A handful of Virginia incumbents prevailed over challengers in a closely watched primary election
by many of the General Assembly's veteran lawmakers and diminished the name-recognition advantage for incumbents, some of whom ran in almost entirely new districts.In another high-profile race, Democrat L. Louise Lucas, a veteran legislator, knocked off another incumbent, fellow Sen. Lionell Spruill. The race in the heavily Democratic Hampton Roads seat was one of only two featuring current officeholders from the same chamber running against one another.
Petersen, a lawyer, has angered the liberal wing of his party by joining with Republicans as a key vote in getting several of Youngkin’s priorities across the finish line, including legislation that ended school mask mandates last year. Elsewhere, incumbents easily cruised past challengers. Democratic Sen. Lamont Bagby handily defeated Katie Gooch in a Richmond-area race, and Sen. Dave Marsden defeated Heidi Drauschak, who was backed by the big-spending advocacy group Clean Virginia.
But the night went especially well for other candidates the governor backed. All of the seven on the ballot Tuesday won their nomination contests. The three others in competitive races he backed had won party-run nominations earlier.
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