Republicans needed to flip six seats to win the majority. They may have flipped seven.
during the blue waves in the Trump era. Trent Armitage, former executive director of the Virginia House Democratic Caucus, said that was probably Democrats’ most visible silver lining of the night, indicating that many of Virginia’s demographic and political shifts toward Democrats in these areas were holding strong.
“We did better in suburban areas,” Armitage said. “Fairfax and Loudoun did fine for us, but we slipped further in some of theses rural areas. The divide is becoming clearer and clearer in some of these election cycles.” for Rep. Elaine Luria in 2022, who faces another tough reelection race in the competitive 2nd Congressional District in the same area.
never won since its inception in 1983: District 63 anchored in Petersburg, a majority-Black city. Taylor was projected to defeat Del. Lashrecse D. Aird by roughly two points. A map redrawn by a federal court in 2019 due to earlier racial gerrymandering made the district more friendly to Republicans, Armitage noted.
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