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.

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.

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.

Virginians will likely vote on April 21 on whether the state's Congressional maps can be redrawn ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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,

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.

Virginia on Friday became the latest state to escalate the nationwide redistricting battle ahead of November’s midterm elections that will determine which party controls the US House during the final two years of President Donald Trump’s time in office.

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

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.