OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA., SCHOOL BOARD ([link removed])
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By DEBBIE TRUONG, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Candidates supported by the Democratic Party swept all seats Tuesday on the Fairfax County School Board, easily staving off challenges from Republican-backed candidates and pushing the board of Virginia’s largest school system even further left.


** PRINCE WILLIAM BOARD FLIPS DEMOCRATIC; WHEELER TO SUCCEED STEWART AS BOARD CHAIR ([link removed])
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By ANTONIO OLIVO AND REBECCA TAN, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Prince William County entered a new political era Tuesday when Democrat Ann Wheeler was elected chair of the Board of County Supervisors, beating Republican John Gray and two independents to succeed conservative firebrand Corey A. Stewart. Wheeler’s victory — on a night when Democrats won five of the eight board seats, flipping the 6-2 GOP majority — reflects the changing attitudes of the steadily growing county of 463,00 residents, Virginia’s second-most-populous jurisdiction.


** BIG NIGHT FOR LOUDOUN DEMOCRATS AS THEY PICK UP THREE SUPERVISOR SEATS, SENATE SPOT AND COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY POST ([link removed])
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By TREVOR BARATKO, Loudoun Times

Loudoun County Democrats are celebrating widespread victories Tuesday night, picking up three seats on the Board of Supervisors, one of the constitutional offices and a crucial state Senate seat. Taking roughly 54 percent of the vote, Phyllis Randall (D) secured a second term as chair of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, defeating Republican John Whitbeck


** LOUDOUN ELECTIONS: DEMOCRAT RANDALL WINS SECOND TERM AS COUNTY APPEARS TO MOVE LEFT ([link removed])
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By ANTONIO OLIVO AND PATRICIA SULLIVAN, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Loudoun County became more blue Tuesday when Phyllis J. Randall won a second term as chair of the Board of Supervisors, beating Republican John C. Whitbeck on a night when Democrats added three seats and claimed the majority on the nine-member county board.


** VIRGINIA CYCLIST WHO FLIPPED OFF TRUMP WINS LOUDOUN COUNTY SEAT REPRESENTING HIS GOLF CLUB ([link removed])
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By PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

A legion of reasons propel political neophytes to run for office, but none may be as unusual as what inspired Juli Briskman, the cyclist who gave President Trump the finger two years ago and found herself without a job and at the center of a national uproar. On Tuesday, Briskman got a new job, winning a seat on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors — ousting a Republican in the process.


** ERIC MAYBACH EASILY ELECTED COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE ([link removed])
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Fauquier Now

Republican Eric Maybach cruised to victory in the Fauquier County race for commissioner of revenue Tuesday. With 63.3 percent of the countywide vote, Mr. Maybach defeated independent candidate Angela Smith for the position that Ross D’Urso will leave next month after 29 years in office.


** REFERENDUM APPROVAL MEANS CITY WILL HAVE AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD ([link removed])
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Winchester Star (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, with six of Winchester's seven precincts reporting, it appeared that a referendum on an elected School Board was well on its way to approval.


** ALL FIVE INCUMBENT HENRICO COUNTY SUPERVISORS WIN RE-ELECTION ([link removed])
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By C. SUAREZ ROJAS, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Henrico County voters re-elected all five incumbents to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, frustrating local Democrats’ efforts to take back political control.


** HENRICO SCHOOL BOARD INCUMBENTS POISED TO WIN RE-ELECTION AS THREE OTHERS VIE FOR EMPTY SEATS ([link removed])
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By JUSTIN MATTINGLY, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

The Henrico County School Board will have three new members and two familiar faces. Three of the board’s five members — John Montgomery, Beverly Cocke and Bill Pike — didn’t seek re-election this year. Two incumbents — Fairfield District’s Roscoe D. Cooper III and Three Chopt District’s Micky Ogburn — were on the ballot and retained their seats.


** HENRICO'S TOP PROSECUTOR THANKS VOTERS FOR 'REHIRING' HER; SHERIFF'S RACE ALSO WON BY DEMOCRAT ([link removed])
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By ALI ROCKETT, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Two female Democrats appear to be taking the top law enforcement positions in Henrico County. As of 10 p.m., incumbent Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor was leading Republican challenger Owen Conway with 62% of the vote with about 99% of the precincts reporting


** REPUBLICANS RETAIN 4-1 ADVANTAGE ON CHESTERFIELD BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ([link removed])
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By SEAN GORMAN, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Republicans held their majority on the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Republicans went into Tuesday with a 4-1 advantage on the panel, a margin that appears likely to be unchanged.


** REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER FOR CHESTERFIELD TOP PROSECUTOR DECLARES VICTORY, AS DOES INCUMBENT GOP SHERIFF ([link removed])
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By MARK BOWES, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Republican Stacey Davenport beat Democrat incumbent Scott Miles in the race for Chesterfield County commonwealth’s attorney following a campaign that pitted Davenport’s more traditional law enforcement approach against Miles’ progressive policies of criminal justice reform.


** A FULL SLATE OF NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TO CHESTERFIELD SCHOOL BOARD ([link removed])
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By SEAN GORMAN, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new slate of members on the Chesterfield School Board. No one on the board sought re-election, so all of those elected Tuesday will enter their first term on the panel overseeing a school system with 62,000 students.


