Virginia Democrats scheduled an April 21 special election for a ballot measure that would give lawmakers the ability to temporarily redraw a new House map as the party looks to do so ahead of the November midterms.

Virginia voters gave Democrats another special election win on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, adding to a string of recent victories for the party in the Old Dominion. Democrat Garrett McGuire will replace state Del.

Democrat Garrett McGuire on Tuesday defeated Republican Christopher Cardiff in a special election to represent Virginia House of Delegates District 17, filling the vacancy left by longtime Democratic lawmaker Mark Sickles,

Voters in part of Fairfax County went to the polls on Tuesday to fill an open seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates for District 17.

Check out live results of a special election in Fairfax County, Virginia, Tuesday to fill an open seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates for District 17.

Virginia Democrats are moving to pass a new House map that will allow them to net a handful of seats ahead of the November midterms. Democrats in the Old Dominion passed a constitutional amendment for a second time last week to allow the party to redraw the congressional lines by 2030.

Democrats have won two special elections to fill a pair of open seats in Virginia’s General Assembly, according to Decision Desk HQ. The Tuesday contests are part of a series of special elections prompted when Gov.

It’s our responsibility to go out there and tell the voters this is what this means and help everybody understand what they're voting for,” she said

FAIRFAX, Va. — Residents in parts of Fairfax County will head to the polls on Tuesday, Jan. 20, to fill a vacancy in the District 17 House of Delegates seat. District 17 includes communities in Franconia, Huntington, Kingstowne, and Rose Hill.

The Virginia Attorney General’s Office now backs an effort for Virginia Beach to formalize and maintain its current district-based voting system over a system with at large representation. That’s because newly sworn in Attorney General Jay Jones,

Now that the General Assembly has passed a constitutional amendment to allow mid-decade gerrymandering, the measure is on track to go to the voters in the form of a “yes or no” question.