Democratic candidates won all 30 of Northern Virginia's seats in the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday as the party was set to significantly expand its 51-49 majority in the state's lower chamber.
As of 11 p.m., Democrats had picked up 13 seats statewide, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. With only one race undecided, the Democrats will hold at least 64 of the 100 seats, the most they have held in nearly 40 years.
Two of the pickups were in Northern Virginia, including in western Prince William's 21st District, where former Del. Elizabeth Guzman ousted first-term incumbent Ian Lovejoy.
And in the 30th District -- western Loudoun County and northern Fauquier County -- Democrat John McAuliff defeated Republican incumbent Geary Higgins by about 600 votes, or 1.5 percentage points.
After years of Republican control, Democrats took the majority in the House of Delegates in 2019 only to lose it in 2021, when Republican Glenn Youngkin was elected governor. However, the party won control back in 2023, following redistricting in late 2021.
“Tonight, Virginians sent a clear message across the nation: Donald Trump and Virginia Republicans’ politics of chaos and cruelty have no home in the Commonwealth,” House Speaker Don Scott of Portsmouth said in a statement. “House Democrats expanded our majority because we stood up for Virginians and built a vision that puts people first — lowering costs, growing our economy and protecting our rights."
In districts that include parts of Prince William County, results Tuesday were as follows.
19th District (northeastern Prince William and southeastern Fairfax County)
Democrat Rozia Henson, a Woodbridge native, was reelected to a second term without opposition. Henson is the first openly gay Black man to serve in the House.
20th District (Manassas area)
Democrat Michelle Maldonado was elected to a third term in the House with 67.8% of the vote. The name of Republican Christopher Stone appeared on the ballot, but Stone withdrew last month.
21st District (western Prince William, including Haymarket)
In a race that was considered to be tight, Democrat Josh Thomas easily won a second term over Republican challenger Gregory Lee Gorham by more than 5,000 votes, or nearly 17 percentage points.
22nd District (western Prince William, including Bristow and Brentsville)
In one of the most closely watched and most expensive races in the state, Lovejoy didn't survive a challenge from Guzman. The Democrat, returning to the House of Delegates after previously serving two terms, won 54.6% of the vote to Lovejoy's 45.3%, a margin of 3,400 votes.
23rd District (southeastern Prince William and northern Stafford County)
Democrat Candi King was elected to her third full term in the House. She was first elected in a special election in January 2021 to fill the seat vacated by Jennifer Carroll Foy, who resigned to run for governor that year, and then was elected to her first full term that fall.
King defeated Republican James Tully with 76.5% of the vote.
24th District (southern Prince William, including Montclair and portions of Dale City)
Powerful Democratic Del. Luke Torian, who has served in the House since 2010, did not have a challenger. Torian chairs the House Appropriations Committee, which determines how the state spends its tax dollars.
25th District (north central Prince William, including Lake Ridge and the County Center area)
Democrat Briana Sewell was unopposed for a third term.
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