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Virginia’s off-year election is a major test for 2020
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October 25, 2019
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2:59Now PlayingVirginia is the only state in the country where this year’s elections will determine the legislature’s balance of power. All 140 seats in the General Assembly are on the ballot. The fight for control has garnered big money donations and attention to races often overlooked in the past.
Democrats in the Old Dominion have an opportunity to win control of the statehouse, which would give them control of both houses of the legislature and the governor’s office for the first time in more than two decades.
But political scandals earlier this year involving Governor Ralph Northam’s admission then denial of wearing blackface in the past and Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax being accused of sexual assault may wound Democrats.
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