Democratic state Sen. Suhas Subramanyam defeated Republican Mike Clancy for retiring Rep. Jennifer Wexton’s (D-VA) Virginia House seat.
Subramanyam trounced Clancy for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District with 52.1% of the vote and 99% of ballots counted so far. The Associated Press called the race at 10:49 p.m. ET.
Subramanyam and Clancy, a tech company executive, faced off to win Wexton’s open seat. Democrats, in particular, were looking to keep the seat in their grasp, and Republicans saw an opportunity to flip a blue seat.
Virginia has proved to be a battleground state for House races, with multiple districts posing to reposition the balance of power in Washington.
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In September 2023, Wexton announced she would not be running for reelection in 2024 due to a diagnosis of Progressive supranuclear palsy, which has affected her ability to speak, move, and hear.
Wexton has served in Congress since 2019.