Election Day Post-Mortem: VA Democrats, Republicans Analyze What Went Right and What Went Wrong

How Winsome Earle-Sears’s campaign went up in flames

LEESBURG, VIRGINIA — When Winsome Earle-Sears’s campaign bus caught fire on a Virginia highway days before the election, it offered a fitting metaphor for a gubernatorial bid that never found its footing and ultimately went up in flames. Earle-Sears, the Republican lieutenant governor who once made history as the first Black woman elected in Virginia, lost to Democrat Abigail Spanberger by nearly fifteen points on Tuesday. Earle-Sears’s blowout …

Election Day post-mortem: VA Democrats, Republicans analyze what went right and what went wrong

A new political reality is taking shape in Virginia.

'Every seat is on the table': VA Dem Campaign Chair Dan Helmer on the Democrat's election night sweep

Fairfax Democrat Dan Helmer led the campaign to expand his party's majority in the Virginia House of Delegates. He speaks with WAMU about Democrats' big wins in Virginia.

Spanberger Will Lead Virginia With a Dem Majority in State House

Tuesday was a good night for Virginia Democrats, and the election results only got better as Wednesday approached.

Blue wave sweeps Virginia, Democrats flip 13 House seats

(The Center Square) – In a historic blue wave across the commonwealth, Virginia Democrats flipped 13 House of Delegates seats on Tuesday, giving the party full control of the General

Democrats expand majority in Virginia House of Delegates, building on statewide wins

Democrats added at least 10 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, building on the party's wins in the top statewide elections and more broadly across the country, the AP projected