Virginia Republican candidate Andrew Rice defeated his Democrat opponent, Cheryl Smith, in a Virginia particular election to fill a vacant seat in District 98 for the Virginia Home of Delegates.
Rice obtained 7,316 votes, or 62.5 p.c of the vote, whereas Smith obtained 4,392 votes, or 37.5 p.c of the vote, in accordance with election outcomes from the New York Occasions.
Rice’s 25-point lead comes after former Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) received Virginia’s Home of Delegates District 98 within the November gubernatorial election, towards now-Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D).
Earle-Sears received the district by 6.7 factors greater than Spanberger. She obtained 19,057 votes, or 53.3 p.c of the vote, whereas Spanberger obtained 16,677 votes, or 46.6 p.c of the vote, in accordance with the Virginia Public Entry Undertaking web site.
The particular election for the vacant seat comes after the dying of former Virginia Delegate Barry Knight (R), the Virginian-Pilot reported. Because the winner, Rice “will serve the rest of Knight’s two-year time period.”
Each Rice, who’s a Virginia Seaside Deputy Commonwealth’s Legal professional, and Smith, who beforehand “challenged Knight,” had been described as “political newcomers.”
In a publish on X, the Virginia GOP congratulated Rice on his win and described him as a “common sense conservative chief.”
“Congratulations to Andrew Rice on successful the particular election for the 98th Home of Delegates district!” the Virginia GOP wrote. “Andrew is a common sense conservative chief who will push again towards Democrat extremism and combat for insurance policies that profit working households.”
