Balance of power at stake in Virginia elections

Zwine Yasine

Elections in Virginia - democrats score big election night wins in virginia.  decision 2023 | see team election coverage of the virginia general election. the balance of power is at stake in virginia elections for the state senate and house of delegates... a year after abortion was widely credited with forestalling a republican 'red wave' in the 2022 us midterms  an election in virginia offers a preview of whether the issue will remain as potent in 2024. all 140 seats in the virginia general assembly will be on the ballot in the november 2023 election  for the first time since 2019 — 100 seats are in the republican-controlled house of delegates  and 40 are in the democratic-controlled senate.  democrats score major wins in virginia, kentucky, ohio elections.  every seat in virginia’s general assembly is up for election this year  as well as municipal races for school boards  boards of supervisors and more in hampton roads.  what to know for virginia's 2023 election on tuesday.

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00:00 - It all comes down to this.

00:02 Election Day is here.

00:04 And today on your side is your local election headquarters.

00:06 Thanks for joining us. I'm Stephanie Hudson.

00:08 - And I'm Regina Mobley.

00:10 Whichever party controls the General Assembly

00:13 will have the power to shape the future of the Commonwealth.

00:16 Capital Bureau reporter Tyler Englander

00:19 takes a look at some key races.

00:21 - We've been asking the same question for months now.

00:24 With all 140 seats in Virginia's General Assembly

00:28 up for grabs in this election,

00:30 which party will control the House of Delegates

00:33 and which party will control the State Senate?

00:36 Now the good news, we're just hours away

00:38 from getting answers to those questions.

00:40 Let's start with a breakdown of where things currently stand

00:43 in the House of Delegates.

00:45 Currently, Republicans hold a 48-46 seat majority

00:49 with six vacancies.

00:51 50 seats are needed for a majority.

00:53 Let's take a look at some key races.

00:56 We start in Northern Virginia with House District 22.

00:59 Republican Ian Lovejoy is being opposed

01:02 by Democrat Travis Nembhard.

01:04 The district voted for Governor Glenn Youngkin

01:07 by seven points in 2021,

01:09 but is trending blue with the district supporting Republicans

01:12 for Congress last year, but by only 3%.

01:16 Now let's move to Central Virginia

01:18 and District 82 in Petersburg.

01:20 Democrat Kimberly Pope-Adams trying to deny

01:23 delegate Kim Taylor a second term.

01:26 Taylor won this seat by only 515 votes in 2021,

01:30 and we expect a similar margin this time around.

01:34 And our final race we're looking at is in Hampton Roads.

01:37 Republican Karen Greenhalgh is facing Michael Fagans.

01:41 This is another seat that's been trending blue in recent years.

01:44 Greenhalgh won this seat by only 112 votes two years ago.

01:48 Now something to keep in mind,

01:50 a 50/50 tie is possible in the House of Delegates,

01:54 which would mean with neither party in the majority,

01:56 leaders would have to reach a power sharing agreement

01:59 in order to conduct business.

02:01 Live at the Capitol, I'm Tyler Englander.

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