** GUY TOWER PREVAILS IN BEACH DISTRICT; MICHAEL BERLUCCHI WINS ROSE HALL COUNCIL SEAT ([link removed])
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By ALISSA SKELTON AND STACY PARKE, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

In their first bids for elected office, two City Council appointees will continue to serve after winning special races on Tuesday. For the Beach District seat, Guy Tower beat at-large Councilwoman Rosemary Wilson and challenger Richard “R.K.” Kowalewitch, a construction contractor who ran unsuccessfully for the City Council last year.


** NEW GROUP’S SIGNS LEAD TO QUESTIONS ON ELECTION DAY IN VIRGINIA BEACH ([link removed])
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By BRENDAN PONTON, WTKR

A new group called the Virginia Beach Teachers’ Association put up signs all across the city on Election Day, leading some to question where they came from. The group encourages voters to vote mostly Republican. School Board candidate Joel McDonald wrote on Twitter, “There is no such thing as the ‘Virginia Beach Teachers’ Association’ other than what seems to be have been formed to mislead voters.'”


** SOME INCUMBENTS OUSTED ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA ([link removed])
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By RUTH SERVEN SMITH, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Voters in Central Virginia localities thrust several elected officials out of office Tuesday evening in municipal elections in Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson and Orange counties.


** LANDES WINS COUNTY CLERK OF THE COURT IN LANDSLIDE ([link removed])
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By REBECCA BARNABI, News Virginian

Augusta County’s new Clerk of the Circuit Court is Del. Steve Landes, R-Weyers Cave. Landes, a 1978 graduate of Buffalo Gap High School, received nearly 50 percent of votes Tuesday night.


** WHEATON, ELECTED AGAIN TO AMHERST COUNCIL FOLLOWING OUSTER, OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SECOND STINT ([link removed])
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By JUSTIN FAULCONER, News & Advance (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

For the second time in a year, Janice Wheaton was elected to Amherst Town Council, nearly four months after she was expelled from the post in a highly unusual decision.


** WASHINGTON COUNTY VOTERS TURN DOWN COURTHOUSE MOVE TO KMART BUILDING ([link removed])
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By JOE TENNIS, Bristol Herald Courier (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

Voters in Washington County soundly defeated a referendum Tuesday that would have moved county court functions to a vacant Kmart building off Interstate 81 in Abingdon. Tuesday’s unofficial vote was 12,075 against the move with 5,271 voting for it.

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** VIRGINIA DELIVERS A MESSAGE -- BUT DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE CAREFUL HOW THEY READ IT ([link removed])
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Roanoke Times Editorial (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

From Chincoteague to the Cumberland Gap, Virginians went to the polls Tuesday to elect a new General Assembly — but the message those voters delivered should reverberate across the country. In putting Democrats in control of both chambers for the first time in more than two decades, Virginians didn’t simply change parties in Richmond. They sent a clear signal that they’d like to change who sits in the White House, as well.


** A BLUE TSUNAMI SWEEPS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RACES ([link removed])
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Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

It wasn’t a blue wave but a tsunami that swept over Virginia during Tuesday’s legislative elections. Democrats lay claim to both chambers of the General Election, regaining a political hegemony over the state Capitol that they haven’t enjoyed in 26 years. Along with Democrats in all three statewide offices — in addition to both U.S. Senate seats and seven of the state’s 11 congressional seats — the buoyed party now holds almost absolute power over Virginia government.


** MENHADEN HARVEST LIMIT ACTUALLY MEANS SOMETHING ([link removed])
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Free Lance-Star Editorial (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month)

If the Chesapeake Bay’s menhaden fishery is so important, why is the management of it so chronically dysfunctional? Why is the seemingly insatiable Omega Protein Corp. allowed to pay fine after fine, but continue to ignore rules it doesn’t like? What will it take to get the company’s attention?


** COLUMNISTS
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** SCHAPIRO: WITH DEMOCRATIC TAKE-BACK, GOP STRANDED ON RIGHT AND STUCK WITH TRUMP ([link removed])
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By JEFF E. SCHAPIRO, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

For Virginia Republicans, it’s all over but the pouting. A third blue wave swept the state Tuesday, wresting the legislature from Republicans — their last redoubt of power — and giving Democrats total control of state government for the first time in nearly 30 years


** SCHWARTZMAN: REPUBLICANS WAKE TO A BLUE VIRGINIA ([link removed])
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By PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month)

Republicans awoke Wednesday to a stark new political reality in Virginia after losing majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly, a sweeping defeat that solidifies Democratic control over the state capital for the first time in a generation. Depleted by President Trump’s floundering approval rating in Virginia, the Republicans’ defeat was a new low for a party that has not won a statewide race since Bob McDonnell became governor in 2009.


** OP-ED
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** OLSEN: A SHARED VISION ON OFFSHORE WIND ([link removed])
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By PAUL OLSEN, Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month)

Virginia is all in for reinventing itself with renewable energy by capitalizing on offshore wind generation and job creation. On Sept. 19, Dominion Energy announced the largest offshore wind project in the U.S., to produce 2,600 megawatts of wind energy by 2026 off our coast. That’s enough to power approximately 650,000 homes.

Retired Col. Paul Olsen is a former commander of the Norfolk district, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, an executive director at Old Dominion University and acting director of the commonwealth’s offshore wind task force.
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