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  • November elections will determine control of Virginia House

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    Republicans currently hold a 49-46 majority in the Virginia House, and the Nov. 7, 2023, election will determine control of the state legislature and Virginia’s trifecta status. Virginia’s trifecta status changed from Democratic to divided as a result of the 2021 elections. Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) was elected to succeed term-limited incumbent Ralph Northam (D).…

  • All candidates for Virginia House of Delegates District 22 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    Both of the candidates running in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 22 — Ian Lovejoy (R) and Travis Nembhard (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to…

  • Ballotpedia identifies eight battleground elections in the Virginia Senate

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    Ballotpedia identified eight battleground elections in the Virginia Senate based on media coverage and race forecasts. The general election is on Nov. 7, 2023. Of the eight battleground districts, Democrats and Republicans currently represent four each. Incumbents are running in four of these races, while the other four are in open districts, meaning no incumbents…

  • All candidates for Henrico County Public Schools, Varina District complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    Both of the candidates running in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election for Henrico County Public Schools, Varina District — Incumbent Alicia Atkins (nonpartisan) and Domonique Pervall (nonpartisan) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’…

  • All candidates for Virginia House of Delegates District 15 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    Both candidates running in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 15 — Laura Jane Cohen (D) and Marcus Evans (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to…

  • All candidates for Virginia State Senate District 37 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    Both candidates running in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election for Virginia State Senate District 37 — Ken Reid (R) and Saddam Salim (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to the question:…

  • All candidates for Virginia House of Delegates District 15 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    All three candidates running in the June 20 Democratic primary election for Virginia House of Delegates District 15  — Laura Jane Cohen (D), Eric Schmidt (D), and Henri’ Thompson (D)  — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are…

  • All candidates for Virginia House of Delegates District 7 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    All four candidates running in the June 20, 2023, Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 7 — Mary Barthelson, Paul Berry, Shyamali Hauth, and Karen Keys-Gamarra — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. District 7 is an…

  • One-third of Virginia House incumbents are not running for re-election

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    One-third of the incumbents in Virginia’s House of Delegates are not running for re-election in 2023, the most in the chamber in more than a decade. Virginia’s statewide primaries are on June 20, including for all 100 districts in the House. Further, just six incumbents in the 100-member House face primary challengers compared to 11…

  • One-fourth of Virginia State Senate incumbents are running in contested primaries

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    Democrats currently hold a 22-18 majority in the Virginia State Senate, which holds elections every four years rather than every two.  The chamber is already poised to welcome at least 11 new members next year: ten incumbents are retiring, and two incumbents are running in the same district, leaving 11 districts open, over one-fourth of…