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Hawaii Hiker

(3,166 posts) Tue Dec 19, 2017, 04:37 PM Dec 2017

Is Virginia House tied?

Remember how the Democrats trailed in the Virginia House at start of election night in Nov...I think they were down 66-34 in the House of Delegates......From this thread, looks like its tied now...

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Is Virginia House tied? (Original Post) Hawaii Hiker Dec 2017 OP

Don't ever let someone tell you that your vote, their vote, ANYBODY'S vote, doesn't matter. bearsfootball516 Dec 2017 #1

If this doesn't convince people to vote EVERY Election Day, nothing will. NT Bleacher Creature Dec 2017 #2

This is what it's all about peggysue2 Dec 2017 #3

YES! octoberlib Dec 2017 #4

Yep Gothmog Dec 2017 #5

Technically it's under Democratic control as our Lt Gov Fairfax would break any tie. rogue emissary Dec 2017 #6

This makes me smile Gothmog Dec 2017 #7

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)

1. Don't ever let someone tell you that your vote, their vote, ANYBODY'S vote, doesn't matter.

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Tue Dec 19, 2017, 04:40 PM

Dec 2017

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)

2. If this doesn't convince people to vote EVERY Election Day, nothing will. NT

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Tue Dec 19, 2017, 04:55 PM

Dec 2017

peggysue2

(10,832 posts)

3. This is what it's all about

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Tue Dec 19, 2017, 05:04 PM

Dec 2017

That voter energy in Virginia that spilled right over into Alabama resulted in Democratic Candidates Winning.

We stand together. We vote. We win.

Requires a lot of hard work and effort. But the dividends at the end of the day? Remarkable.

2018 is tumbling towards us. Do or die moment. Let's catch that Blue Tsunami!

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

4. YES!

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Tue Dec 19, 2017, 05:05 PM

Dec 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democrat-wins-va-house-seat-in-recount-by-single-vote-creating-50-50-tie-in-legislature/2017/12/19/3ff227ae-e43e-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.9fd3cf8e36c0

NEWPORT NEWS — A Republican seat flipped Democratic in a wild recount Tuesday - with the Democrat winning by a single vote - creating a rare 50-50 tie between the parties in the House of Delegates and refashioning the political landscape in Richmond.

Democrat Shelly Simonds emerged from the recount as the apparent winner in the 94th District of the House of Delegates, seizing the seat from Republican incumbent David Yancey. A three-judge panel still must certify the results, an event scheduled for Wednesday.

Of the 23,866 votes cast in the Newport News district on Election Day, Yancey held a tenuous lead of just 10 votes going into Tuesday’s recount.

But five hours and much nailbiting later, after painstaking counting overseen by local elections officials and the clerk of court, Yancey’s lead narrowed before it gradually disappeared and then reversed, allowing Simonds to beat him by one vote.The final tally: 11,608 for Simonds to 11,607 for Yancey.