Attorney General’s Office now backs an effort for Virginia Beach to formalize and maintain its current district-based voting system over a system with at large representation. That’s because newly sworn in Attorney General Jay Jones,

Democrat Garrett McGuire on Tuesday defeated Republican Christopher Cardiff in a special election to represent Virginia House of Delegates District 17, filling the vacancy left by longtime Democratic lawmaker Mark Sickles,

Virginia voters gave Democrats another special election win on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, adding to a string of recent victories for the party in the Old Dominion. Democrat Garrett McGuire will replace state Del.

Voters in part of Fairfax County are heading to the polls Tuesday to fill an open seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates for District 17.

Source: Election results and race calls are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Matthew Bloch, Lily Boyce, Irineo Cabreros, Nico Chilla, Nate Cohn, Annie Daniel,

Check out live results of a special election in Fairfax County, Virginia, Tuesday to fill an open seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates for District 17.

Virginia on Friday became the latest state to escalate the nationwide redistricting battle ahead of November’s midterm elections that will determine which party controls the US House during the final two years of President Donald Trump’s time in office.

If voters support it, Virginia’s Democratic-controlled Legislature would be able to redraw the state’s congressional map before the midterms.

It’s our responsibility to go out there and tell the voters this is what this means and help everybody understand what they're voting for,” she said

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