A Virginia legislative primary season marked by hard-fought campaigns in both parties will come to a close Tuesday, as voters pick their party's nominee for dozens of seats, including some swing districts that will help determine the balance of power...
Both parties and both chambers have competitive contests on the ballot in the primary election. An unusually high number of sitting officeholders are also facing serious challenges in an election season upended by new political maps.
While the number of nomination contests in each party was roughly the same for House seats, more action in the Senate has been among Democrats, with 10 incumbents facing primary challengers Tuesday, compared with only one on the GOP side. That’s driving concerns that the party’s standing will be diminished come general election season because of the heavy spending that’s gone into the primaries.
Morrissey’s decades in the public eye have been filled with a degree of controversy that would tank most ordinary candidates, and many of the state’s Democratic power brokers have united behind Aird in an effort to oust him. Aird, boosted by the big-spending advocacy group Clean Virginia, has far outraised Morrissey, but most observers have been unwilling to count him out because of his reputation as an effective grassroots campaigner.
In a Loudoun County-centered district expected to be a key battleground in the fall, former CIA officer Russet Perry has a slew of endorsements from top elected officials and a healthy fundraising lead over Zach Cummings, a local elected official.
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