Virginia Republicans officially seized control of the state House of Delegates late Friday night, taking back power of the chamber after Democrats flipped it in 2019 and further growing their gains in the key battleground state
Democratic leaders in Virginia conceded that they lost the majority after election officials spent days counting mail-in and absentee ballots in a handful of tight races. The Associated Press has not called all of Virginia's races yet. An incumbent representing a Hampton Roads district on Friday night conceded her race, breaking the 50-50 tie between the parties that was deadlocked for days as results were tallied.
Democrats in the Legislature ran on a unified message emphasizing their progressive policies, as well as a warning that if Republicans took control, it would jeopardize that progress. In the past two years, unified power in the Legislature allowed Democrats to enact measures on voting rights, police reform, gun control, marijuana legalization and more.
Republicans sought to portray Democrats as out-of-touch radicals and cast the election as a referendum on the left’s agenda. That strategy proved effective. House Democrats lost ground in rural areas and the suburbs, mirroring where McAuliffe also fell short. Republicans claimed victory just after midnight on Wednesday, before major networks and The Associated Press declared the results to be final.
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