Virginia Election Update
After votes were tabulated from Tuesday’s elections, Republicans won all three constitutional offices and regained the majority in the House of Delegates by defending all of their seats and defeating six Democrat incumbents. The 100 member House of Delegate now has 52 Republicans and 48 Democrats. House committee chairs will change power in January for the 2022 General Assembly session as a result.
Voter turnout reached record-levels for a gubernatorial election in Virginia with nearly 3.3 million Virginians casting a ballot for governor this year, which exceeded the previous record of roughly 2.6 million votes.
Here are the results of the three statewide offices:
Glenn Youngkin (R): 50.68%
Terry McAuliffe (D): 48.55%
Winsome Sears (R): 50.82%
Hala Ayala (D): 49.08%
Jason Miyares (R): 50.49%
Mark Herring (D): 49.43%
Seven Republicans beat sitting Democrats in the House of Delegates.
- Delegate Chris Hurst (D-12, Blacksburg) was beat by Jason Ballard
- Delegate Josh Cole (D-28, Fredericksburg) was defeated by Tara Durant
- Delegate Lashrecse Aird (D-63, Petersburg) defeated by Kim Taylor
- Delegate Roslyn Tyler (D-75, Sussex) defeated by Otto Wachsmann
- Delegate Nancy Guy (D-83, Virginia Beach) defeated by Tim Anderson
- Delegate Martha Mugler (D-91, Hampton) defeated by A.C. Cordoza
- Alex Askew (D-85, Virginia Beach) defeated by Karen Gennhalgh
Overall, 17 new delegates will be sworn in in January.
Members of the Virginia Senate were not up for reelection this year. Senators will run for office next in 2023.
VHCA-VCAL staff maintains strong relationships in the general and health care leadership of the House in both parties, and will be introducing ourselves, our members, and our issues to the newly elected delegates between now and the opening of the General Assembly session on January 12.
























