Democrats take control of the Virginia State Senate and House of Delegates

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• Virginians headed to the polls on Tuesday for their state legislature races. The results indicated that Democrats took control of both the State Senate and the House of Delegates.
• This election is particularly meaningful to Democrats who now have control of the state legislature for the first time in over two decades.
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Voters in Virginia headed to the polls on Tuesday for state legislature races in a closely-watched election. By Tuesday night, it appeared that Democrats took control of both the State Senate and the House of Delegates.

According to the state's election site, Democrats won 21 of the 40 State Senate seats, meaning they flipped the legislative body. Results also indicated that Democrats had won or were slated to win 53 of the 100 House races.

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