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A recount for a Virginia state House seat has upheld the Republican candidate’s victory in last month’s election

A three-judge panel overseeing a recount in a close Virginia Beach state House race has upheld the Republican candidate’s victory

Election officials in Virginia are painstakingly recounting votes in one of two unresolved races that will settle whether Virginia Republicans have reclaimed the majority in the House of Delegates. Elections officials and representatives from both parties in Virginia Beach took part Thursday in the secondary counting of ballots requested by Democratic Del. Alex Askew. The freshman delegate currently represents the…

Democrats in two races where Republicans are leading by razor-thin margins will ask for recounts, leaving open a remote possibility of a 50-50 split in the chamber.