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November elections will determine control of Virginia House

Republicans currently hold a 49-46 majority in the Virginia House, and the Nov. 7, 2023, election will determine control of the state legislature and Virginia’s trifecta status. Virginia’s trifecta status changed from Democratic to divided as a result of the 2021 elections. Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) was elected to succeed…

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23% of all state legislative primaries are contested

There are 205 contested state legislative primaries in 2023, representing 23% of all possible primaries. Comparing 2023 to other times Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia all held elections since 2011, the percentage of primaries that are contested this year is lower than in 2019 (25%) but higher than in…

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Largest number of open state legislative district elections since 2011

There are 138 open state legislative seats in 2023, meaning newcomers will win at least 24% of all seats. This is the most since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2011.

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Ballotpedia releases 13th annual state legislative competitiveness report

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Kiwi racer Hedge in line for HPD Super Formula scholarship

Hedge, 19, leads the FR Americas standings by 55 points with nine wins from the 12 races to have taken place so far this season, with only two rounds remaining at Virginia International Raceway and the Circuit of the Americas.

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Mid-Atlantic coast under flood warnings as Ophelia weakens to post-tropical low and moves north

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Ophelia has been downgraded to a post-tropical low but continues to pose a threat of coastal flooding and flash floods in the mid-Atlantic region

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Post-tropical cyclone Ophelia unleashes heavy rain across Northeast

Heavy rain from Ophelia will also pose a risk of flash flooding from Virginia to New Jersey, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall in North Carolina as it moves up east coast

Governors of Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland declare states of emergency as storm expected to bring heavy rainfall

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Tropical Storm Ophelia forecast to make landfall early Saturday on North Carolina coast

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Ophelia is expected to make landfall on the North Carolina coast with the potential for damaging winds and dangerous surges of water

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Mother gets 78-year prison term for killing daughters, 15 and 5, in Virginia

A northern Virginia mother who sedated her daughters with melatonin-laced gummy bears before fatally shooting has been sentenced to 78 years in prison

The Independent UK

Both parties rally supporters as voting begins in Virginia's closely watched legislative elections

Early voting has begun in Virginia’s costly, high-stakes and closely watched legislative elections after a week in which elected officials and candidates rallied their supporters across the state

The Independent UK

The US East Coast is under a tropical storm warning with landfall forecast in North Carolina

Communities along the U.S. East Coast are preparing for the arrival of heavy rain, flooding and high winds from an approaching storm

The Independent UK

It's not all grim across regional theater. Some venues offer ways to beat the post-pandemic blues

Everyone who enters Barter Theatre in southwestern Virginia is met and welcomed by Katy Brown, the producing artistic director

The Independent UK

Virginia governor urges Republicans to vote early despite Trump’s skepticism

Glenn Youngkin sees matching Democratic push to get ballots in early as key to gaining full control of senate and house of delegates

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Mother of 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia could be jailed for failing drug tests

The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia could be jailed for failing mandatory drug tests

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After leaving bipartisan voting information group, Virginia announces new data-sharing agreements

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says it has taken a series of recent steps to improve the accuracy of the state’s voter rolls, including entering into new data-sharing agreements with five states and Washington, D

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Family of man who died while being admitted to psychiatric hospital agrees to $8.5M settlement

The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia pscyhiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the state, county and the sheriff whose deputies were involved in restraining the man

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A Virginia mother and her three children went missing. Her husband says there is ‘no reason’ for concern

The Franklin County Sheriff’s office is still searching for Lauren Cook and her three children, nearly two weeks after the family was last seen by family members. Andrea Blanco reports

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Husband of mother missing with three young children says he’s ‘not concerned’

Police are still trying to search for any clue as to why Lauren Cook and her three children have vanished

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How many votes does it take to pass a ballot measure? Californians will weigh in next year

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Virginia is the next big battleground for abortion rights and may send a signal for 2024

One of the biggest fights over abortion rights this year is in Virginia, where all of the state House and Senate seats are up for reelection

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Some Virginia Democrats say livestreamed sex acts a distraction from election's real stakes

More Virginia Democrats are beginning to cast the controversy surrounding a legislative candidate who livestreamed herself performing sex acts as a distraction from the stakes of this fall’s elections

Evening Standard

Briton Morad Tahbaz and four Americans freed in Iran prisoner swap land in US

British-American conservationist among freed prisoners greeted by loved ones at airport in Virginia

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Virginia Democrat battling ‘Parkinson’s on steroids’ won’t seek re-election

Representative Jennifer Wexton, part of new influx of Democrats to Congress and initially diagnosed with Parkinson’s, will finish out her term but not seek re-election

The Independent UK

US Rep. Wexton, a Democrat, won't seek reelection to Congress after new medical diagnosis

Northern Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton says she won’t seek reelection next year after learning that she has a severe form of Parkinson’s disease

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