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The party has preserved two key seats in the spoil county that will allow the state legislature.

By Reid J. Epstein

Washington reports

The Democrats held two key legislative seats in Virginia on Tuesday, retaining their majority in the General Assembly in the first special elections from the president -elect Donald J. Trump the White House.

The effects were expected to overlap the delegates and districts of the state Senate in the spoils of Loudoun, a suburb of Washington. The Democrats have historically occupied the seats, which have been vacant when the local senator chose the Congress and the delegate then resigned to update it.

But Democrats, who had a single majority in either chamber, feared that a shift to Republicans in Loudoun County could increase after Mr. S. S. S

Kannan Srinivasan, a Democrat who had held the seat of the State House for the past year, won election in the state Senate, beating Tumay Harding, a Republican teacher, according to the Associated Press. J. J. Singh, a former Capitol Hill aide, won Mr. Srinivasan’s former headquarters from the head of Ram Venkatachalam, a generation consultant, A. P. reported.

In the end, the margins of Loudoun’s two careers followed the difference between Kamala Harris and Mr. Trump in November, even if the turnout rate is a fraction of the presidential competition.

In a third special choice, in the Virginia media, the Republicans retained a solid seat in the Senate of the Red State that John J. McGuire had left when he chose Congress in November. Luther Cifers, a kayak businessman, gently beat Jack Trammell, professor of Sociology, according to A. P.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, has one left in his term.

Democrats focused their efforts on the Loudoun contests, with elected officials from across Virginia and beyond traveling to the districts to help get out the party’s vote in what was expected to be a low-turnout special election.

Ken Martin, the Minnesota Democratic chairman and a contender to lead the party’s national committee, stumped on Saturday in Loudoun and canvassed neighborhoods in the subfreezing temperatures. On Tuesday morning, two precincts in the State Senate district were briefly closed after a winter storm on Monday dumped up to 10 inches of snow across the Washington region.

“In Virginia, everything was at stake,” said Roger Lau, a deputy executive director for the Democratic National Committee. He added, “As we face increasing extremism at the federal level, it’s more important than ever for Democrats to fight back in the states.”

Srinivasan and Singh campaigned on the importance of retaining the democratic of the General Assembly in Richmond, where his party aims this year to advance in the constitutional amendments of the State on the rights of abortion, same -sex marriage and the recovery of Voting rights for criminals.

“Our win today shows the power of compelling candidates focused on unlocking Virginians’ potential and protecting their rights,” said Dan Helmer, the campaign chair for the Virginia House Democratic caucus. “It bodes well for expanding our majority and taking back the governor’s mansion.”

Reid J. Epstein covers Washington’s campaigns and elections.

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