Virginia, Democrats and winner Spanberger
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Jay Jones, Attorney General of Virginia and Democrats
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Democrats maintained control of the state’s House of Delegates, keeping alive their path to redrawing the state’s congressional districts before the midterms.
The control of state-level legislative bodies increasingly serves as a temperature check of how folks feel about the federal government.
Democrats went into Election Day holding 51 House of Delegates seats. They emerged with at least 64, according to unofficial results. Four those flips occurred in Hampton Roads districts.
Democrats are set to sweep Tuesday's gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, with Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger projected to win.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory as the new Mayor of New York, along with Abigail Spanberger’s win as Governor of Virginia and Mikie Sherrill’s in New Jersey, underscored a strong nationwide shift toward the Democrats.
Republicans have maintained control of the Arizona Senate, picking up an extra seat to finish the 2024 election with a 17-13 split with Democrats. Democrats had hopes of breaking a nearly 25-year string of Republican dominance.