""This is surreal," victorious Virginia House of Delegates candidate Kimberly Pope Adams declared as she walked into her raucous victory party Tuesday night. In 2023, the Democrat lost her race for this Virginia House seat by only 53 votes. On Tuesday night, she won with 53 percent of the vote, defeating Republican incumbent Kim Taylor overwhelmingly, with her focus on affordability, abortion rights, health care and spreading the wealth in the 82nd District"
"Just as in 2017, Democrats swept all three statewide races. Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger won by 15 points, more than Ralph Northam's margin in that first anti-Trump uprising. Ghazma Hashmi won the lieutenant governor's race comfortably, and embattled Attorney General candidate Jay Jones, written off because of his own creepy violence-touting texts, rode the women's coattails to win by almost 7 points."
"But most astonishingly, Democrats won 13 seats in the House of Delegates, bringing their margin in the chamber to 64-36. That was practically the GOP margin in 2017, until Democrats won 15 seats, almost taking the majority. Another contrast: Kamala Harris won 59 of the 100 delegate districts; on Tuesday night, Democrats won 64. "It was a genuinely epic win-truly right up there with Virginia 2017," says Carolyn Fiddler, Virginia Democratic political maven."
Kimberly Pope Adams won the 82nd District with 53 percent after losing the seat by 53 votes in 2023, focusing on affordability, abortion rights, health care and economic fairness between white suburbs and Black Petersburg, where she received 89 percent. Democrats swept the three statewide races: Abigail Spanberger won governor by 15 points, Ghazma Hashmi won lieutenant governor comfortably, and Jay Jones won attorney general by almost seven points despite controversies. Democrats gained 13 House seats, expanding the chamber majority to 64-36 and prompting direct comparisons to the 2017 anti-Trump surge.
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