The 2019 Virginia elections took place on November 5, 2019. All 40 seats of the

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and 100 seats in the

Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-number ...

were up for re-election, as were many local offices. As of June 30, 2018, incumbents in both parties were out-raising their challengers, and there was a brisk pace of fundraising among Northern Virginia incumbents. A U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia panel had chosen a redistricting map that was expected to favor Democrats in some key districts, including those of

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, House Speaker, and Chris Jones, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. The Democratic Party won majorities in both the House of Delegates and the Senate, giving them control of both houses and the governor's mansion in Virginia for the first time since 1994.

Special elections

Following Democrat Jennifer Wexton's 2018 election to represent

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, a special election was held on January 8, 2019 to fill the 33rd Virginia Senate district seat she was vacating. Democrat Jennifer Boysko defeated Republican Joe May. The seat she vacated, 86th Virginia House of Delegates district, held a special election on February 19, 2019, which was won by Democrat Ibraheem Samirah.

Senate

According to official results, Democrats won 21 seats in the Senate, while Republicans won 19. This gives the Democrats the net gain of 2 seats they needed to take the chamber.

House

According to official results, Democrats won 55 seats, enough for a majority, while Republicans won 45 seats.

Municipal elections

County Board of Supervisors

All 95 counties in Virginia in Virginia had at least one Board of Supervisor member up for election or reelection in 2019. Juli Briskman, who had been fired from her job for giving the finger to the motorcade of

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, was elected to the

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for

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Soil and Water Directors

Ninety-four of the 95 counties in Virginia (Arlington County being the exception) elected Soil and Water Directors in 2019.

Town Council

Twelve of Virginia's 190 towns had town council elections in 2019.

City School Board

Four of Virginia's 38 cities elected school board members in 2019. These cities are

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, and

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County School Board

All 95 counties in Virginia elected school board members in 2019.