Democrat JJ Singh has defeated Republican Ram Venkatachalam within the particular election for the Virginia state Home’s twenty sixth District, in keeping with Choice Desk HQ.
The seat was previously held by Del. Kannan Srinivasan (D), who ran within the particular election for the state Senate’s thirty second District.
Singh’s win was broadly anticipated given the blue lean of the district, which is situated in Loudoun County, outdoors of Washington, D.C.
Nonetheless, there have been some potential warning indicators for Democrats popping out of the 2024 presidential election. Whereas Vice President Harris handily received Loudoun County, she underperformed President Biden’s margins in 2020.
President Biden received the county by 26 factors in 2020 whereas Harris received it by 16 factors. Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) received the county by 11 factors in his unsuccessful second bid for governor towards Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) in 2021, which noticed decrease turnout in a nonpresidential 12 months.
Democrats stated going into the election they weren’t taking any probabilities. The Democratic Legislative Marketing campaign Committee introduced final month it was investing $100,000 into Virginia’s legislative caucuses forward of subsequent month’s particular elections.
