Lamont Bagby handily defeated Katie Gooch in a Richmond-area race, and Sen. In northern Virginia, former CIA officer Russet Perry secured the Democratic nomination in a Senate seat expected to be a key battleground in the general election.Įlsewhere, incumbents easily cruised past challengers. In a contentious Republican contest for a southwest Virginia House seat, freshman Del. She donned boxing gloves in some ads, promising to take on Republican Gov. Lucas, who has served in the Senate since 1992, campaigned as a fighter.
It was marked by particularly sharp personal attacks on social media and in TV ads. The race for the heavily Democratic Hampton Roads seat was one of only two featuring current members of the same chamber running against one another. Louise Lucas, a veteran legislator, knocked off Sen. The losses by Chase, Morrissey and their colleagues will add to the already lofty turnover. That’s contributed to a wave of retirements by many veteran lawmakers and diminished the name-recognition advantage for incumbents, some of whom ran in almost entirely new districts. The new maps were drawn by outside experts without regard to protecting incumbents. This year marks the first cycle in which legislative candidates are running in districts created during the redistricting process that ended in late 2021.
The unusual calendar and quasi-swing state status make Virginia worth watching for hints of voter sentiment ahead of the next midterms or presidential cycle.īoth parties and both chambers had competitive contests on Tuesday’s ballot, and an unusually high number of sitting officeholders faced serious challenges in an election season upended by new political maps. Virginia’s Legislature is closely divided politically, and the state is one of just a few that holds its legislative races in odd-numbered years. Voters decided dozens of other nominees, including in some swing districts that will help determine the balance of power in the General Assembly in the November election.
Amanda Chase, a right-wing firebrand who has served in the Senate since 2016 and embraced falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election, was edged out by Glen Sturtevant, a lawyer and former senator seeking a political comeback in the red-leaning suburban Richmond district. It’s time for new blood,” said Gail Coleman, 62, who voted for Aird Tuesday afternoon in suburban Richmond. Joe Morrissey, a political centrist and increasingly rare Democrat who supports limits on abortion access, lost to former state legislator Lashrecse Aird, who calls herself a 100% supporter of abortion rights. (AP) - Voters ousted two of Virginia’s most controversial political figures in Tuesday’s primary election, along with at least three more of their Senate colleagues.
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